The NFL will fine Cincinnati Bengals LB Rey Maualuga two game checks but will not suspend him for his DUI conviction last winter, ESPN and PFT reported.

Maualuga pleaded guilty to a DUI charge in February and then entered rehab. He will be eligible for the Bengals’ season opener in New England on Sept. 12 but will not be paid for two weeks this season.

The second-year defender said in May his time in rehab was a “life changer.” His guilty plea came just days after his arrest for DUI in late January. He apologized at the time for “for bringing such great humiliation and embarrassment to the team.”

Maualuga is the second member of the Bengals to escape a suspension in recent weeks. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell opted not to discipline RB Cedric Benson after his arrest for an alleged assault this summer.

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