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Update: Georgia announced Sunday afternoon that it had released offensive line signee D'Antne Demery following his arrest on Saturday evening.

Original Story: Georgia offensive line signee D'Antne Demery was arrested Saturday for allegedly choking the mother of his one-month-old child.

While a police report has not been published, The Macon Telegraph reports that Demery was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass and simple battery. Demery is alleged to have choked his girlfriend outside of a Waffle House in Athens, Georgia. The couple was in town for Georgia's spring game festivities on Saturday.

Details from The Telegraph:

Late Saturday night, Athens-Clarke County police officers were called to the area near the Waffle House location for what amounted to a domestic violence incident involving Demery allegedly "choking (strangling) a female." Police were able to reach the victim by Boar's Head Lounge.

"Upon arrival, both individuals had left the area," the police account reads. "Moments later, the victim called 911; advising that she wished to press charges against D'Antne Demery for hitting her. Contact was made with the victim in front of Boars Head (sic). She stated that she and Demery got into an argument; he began to get loud, she started to walk off, he told her 'walk off again, and Imma show you'. She began to walk away again, at which point, Demery came from behind her; grabbing her on the back of her neck; pushing her against the wall, and also grabbing her by the hair."

The report also states that the victim told police Demery "has been physically violent with her in the past."

Demery is a member of Georgia's 2017 signing class. The four-star offensive lineman signed with Georgia in February and had been scheduled to join the program this summer.