10/10/2008 7:00 AM
The NFL on Thursday said it is investigating the latest off-field incident involving Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam 'Pacman' Jones.
Jones was involved in an altercation with his bodyguard at a hotel in Irving, Texas late on Tuesday night, according to a Dallas Police report.
A spokesman for the NFL confirmed to PA SportsTicker on Thursday that the league is probing the matter involving Jones, who was reinstated to the league in August after a 16-month suspension for repeated violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy.
However, ESPN.com reported on Thursday that the Cowboys will not discipline Jones for Tuesday night's incident.
Citing a team source, the web site said the Cowboys will not punish the cornerback after he was involved in a bathroom scuffle with his bodyguard, Tommy Jones.
A Cowboys spokesman would neither confirm or deny the report.
Police said they received a call from the Joule hotel at about 11 pm on Tuesday and that there was "a disturbance between two black males and a black female arguing and fighting at the location and that the suspects were in the lobby".
By the time police arrived at the scene, it was determined that the disturbance was over and that some hotel employees heard a scuffle in the men's restroom, police said. No witnesses came forward at that time to say an assault had occurred, although hotel management pointed out that a glass light switch plate had been broken.
Both men involved in the scuffle told police everything was 'OK'. One man was identified as Adam Jones and the other as his private bodyguard.
Police said the alleged victim, Tommy Jones, did not want to pursue any action against Adam Jones, calling it a private matter.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Jones was attending a party hosted by rapper Ludacris.
It is just the latest in a litany of off-the-field incidents for the 25-year-old cornerback, who was suspended by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in April 2007 while still a member of the Tennessee Titans.
Jones was reinstated by the league on August 26 - four months after the Cowboys acquired him in a trade with the Titans.
A history of legal problems - including six arrests - has plagued Jones since entering the league as a first-round draft choice in 2005.
Since joining the Cowboys, Jones had kept his nose clean until now. He has been a major contributor in the secondary, leading the club with 11 pass deflections.