College Football Player from Marblehead Arrested in 'Bloody, Violent' Assault

A 2012 Marblehead High School graduate now playing football at Western New England University is being held in jail without bail after he allegedly beat up his girlfriend after she refused to have sex with him, according to reports by WGGB and MassLive.

John Perry was a linebacker and running back for the Magicians and is now a junior linebacker at the Springfield college. He was arraigned Monday in Springfield District Court on charges of aggravated assault and battery.

WGGB said court documents describe it as “a bloody, violent scene that left one young woman with serious injuries.” Perry’s attorney, Edward Principe, said that police have the wrong guy and added that Perry has no criminal record, according to a MassLive report.

Assistant District Attorney Marie Angers said in court that the victim had a fractured skull, bleeding to the brain, two split lips that were bleeding plus blood coming from her nose, swelling and cuts to her face, WGGB reported. She was hospitalized after the assault and is expected to survive.

Perry is being held in jail without bail until a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Thursday.

To read more about the case and see what Western New England University had to say about the rest, read the WGGB story.