 On May 29, 2009, Ojinnaka was arrested for simple battery at his home in Suwanee, Georgia, after he fought with his wife and spat at her during an argument over a female friend of his on Facebook, according to a police report.He told police that his wife had tried to stab him with a pen, and she said he threw her on some stairs before tossing her out of the house.He was later suspended by the NFL for the first game of the 2010 regular season.