Dallas Cowboys alum Dez Bryant was handcuffed and held at gunpoint by police at a Texas restaurant on Sunday, video footage shows.
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The former NFL star alleges that a police officer aimed a gun at him in front of his daughters Sunday after a confrontation with a man he alleges threatened to shoot him following an encounter with two men who he accused or reckless driving.
Bryant, a former All-Pro wide receiver, alleges that two young adults cut him off in traffic near the eatery, which endangered him and his family. Bryant then got into a verbal altercation with at least one of the driver's over the incident.
"He get out of the car, he talking crazy," Bryant said in an interview with Outkick. "I get out of the car. I'm talking my mess. And he go to threatening me."
Bryant said the man insinuated "he'll shoot me or whatever."
"I told him, I said, 'Hey, man, you pull that gun, I'm telling you right now, you better use it because if you don't, I'm going to do something to you,'" Bryant said.
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Bryant shared that he was irked when the man began filming the argument and knocked his phone to the ground.
"I knocked the phone out of his hand," Bryant said. "And first thing he said was, 'I'm fitting to call the police.' I said, 'Call them. You're threatening me. So it's all good. I have the right to protect myself.'"
A police officer arrived and ordered ?all ?three men to get on the ground. A video posted on X by Outkick shows police standing over three men who are handcuffed and facedown in a parking ?lot.
Bryant said he ?received a ?citation for assault by contact and instructions to appear at Southlake Municipal Court on ?or before Nov. 20.
"I was really more ?so concerned ?about my children. You know, looking at their dad, you know, being on the ground with a gun pointed ?at ?me," Bryant said.
Bryant, 37, was a ?three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with the Cowboys. He finished ?his storied career with the Baltimore Ravens in 2020.
Bryant is currently on the ballot for the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame.
