A judge has issued an arrest warrant for Jen Belichick, the daughter-in-law of Bill Belichick and wife of UNC defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, after she failed to show up for a required court appearance tied to a speeding charge.
Court records say Jen Belichick was supposed to appear before a judge on July 10 after being cited for a misdemeanor speeding violation. When she did not appear at the scheduled hearing, the judge ordered her arrest.
The citation came from a traffic stop in the Leland area, where she was allegedly driving a Jeep at a high rate of speed. Public court records show state highway patrol officers cited the driver on May 21 after clocking her at 88 miles per hour in a 70-mile-per-hour zone. Because of how fast she was allegedly going, the court appearance was mandatory.
At this point, there is no public information about her current status or whether she has been taken into custody.
The legal issue arrives after earlier reports of tension inside the Belichick family. Last football season, Jen Belichick reportedly had a confrontation with Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, in which heated words were exchanged about the relationship and its effect on the family. She was also previously reported to have gone on a verbal tirade against Hudson and even issued an ultimatum to Bill, though nothing came of that episode.
Jen Belichick and Steve Belichick have been married for nearly a decade and share several children. The speeding case is separate from anything happening on the field at North Carolina, where Bill Belichick is the head coach and Steve Belichick serves as defensive coordinator.
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