Trainer Chad Brown was arrested and jailed in upstate New York on Wednesday night, accused by a woman of choking her when she visited his home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., police and media reports said.
Brown was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing, a police officer told Horse Racing Nation. He appeared in court and was released Thursday after posting $2,500 in cash to make bail, according to Sgt. Paul Veitch, a spokesman for the Saratoga Springs Police Department.It did not appear Brown went to the track to saddle his two Saratoga starters Thursday. Assistant trainer Thomas Brandebourger stood in for him.
The judge who arraigned Brown said the woman claimed she was pushed down a staircase, pinned to the ground, choked and then pushed out of the house.
Saratoga County district attorney Karen Heggen said Brown entered a plea of not guilty.
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