JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former Jaguar John Henderson, who is accused of head-butting his wife during an argument in November, pleaded not guilty Monday to domestic battery charges.
Henderson was arrested Nov. 21. He is free on bond and was told to have no violent contact with his wife.
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The day he was arrested, Henderson initially refused to come out of a room in his Deerwood home, but surrendered to police after about an hour, according to a police report.
Jail records show that Henderson was held for mental evaluation before he was taken to the Duval County Jail. According to court records online, Henderson's wife filed an injunction for protection order against Henderson in 2013. The injunction was dismissed less than a month later when neither of them showed up for the hearing.
According to a police report, Henderson assaulted his wife Nov. 21 during an argument in their home. Henderson's wife told police that Henderson pushed over a dresser and that when they were face to face, he head-butted her on her forehead. She told police that Henderson then went into his office and barricaded himself inside.
The victim had a small cut on her forehead when police arrived. They said her small children were present during the fight.
After she learned that Henderson would be arrested and held for mental evaluation, the victim refused to cooperate with police or sign any domestic violence papers, police said.
Another woman filed an incident report with JSO in 2005, saying Henderson kicked in the front door to the apartment he was leasing for her after she stopped accepting his calls.
She told investigators that he demanded sex and threw her across the room when she refused.
She filed the report a week after the alleged incident, telling officers that she didn't want to get Henderson in trouble but had since received threats from Henderson.
He was not charged in that incident.