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Delmon Young accused of choking, threatening to kill a valet

A.J. Perez
USA TODAY Sports
Delmon Young is a free agent who played for the Orioles in 2015.

Free agent outfielder Delmon Young threatened to kill and then choked a hotel worker in Miami early Sunday night, according to a police report obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

Young, 30, faces a felony battery charge in this latest incident that also involves allegations of inappropriate slurs, this time directed at a valet attendant at the Viceroy Miami hotel who refused to let Young onto an elevator that led to a club that had closed for the night.

"Stupid Cuban,” Young told the attendant per the police report. “Open the (expletive) door.”

Young walked away briefly, but returned shortly thereafter.

"I'm gonna (expletive) kill you, you Latin piece of (expletive)," Young allegedly said.

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WPLG-TV was the first news outlet to report the incident. 

Young then reached over the valet podium and grabbed the attendant by the neck and "continued to strangle him for 5 or 6 seconds," according to the police report. After the attendant broke free, the police were called.

Officers from the Miami Police Department responded to the scene of the alleged incident and later found Young at his condo, located near the hotel. Young answered the door "naked from the waist down" and "was unsteady on his feet and spoke with slurred speech," one of the officers wrote in the report.

Young was asked to put clothes on and provide identification. Young told officers he didn't know anything about the incident, according to the report.

An officer wrote that after Young was told he was identified via surveillance footage and by eyewitnesses, he became "belligerent."

"I'll slap you in the face with money, you (expletive) Cuban," Young told the officers per the report.

Young was arrested in April 2012 after he tackled a man wearing a yarmulke and yelling, "You bunch (expletive) Jews!"  He pleaded guilty to harassment and performed 10 hours of community service.

Young has played on five teams during his 11-season MLB career, the last two seasons with the Baltimore Orioles.

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