Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

The website TMZ reported today that retired NFL linebacker Junior Seau was arrested on a charge of felony spousal assault with injury early this morning. According to TMZ, Seau was arrested in San Diego and booked into the Vista Detention Facility around 2:00 a.m. and was released around 3:20 a.m.

After he was released from custody, Seau drove his Cadillac Escalade off a cliff in Carlsbad, Carlsbad police told 10News in San Diego.

Additionally, a witness called 10News around 9:00 a.m. to report that she saw Seau drive a car off a cliff directly in front of her near Carlsbad Boulevard and Solamar Drive.

TMZ also published a photo that appears to show Seau’s SUV at the bottom of a cliff near a beach.

Seau was pulled out of the vehicle with only cuts and bruises and taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, police said.

Seau played his final NFL season in 2009 for the Patriots, culminating a 20-year career.