by David Zizmor

SANTA CLARA–Earlier this season former San Francisco 49ers Ray McDonald was arrested for domestic violence and was later exonerated but as of Monday McDonald is being investigated by San Jose Police for sexual assault according to Police Sgt Heather Randol. McDonald’s house is being searched for further clues and evidence stemming from the assault. The unidentified woman checked into a nearby hospital on Tuesday.

“The victim alleged she was possibly sexually assaulted a day prior, based on preliminary investigation. Detectives secured a search warrant and served it at the alleged suspect’s residence” said Randol. McDonald has not been arrested in the investigation as of yet. This is not the first time an investigation had been at McDonald’s residence because the first time a police officer doing the investigating was someone who did security detail for the 49ers.

Police working for the 49ers and handling the McDonald domestic violence allegations drew a bit of controversy and the police chief ordered that off duty officers stop working security detail for the 49ers. The domestic violence case blew over when McDonald’s fiancé wouldn’t testify against McDonald nor witnesses in the house at the time of the alleged assault took place.

The police also deemed the domestic case had insufficient evidence and there was no conviction to proceed with a trial or a case. McDonald was off the hook after that, that conclusion came out a month ago, now as of Tuesday it is being alleged that McDonald is involved in a sexual assault case at home in less than a month after he was cleared on the domestic charges against his finance.

Now McDonald could be facing charges of sexual assault by someone who is getting checked in a hospital for sexual assault and apparently this time it’s not his fiancé but another woman completely different. It was 49ers general manager Trent Baalke who said this is pattern of bad behavior by a particular player and that the 49ers as of Wednesday decided to part ways with McDonald. McDonald has been released by the 49ers as of Wednesday this is also in large part due to the NFL itself who is handling off field behavior.

We saw what happened with former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice. Rice was suspended and that case was very messy in terms of the legal ramifications but Rice was ultimately released by the Ravens. He was recently reinstated in terms of his legal status because the court system determined that Rice had been punished twice which the collective bargaining agreement doesn’t allow that you punish a player one time and a second time for the same infraction. Rice is able to join a team if someone is willing to pick him up but no NFL team has made any offer to him as of yet. Rice is kind of radioactive at this point given the circumstances.

David Zizmor covers the NFL for http://www.sportrsradioservice.com