Former WWE NIL wrestler charged with assaulting a pregnant woman

AJ Ferrari, a former wrestler at the University of Nebraska and WWE NIL athlete, was arrested on Tuesday (July 7) on an outstanding warrant and arraigned in court the following day. The 24-year-old was charged with third-degree assault by strangulation or suffocation of a pregnant woman, third-degree domestic violence assault, and first-degree false imprisonment. A press release from the sheriff’s office in Douglas County, Nebraska, shared details about his arrest. According to the statement, investigators from the department’s Special Operations Group (SOG) were conducting surveillance at a residence where Ferrari was believed to be staying when they saw a woman leave the home and get into a truck. “A short time later a male was seen crawling out of the garage and entering the rear passenger seat of the vehicle. That male was identified as Ferrari,” the press release said. The SOG Investigators followed the truck and notified the county’s Uniformed Services Bureau (USB) Patrol Dep