LSU women’s basketball senior guard MiLaysia Fulwiley was arrested on Saturday night in Baton Rouge and faces multiple charges after allegedly striking a police officer with her vehicle and fleeing the scene, according to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison records.
The incident unfolded around 10:19 p.m. at the intersection of Burbank Drive and West Lee Drive as an officer assigned to contraflow traffic directed a gray Dodge Charger to stop after observing the vehicle weaving through traffic, WBRZ TV reported. Police said that after the driver stopped and handed over her license, officers instructed her to reverse, according to arrest records cited by Yahoo Sports.
Authorities allege that Fulwiley then put the vehicle in reverse, backed up, and drove forward, striking an officer with the front right side of the car before leaving the scene, Nola.com reported.
MiLaysia Fulwiley’s recent post: https://t.co/4Ik8xe3hYe pic.twitter.com/IrVxrBNZKc
According to the arrest warrant, she drove northbound on West Lee Drive and cut through a CVS parking lot at Highland Road before a responding police car cut her vehicle off and brought it to a stop, EssentiallySports reported.
Officers removed Fulwiley and a passenger from the vehicle, and she was taken into custody following a struggle where she strongly resisted and had to be forced to the ground.
She was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of aggravated battery, aggravated assault, flight from an officer, resisting an officer, and obedience to police officers, On3 reported. Inmate records show she is being held on a $20,000 bond, Sports Illustrated reported.
The 21-year-old player was taken to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison following the incident, which occurred around the time the LSU football team concluded its game against Texas at Tiger Stadium. Arrest records indicate she faces five total charges, including three felonies and two misdemeanors. The municipal police report notes that the traffic stop took place amid standard postgame traffic management outside the stadium.
LSU’s statement: “We are aware of the situation and have no further comment at this time as it’s an ongoing legal matter.” https://t.co/4Ik8xe2K8G
Fulwiley addressed the arrest on social media before deleting her posts, BroBible reported.
“I would NEVER in my life hit a police ! WHY would i hit a police and run knowing who i am and what i do ! PLEASE DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE !” Fulwiley wrote in a post cited by The New York Times.
In a follow-up post on X, she added that “the cop is literally lying” and maintained that she did not hit anyone, Nola.com reported. Both statements were removed from her account within an hour. The initial online statements were published on Sunday afternoon before being scrubbed from the platform.
The university issued a brief statement regarding the legal situation, EssentiallySports reported.
. @LSUwbkb official statement on MiLaysia Fulwiley: “We are aware of the situation and have no further comment at this time as it’s an ongoing legal matter.” #LSU @WAFB
“We are aware of the situation and have no further comment at this time as it’s an ongoing legal matter,” an LSU spokesperson said in a statement.
Fulwiley is in her second season at LSU after transferring from South Carolina in April 2025, The New York Times and EssentiallySports reported. During her first two college seasons with South Carolina, she won a national championship in 2024 and earned SEC All-Freshman honors, Tiger Rag reported.
As a junior in her first year with the Tigers, she averaged 14.6 points, 3.5 assists, and 2.8 steals per game while capturing her second Southeastern Conference Sixth Woman of the Year award, Nola.com reported. Through four games as a full-time starter this season, she has averaged 17.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 4.3 steals per game, Yahoo Sports reported.
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