Bengals' Benson begins 20-day jail term (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Cincinnati running back Cedric Benson has begun serving a 20-day jail term in Texas to settle two misdemeanor assault cases. The former University of Texas star was sentenced Monday in Austin and had planned to surrender Oct. 17, during Cincinnati's bye week. But Travis County Jail records show Benson was booked late Tuesday.

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