HOUSTON -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays shortstop Julio Lugo signed autographs for jurors in his misdemeanor assault trial after they acquitted him last week.

Mabely Lugo, who accused her husband of striking her, changed her story from previous statements to authorities when she testified in his trial. She told jurors she exaggerated the story and that her husband did not mean to hit her during an argument outside Minute Maid Park in Houston before a game with the Atlanta Braves on April 30.

Mabely Lugo's complaint to police about her husband landed him in jail after the game.

Julio Lugo, who played for the Houston Astros at the time, was released by the team days later.

His attorney, Chris Tritico, told the Houston Chronicle in Monday's editions that when Lugo went back to thank the jury for its verdict, he was asked for autographs by some of the jury's members.

Tritico said Lugo also offered to autograph baseballs and send them to the jurors.

Prosecutor Catherine Evans declined to comment on the exchange.

Tritico said it is not uncommon for a person who is acquitted of a charge to thank the jury afterward.