Three Texas football players and a former player were arrested early Monday downtown and charged with Class C misdemeanors.
Senior starters Kenny Vaccaro and Alex Okafor, senior reserve tight end Barrett Matthews and former UT player Eryon Barnett were detained shortly before 1:30 a.m. on charges of failure to obey a lawful order, according to court documents.
Austin police said the men were involved in a disturbance with a doorman and several officers after they were denied entrance to the Blind Pig Pub at 317 E. Sixth St., and authorities told them to leave the area, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. While they were eating at Roppolo’s Pizza nearby, a man told police officers Barnett had threatened him, the affidavit said.
Officers asked the men several times to leave the pizza parlor, and they refused, the affidavit said. Officers arrested Okafor and Barnett. Barnett gave police another name and was charged with failure to identify, Travis County court records show.
Police said Vaccaro and Matthews were cursing at officers from across the street and approached officers, the affidavit said. They refused to leave and were arrested, the documents said.