( CNN ) -- As an NFL player , Chad Johnson patted a lot of men on the butt when he liked their work , but on Monday , defendant Chad Johnson found out that one Florida courtroom was not the place to play that game . After Johnson patted his lawyer on the rear , Judge Kathleen McHugh rejected Johnson 's plea to a probation violation in the domestic violence case involving Johnson and his then-wife , Evelyn Lozada . Johnson was arrested in May for not meeting with his probation officer and was in court Monday to enter a plea . After he was asked if he was pleased with his attorney , the former wide receiver once known as `` Chad Ochocinco '' gave his lawyer , Adam Swickle , a gentle pat on the rear . McHugh was furious when people in the audience laughed . `` There 's nothing funny about what 's going on here today , '' she told Johnson . Johnson , 35 , replied that he was n't laughing . Then McHugh said , `` I do n't think anything 's funny about it , Mr. Johnson . This is n't a joke . '' Johnson said he did n't do it as a joke . Swickle agreed , saying : `` I do n't think it was done as any disrespect to the court . I do n't think he meant to get a reaction from the court room , judge . '' The judge told Johnson she would n't accept a plea deal that involved only community service and more anger management counseling . Instead , she sentenced him to 30 days in jail and tacked three months onto his one-year probation , which would have ended in September . Johnson seemed resigned to his fate . `` Love me through the good and the bad because I 'm gone love you regardless ... See you in 30 ... `` he tweeted later . Johnson -- a six-time all-star whose name Ochocinco was a Spanish wordplay on his number , 85 -- last played in the NFL in 2011 . He was released by the Miami Dolphins during the 2012 preseason after police said he headbutted Lozada , a reality TV star , during an argument at their home in Davie , Florida . Johnson and the `` Basketball Wives '' star were divorced in September . He changed his name back to Chad Johnson after the two were married last July . In 2012 : Former NFL player Chad Johnson charged with domestic battery .
Chad Johnson pats his lawyer on the rear while in Florida court . The former NFL star was charged with aggravated assault and battery after a fight broke out at an Orlando nightclub last month. Johnson , formerly known as `` Ochocinco , '' was married to reality TV star Evelyn Lozada . He was on probation for a domestic violence episode that led to their divorce .