{"id":765576,"date":"2026-02-20T23:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765576\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:37:13","slug":"widow-of-chicago-bears-legend-steve-mcmichael-charged-with-domestic-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765576\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow of Chicago Bears legend Steve McMichael charged with domestic battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WTVO) \u2014 Misty McMichael, the widow of Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Steve \u201cMongo\u201d McMichael, has been charged with domestic battery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to court records, McMichael, 55, faces one count of domestic battery involving physical contact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/wife-steve-mongo-mcmichael-arrested-friday-will-county-records-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WFLD;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WFLD<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Will County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported that deputies were called to a home in Frankfort on Kuse around 5:25 a.m., after a caller hung up during a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When deputies arrived on the scene, they encountered both McMichael and a man who told law enforcement they had been drinking and arguing for several hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the victim told officers that McMichael choked him when the argument became physical, which McMichael disputed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A witness told police they had heard the pair arguing for hours, and heard loud noises and banging. Later, they said they found the two on the kitchen floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies reported seeing injuries and scratches on the victim\u2019s neck. McMichael was arrested and taken to the Will County Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Steve McMichael died in April 2025 from ALS, at the age of 67.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystateline.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to MyStateline | WTVO WQRF News, Weather and Sports.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to MyStateline | WTVO WQRF News, Weather and Sports. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WTVO) \u2014 Misty McMichael, the widow of Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Steve \u201cMongo\u201d McMichael,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[391,43472,7,109022,109020,6,109021,9966],"class_list":["post-765576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-chicago-bears","tag-domestic-battery","tag-football","tag-mcmichael","tag-misty-mcmichael","tag-nfl","tag-physical-contact","tag-steve-mcmichael"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116105592432188902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}