 On October 9, 2012, four weeks and three days after an internal appeals panel vacated suspensions imposed on Fujita, Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, Saints defensive end Will Smith, and free-agent defensive end Anthony Hargrove, the league re-issued the discipline, with reductions to the suspensions of Fujita and Hargrove.Vilma's suspension remained a full season, and Smith's remained four games.Fujita's suspension was reduced from three games to one, and Hargrove's reduced from eight games to seven.