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8/3/21
The CyHawk rivalry has taken another violent turn.
In an update to a story KCJJ first brought you Sunday morning, the man accused of assaulting Iowa basketball player Jordan Bohannon played football for Iowa State.
29-year-old Nicholas Kron of Nashville, TN was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 1pm Saturday. According to arrest records, Kron and Bohannon were arguing outside DC’s on the Ped Mall after bar close on May 23rd when Kron allegedly sucker-punched Bohannon three times in the back of the head, knocking him down and causing a cut. Bohannon was removed from the scene by three friends and taken to a local hospital for treatment of what school officials would later call a “serious head injury”.
Video of the incident shows Bohannon was turned away from Kron at the time the punches were thrown. The Associated Press reports Bohannon has since filed a lawsuit against Kron, saying he was “brutally, unlawfully and intentionally” assaulted.
Kron is charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury, a Serious Misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of one year in jail. He played defensive end for Iowa State in 2012 and 2013.
The incident isn’t the first time the CyHawk rivalry has been tied to violence. The last time the two teams met on the field, in 2019, members of the Hawkeye Marching Band reported being assaulted by Cyclone fans as they left Jack Trice Stadium in Ames after Iowa’s 18-17 victory.