Ex-New England Patriots Player Arrested on Allegation of Assaulting 82-Year-Old Man at Planet Fitness

Three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Pass denied the allegations in an interview this week

A former New England Patriots player is denying allegations that he shoved an 82-year-old man to the ground during an argument about workout equipment at a Planet Fitness last month.

The retired NFL fullback, Patrick Pass, denied the Aug. 28 incident took place at the North Providence, Rhode Island gym when a reporter for local NBC 10 asked him about the allegations at his home this week.

“Look at me do you think I’m going to do that? Really, please, come on,” Pass, 46, told the outlet. “I have better things to do than try to assault someone.”

Pass, a three-time Super Bowl champion throughout his career alongside Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, was charged with assault of a man over the age of 60 and causing bodily injury, according to NBC 10.

PEOPLE has reached out to the North Providence Police Department for comment.

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The 82-year-old man, Juan Muriel, told NBC 10 that when he woke up “the next day, I can’t walk, I can’t lay down, I can’t do nothing” because of his injuries.

“I felt like somebody pushed me for nothing,” the elderly man told the outlet. “I never touched him, nothing.”

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CBS News, NBC 10 and local WPRI report that Pass had bail set at $10,000 on Wednesday. Kent County records reviewed by PEOPLE no longer show Pass as being held in custody.

Pass is due back in court in January, according to the outlets.

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The retired Patriots star had four touchdowns throughout his football career, which began after he was drafted by New England in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft. Pass also briefly played for the Houston Texans and the New York Giants before retiring in 2009.

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