TMZ.com is reporting that Arizona Cardinals’ wideout Larry Fitzgerald has been ordered to stay away from the mother of his 11-month-old son after he allegedly was involved in a physical altercation with her last October.

Larry FitzgeraldAngela Nazario claims she brought the couple’s son to visit Larry at his Phoenix home last October when the former lovers began arguing.

Nazario alleges in her legal papers filed in Arizona, Fitzgerald attempted to “diffuse the situation” by raising his fist and challenging her to a play fight. Nazario admits she responded by swinging at him and “may have hit his face.”

Fitzgerald then turned from playful to enraged, allegedly pushing Nazario down to her knees. She claims he “grabbed me by my hair with both hands on the back of my head very very hard and tossed me across the room.”

Later, when she tried to leave with her son, Nazario says Fitzgerald “grabbed the back of my neck and slammed me down on the marble floor … [I] was disoriented for awhile and could not get up, I remember he mumbled something about ‘that’s what happens when you try taking my son away from me.'” As she got in the car to leave she realized she had lost “chunks” of hair.

Well this is a fine mess right before the Cardinals’ playoff game, now isn’t it? Keep in mind the source, though – the story has yet to surface on any major media site.