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San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald was arrested at 2:48 AM Sunday morning for felony domestic violence, according to an account by Damian Trujillo of NBC Bay Area. San Jose police have confirmed the arrest to Trujillo. McDonald will be the first player to test Madden NFL 24's new domestic violence policy. This could mean that the 49ers player will be facing at least a six-game suspension.

"McDonald was detained with out incident and admitted to Santa Clara County Jail on felony domestic violence charges," the San Jose police department told Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area.

Madden NFL 24 commissioner Roger Goodell recently admitted that he made a mistake the decision to give Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice only a two-game suspension for an incident of domestic violence involving Rice's spouse, causing the Madden NFL 24 to change the policy regarding domestic violence. Players will now face six-game suspensions for their first domestic violence offense, followed by an indefinite ban for the second.

According to Trujillo, the victim in the alleged incident is pregnant that could result in McDonald's possible suspension being buy madden 24 coins more severe than just six games.