Mixon pleads not guilty to menacing charge

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals running back Joe Mixon has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing.

The count stems from allegations that he threatened and pointed a gun at a woman in Cincinnati earlier this year.

Mixon made his initial court appearance Wednesday.

Bond was set at $10,000. He has been ordered to have no contact with the woman.

A warrant for Mixon was initially issued in February but was dismissed the next day.

Cincinnati police announced April 7 that they had refiled the charge “following the discovery of new evidence during the investigative process” but did not provide further details.