FOXBORO, Mass. -- Terry Glenn's next contest probably will come in a courtroom rather than a football stadium.

So far, the New England wide receiver's season has included one game, two suspensions and plenty of controversy. Next Tuesday, he faces his second court hearing in two months.

Glenn is asking Wrentham District Court to approve two motions -- to limit police testimony on remarks by the mother of his son and to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery on her.

"I'm optimistic this will go well for us," Joseph Cataldo, Glenn's attorney, said Thursday.

That would be a switch.

On Thursday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick suspended Glenn for Sunday's game at the New York Jets for disciplinary reasons. The penalty stemmed from developments Wednesday when Glenn went to practice without his helmet and didn't participate in team workouts.

Belichick withheld details, citing team policy, but said Glenn can return Monday.

"You have to ask him," Belichick said when asked if Glenn would do that.

Glenn wasn't available Thursday at Foxboro Stadium, and his agent, James Gould, declined comment. Belichick said Glenn, sidelined the past six games by a hamstring injury, "will be off the premises until next week."

It's been a chaotic year for the fourth-leading receiver in Patriots history.

He was arrested in May and was charged with assaulting Kimberly Combs at his Walpole home. On Aug. 3, Glenn left training camp without permission after the NFL suspended him for the first four games for violating its substance abuse policy by missing a drug test.

He later filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, apparently claiming that he missed the drug test because he suffers from chronic depression.

On Aug. 15, Belichick tried to suspend him for the season because of his absence, but that was overturned by an arbitrator.

Glenn sat out four games, then made an immediate contribution in a 29-26 win over San Diego, catching seven passes for 110 yards and a touchdown.

"Even though he was suspended, he was always a part of our team. We were willing to welcome him back and we would greatly appreciate having him back," wide receiver Troy Brown said.

Glenn complained of leg soreness after that game and hasn't played since.

"It's been six weeks since the injury," Belichick said Thursday. "It's gotten better."

On Wednesday, Glenn was upgraded to probable on the team's injury list for the first time in seven weeks. That meant the Patriots felt there was a 75 percent chance he would play Sunday.

But later that day, he worked out only with the injured players, and Belichick decided to suspend him.

"I'm not trying to make any determination on the future right now. We're just dealing with the situation as it is," Belichick said. "Based on what happened, this is what I had to do."

In an interview last Sunday night on WBZ-TV after New England's 34-17 win over New Orleans, Glenn said he didn't think he'd be with the Patriots next season.

He also implied that his injury was related to the team's decision to withhold $8.5 million of his $11 million signing bonus. Glenn has filed a grievance against that.

"I'm bothered by a hamstring right now, and I'm not getting paid," he told WBZ. "You do the math."

Belichick said the interview had no impact on the suspension.

On Thursday, the nameplate was gone from the locker of the player drafted seventh in 1996 and who caught 90 passes as a rookie. Only an ankle brace was inside.

It was unclear who removed items that had been there.

"Each player in this league comes in with the same opportunities," Belichick said. "They get a chance to practice, a chance to play. It's up to each individual to make his career."