The Seattle Seahawks are releasing Aldon Smith.
Smith was arrested in April on a second-degree battery charge, two days after he signed with the Seahawks, after he was accused of choking a man unconscious during an altercation that began inside a New Orleans-area coffee shop.
Smith, who has had numerous alcohol-related incidents during his NFL career, has been staying in a sober living home in Seattle, as he did last season in Dallas.