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Report: Johnny Manziel Threatened to Kill Himself, Ex-Girlfriend During Dispute

The details alleged by Colleen Crowley are pretty scary.

Last Saturday, reports surfaced that Fort Worth police were investigating a potential domestic dispute between Johnny Manziel and an unnamed ex-girlfriend. Details were scarce because Manziel could not be found and the ex-girlfriend was described as uncooperative. Today the picture is much clearer because ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas has an exclusive report with some pretty frightening details. The report confirms that the unnamed ex-girlfriend is Colleen Crowley, who was previously involved in similar, yet decidedly more tame altercation in October.

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Crowley has reportedly filed an affidavit to support an order of protection against Manziel. According to WFAA's sources, she met up with Manziel at his hotel room in Dallas after barhopping with some friends. While in the room, they began arguing about another woman and when she tried to leave, Manziel wouldn't let her. He "restrained" her and "led" her away to her car as she tearfully asked for help from a valet. She suspected he was on drugs and possibly having a psychotic break, which would certainly line up with initial reports that she was concerned for his well-being.

Sources say Manziel then drove her about a half mile to her car which was parked near the Concrete Cowboy bar off Cedar Springs Road. She claims she jumped out of the car and tried to hide from Manziel but he found her in some nearby bushes.
"He grabbed me by my hair and threw me back into the car and got back in himself," she reportedly told police. "He hit me with his open hand on my left ear for jumping out of the car. I realized immediately that I could not hear out of that ear, and I still cannot today, two days later."

During the car ride back to her apartment, Crowley says she told Manziel that she hated him and he replied that "he was going to drop me off, take my car and go kill himself." When she tried to ease the situation by reversing course and telling him that she loved him, he reportedly began laughing and said, "Shut up, or I'll kill us both." The altercation continued into her apartment, where she pulled a knife out of the block in her kitchen and "advanced on him." That's when he ran off.

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TMZ spoke to Manziel and he denied hitting Crowley, saying, "It didn't happen." He also denied threatening to commit suicide and told TMZ, "I'm completely stable. I'm safe and secure."

Update 8:05 p.m.: According to Adam Schefter, the Dallas Police department, after Fort Worth police forwarded their report on the matter, will not file charges and now consider the case closed. The full statement:

The Dallas Police Department has conducted the appropriate investigative follow-up to the report forwarded to us by the Ft. Worth Police Department regarding an alleged incident involving Johnny Manziel. Investigative efforts to date have not resulted in the filing of a criminal complaint and the incident is determined to be closed. No further statement is expected at this time.

Update 8:05 p.m.: And according to Ian Rapoport, Fort Worth won't file charges, either.

[WFAA]