Former Arizona Cardinals executive Bill Bidwell Jr. was seen covered in blood after he claimed his wife was unhappy over a carpet installation and and reportedly beat him up – hitting him more than a hundred times – and slamming a glass over his head.
Battered and bloodied, he told one of the officers that his wife, Nicole, has ‘a very bad temper,’ when the officer asked what happened.
Video obtained by TMZ Sports shows Bidwell’s face blurred out as the officer places a latex glove over his hand to assist his injuries.
As Bidwill sat in the back of a patrol car, he lifted a towel to his face to help clean the blood as he regained his composure and spoke to police.
Nicole Bidwill was arrested and reportedly booked on one count of assault June 10, though her husband declined to press charges.
‘Two weeks ago, Nicole Kugler Bidwill was involved in an incident that resulted in her arrest. This is a difficult time for their family, but her husband and children love her very much and are thankful that she is currently receiving the help she needs,’ the Cardinals said in a statement at that time.
They ask that their family’s privacy be respected as they deal with this challenging personal situation.’
As police arrived, Bidwell Jr. said ‘she was very upset at me,’ according to TMZ Sports.
‘I’m sitting on the couch, and she’s screaming at me. And I was trying to not escalate because she has a very bad temper.
He added: ‘And then she started hitting me, and I just started defending myself.’
He said that his wife was upset that he wasn’t home when the carpet installers arrived earlier in the day.
As he was pouring himself a drink, he said his wife ‘snapped,’ and claimed she hit ‘him with her hands about a hundred times’ … before she picked up his cup and cracked him with it, causing it to shatter, TMZ reported.
He told police that he struck his wife’s arms in order to defend himself before he was able to get away and call 911.
During the June 9 ordeal, Bidwill’s wife was seen lying face down on the hood of one of their vehicles parked in the driveway, before she was handcuffed by an officer.
It was unclear why she was there but, her head was turned to one side and her eyes appeared closed.
Bidwill Jr served as vice president of the NFL team under his father’s leadership. But it appears he left the Cardinals’ front office when his father Bill Sr. died in 2019.
For a time, Bill Jr. helped cover ownership responsibilities, but his brother Michael now owns the team and Bill Jr. is no longer involved.
The football team has been part of the family business since 1932. Bill Sr. co-owned the team from 1962 for ten seasons with his brother Charles Jr. and was the sole owner from 1972 until his passing in 2019.
