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Bill Bidwill Jr.’s wife, Nicole, was uncooperative with police officers responding to a domestic violence call after she allegedly beat up the former Arizona Cardinals general manager.
Nicole Bidwill was arrested on June 10 and reportedly charged with assault, although her husband declined to press charges.
In police bodycam footage obtained by TMZ This week it emerged that Nicole was uncooperative when police arrived at the property before officers had to carry her to the police car.
When officers arrived on scene, Bidwill’s wife was seen lying face down on the hood of one of their vehicles parked in the driveway before being handcuffed by an officer.
It was unclear why she was there, but her head was turned to one side and her eyes appeared closed.
Bill Bidwill Jr.’s wife, Nicole, was uncooperative with police officers responding to a domestic violence call after she allegedly beat up her husband
Nicole Kugler Bidwill was arrested on June 10 and reportedly booked for assault. Her husband refused to press charges
When Nicole was asked to get out of the car, she said, “I just don’t feel like it. I’m tired.’
An officer told her several times to get out of the vehicle or he would have to remove her himself, before she finally slid down the hood of the car.
Nicole then had her back to the officer when they asked for her basic personal information, including her name and date of birth, but she was initially hesitant to respond and instead told them her daughter was on the way.
When her daughter, who told officers she was a lawyer, came to represent Nicole, she instructed her mother not to say anything. Nicole subsequently refused to be checked for injuries by on-site doctors.
After being told she was under arrest, Nicole demanded to speak to the sergeant.
After being handcuffed, she asked to have her water bottle fetched because she had ‘grabbed’ something that made her mouth dry, before police made her blow her nose twice in front of her and criticized them for not doing a good enough job.
The officers asked her several times to walk to the police car, which she refused. One officer urged her to cooperate to maintain her dignity in front of her neighbors, before telling her they would ask one more time before carrying her to the vehicle.
However, she again refused to cooperate, forcing the two officers to hoist themselves up with an arm under each leg and carry her to the car.
Bidwill’s wife is seen lying on the hood of the vehicle, parked face down in the driveway of her home, with her head to the side and her eyes closed as officers approached the property.
A photo of Nicole Kugler Bidwill from her LinkedIn profile
In a separate clip of bodycam footage, Bidwill spoke to officers and claimed his wife was unhappy he was not home when the carpet installers arrived and allegedly beat him up – hitting him more than a hundred times – and smashed a glass over his head. .
Battered and bloodied, he told one of the officers that his wife, Nicole, is in “a very bad mood” when the officer asked what happened.
Video obtained by TMZ Sports shows Bidwill’s face blurring as the officer places a latex glove over his hand to soothe his injuries.
As Bidwill sat in the back of a patrol car, he lifted a towel to his face to help clean up the blood as he regained his composure and spoke to police.
When police arrived, Bidwill Jr. said. “she was very angry with me,” according to TMZ Sports.
“I’m sitting on the couch and she’s yelling at me. And I tried not to escalate because she’s in a really bad mood.
He added, “And then she started hitting me, and I started defending myself.”
He said his wife was upset because he wasn’t home when the carpet installers arrived earlier in the day.
As he poured himself a drink, he said his wife “snapped.”
He claimed that she ‘hit him with her hands about a hundred times’… before picking up his cup and smashing it with it, causing it to shatter, TMZ reported.
He told police he punched his wife’s arms to defend himself before he could escape and call 911.
During the conversation, Bidwill Jr. appears. short of breath, telling the operator that he just “had a glass break over my head,” the news channel reported.
He said his neighbor, who is a surgeon, assessed his injuries and told dispatch he didn’t mind.
Bill Bidwill Jr. served as vice president of the NFL team under his father. But it appears he left the Cardinals’ front office when his father Bill Sr. died in 2019
Bidwill Jr. served as vice president of the NFL team under his father. But it appears he left the Cardinals’ front office when his father Bill Sr. died in 2019.
For a time, Bill Jr. helped. in covering 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. was co-owner of the team with his brother Charles Jr. for ten seasons from 1962. and was the sole owner from 1972 until his death in 2019.
In 2009, the team went to the Super Bowl.