Former NFL player accused of urinating on passenger on Boston to Dublin flight

Former NFL football player Gosder Cherilus stands during his arraignment on charges including disorderly conduct in East Boston Municipal Court, in Boston (Pat Greenhouse/AP)

A former NFL player accused of drunkenly hitting one man and urinating on another during a flight from Boston to Dublin has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, police have said.

Gosder Cherilus, a first-round pick of the Detroit Lions in 2008 and also played for the Indianapolis Colts and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was arrested early on Sunday after the Delta Air Lines flight returned to Logan International Airport.