WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has denied a request to change the bond for a former Dallas Cowboys running back facing charges in Kansas.

Joseph Randle of Wichita is awaiting a preliminary hearing on February charges including aggravated battery. Police say he backed his car into three people while leaving a party. The Cowboys released Randle last year.

Randle’s attorney, James Crawford, sought to change bond conditions so Randle could be released to family instead of to the NFL Players Association. The Wichita Eagle reports NFL lawyers said the organization didn’t want to be liable for transporting Randle to a mental treatment facility if he bails out of jail.

But Sedgwick County Judge Kevin O’Connor on Friday denied the request, pointing out already-approved bond modifications, including decreasing it to $45,000 from $150,000.