"Legal Trouble" Archive

If Plaxico sits out this season or rides the bench it will spell the end.

Before Plaxico Burress was released from jail we found out that he had a house in foreclosure and some other debts. TMZ has reported that Burress owes 59k in back taxes to New York and 159k to a woman in relation to a car accident that happened in January 2008. You can read the details over on TMZ. 

I was really hoping Plaxico Burress would find a job this season – not that it’s out of the realm of possibility at this point but it’s certainly not looking good. I can’t speak to whether Burress can still play or not. The New York Jets weren’t really the best testing ground for such an experiment. 

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As you probably already know, Chad Johnson of the Miami Dolphins was arrested on domestic violence charges yesterday. Luckily for him he was able to get in front of a judge early this morning (in some states he would have been in jail until Monday, oh the horror!). Bond was set at $2500 in a very quick hearing as you can see in the video below.

I’m interested to see how this plays out. My opinion, from Day 1, has been that their relationship isn’t real and since no one can find their paperwork for their marriage in the United States that they’re not married either. The theories of why this happened are flying. Some say it was a stunt for the couple’s reality show that went wrong. The 911 call made by the neighbor should be available soon and perhaps that will shed some insight.

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Remember that time Ndamukong Suh got into a car crash with two other women in the car? Well CBS is reporting that one of the women believes she deserves more than her medical bills and wage losses to be covered and little something something extra on top. Nooooooo she wants ONE MILLION DOLLARS. 

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Aaron Berry was cut from the Lions today for breaking the golden rule–a man’s talent must outweigh his foolishness. Berry was popped for simple assault but drug abuse offenses are far more common than violent ones. Berry received his own DUI charge last month.

In a show of something akin to transparency the NFL has released a list of NFL players arrested thus far in 2012. I have mixed feelings about the list being released with the biggest gripe being that no context was given. I think when you release a list like this you should mention how the NFL stacks up vs. other leagues and the general public, and whether there has been an increase or decrease in arrests compared to this time last year. On the other hand, I suppose you can argue for information to be “posted without comment” to allow folks to draw their own conclusions. 

The Detroit Lions have already been the talk of the off season so this list will reveal nothing new.  The biggest thing I took away from the list is the number of DUI/DWIs (11) which were by far the most common offense with marijuana possession being second. I’ve blogged about this before but athletes who suffer from substance abuse are not uncommon. 

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I’m always one to say hold off on judgment until more facts come out. Well…as more facts come out not one of them yet as made Cowboys WR Dez Bryant look good. At this point we know that Dez’s mother (who is a mere 7 years older than I at 37) called 911 on him when the incident too place.

Based on his mother’s comments this isn’t the first time Dez has been violent toward her and she called the police because she’s fed up with it. If that’s true, it may explain why it’s rumored that he and his half brother got into an altercation that day. On the call, Dez’s mother sounds distracted and worried. You can hear someone else yelling in the background as the 911 operator pleads with her to stop arguing with the person in the background and focus on the conversation at hand. She describes Dez as wearing black pants and no shirt and apparently she is not sure where he actually lives. As others have pointed out his license plate says “Bail Me.”

Dez has been in trouble before but nothing he has done in the past made me think he would be in a situation like this. But it was clear beforehand that Dez doesn’t have a strong handle on his affairs—whether financial, on the field, or in his personal life.

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