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Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga was reportedly involved in a bar fight more than the weekend in which he injured the club’s manager, according to WXIX-Tv on Thursday.

Sammy Laham, manager at Luxe, said the incident occurred as the downtown Cincinnati bar was closing.

“One of them stated one thing at which point I repeated myself, that they had to leave, and then Rey Maualuga got up, took 3 or 4 steps and punched me in the face, more noticeably the eye, then my nose began to bleed,” Laham told the station. “Then safety diffused the situation.”

Maualuga has not been charged as police continue to investigate the incident.

“Our safety went more than to see what was going on, to break them up, and Sammy went over as properly, and Rey was leaning up against the bar and he stepped forward and swung,” Luxe employee Brittany Knight stated. “At initial I didn’t see who it was simply because I was standing a tiny further back until I saw my manager walk by and I saw his eye and it was bleeding and cut up. He stated, ‘I can’t think I just got hit’ and I was shocked with my mouth to the ground.”

If Maualuga is charged, it would mark the linebacker’s second violation of the NFL’s personal conduct policy in two years, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday.

Maualuga’s agent, Gary Uberstine, spoke with the player and later refused comment to WXIX-Television.

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