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BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns running back Reuben Droughns will miss practice Monday for a court hearing in the Denver area on charges of harassment and assault stemming from a May 12 disturbance with his wife, Kellie, at their home in Centennial, Colo.

A police report states Droughns threw his wife to the ground and onto a bed before throwing her outside and locking the door.

Droughns, who played with the Denver Broncos until a trade last year, could get six to 18 months in jail if convicted of assault and up to six months in jail if convicted of harassment.

Days before his arrest on the domestic charges, a jury in the Cleveland suburb of Medina acquitted Droughns of drunken driving, finding he was not impaired by alcohol when a state trooper stopped him Nov. 1.

Droughns, who rushed for 1,232 yards last season, expects to be back for practice Tuesday.

"This is my cathedral right here when I'm on the football field," he said. "I leave all my outside problems alone."

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