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Updated at 6:03 p.m., Wednesday, August 27, 2008

NFL: Pregnant woman says Jags WR arranged assault

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A pregnant woman today sued Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Dennis Northcutt for allegedly arranging for his cousin to beat her up.

Sharri Henry, who claims to be four months pregnant with Northcutt's baby, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court stemming from an altercation May 17 at a Hollywood restaurant. She accuses Northcutt, a nine-year NFL veteran, of trying to harm her unborn child and permanently disfigure her face.

The cousin is not named in the lawsuit, which seeks compensatory and punitive damages.

Jason Lee, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department, would not say whether a police report was filed on the alleged assault.

Messages left with Henry's attorney, Loyst Fletcher, and Northcutt's agent, Walter Jerome Stanley, were not immediately returned Wednesday.