5 NFL Players You Didn't Know Were Criminals

 

so many talented players blow their shots at having a hall-of-fame-worthy career because they were linked to one crime or another over the years many NFL stars have been charged with serious crimes from murder to manslaughter and senseless drug use it might shock you to know that even some of your favorite hard-working players have landed a spot on this list. we will be looking at 5 NFL players that you didn't know were criminals.

1 Ray Lewis

Lewis seemed to have it all the pro football Hall of Fame is arguably one of the best players to wear the Baltimore Ravens jersey however the Raven’s ring of Honor recipient is not a saint following the super bowl 34 victories in 2000. Lewis and his friends went out to celebrate during the party a fight broke out between Lewis's party and some other group of people this brawl led to the stabbing deaths of janseth banker and Richard Lawle, Lewis and two of his companions Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting were questioned by Atlanta police and 11 days later. the three men were indicted on murder and aggravated assault charges prior to the party Lewis was wearing a white suit but he got rid of it cleanly as it was never found

later on Fulton county district attorney paul howard alleged that the bloodstained suit was dumped in a garbage bin outside a fast food restaurant a knife found at the scene did not have any fingerprints or DNA lewis subsequently testified that Oakley and sweeting had bought knives earlier in super bowl week from a sports authority where lewis had been signing autographs two weeks into the trial lewis's attorneys don Samuel and ed garland negotiated a plea agreement with the district attorney where the murder charges against lewis were dismissed in exchange for his testimony against oakley and sweating and his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice he was later sentenced to one year in prison and fined two hundred and fifty thousand dollars by the NFL

2 Cody Latimer

Number nine cody latimer Vladimir is a free agent who plays as a wide receiver in the NFL he was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft he played college football at Indiana he was a member of the Broncos in super bowl 50 wins against the Carolina Panthers a few months ago Vladimir was booked on assault in the second degree menacing illegal discharge of a firearm prohibited use of a weapon and reckless endangerment apparently he had been involved in a fight that broke out during a poker game where he fired his weapon twice

3 Thomas Henderson

Henderson is a former Dallas Cowboys player and super bowl 12 winner however he lived a struggling life off the field after his NFL career he was arrested for smoking cocaine with two young teenage girls he was reported to have threatened them with a gun and gave them drugs in exchange for sex he later spent 28 months in prison and later went to rehab

4 Josh Brent

After being picked by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL drafts Brent’s football career was quickly cut short on the 8th of December 2012 Brent was driving with his teammate jerry brown on a Texas highway, unfortunately, Brent was under alcohol influence and their car had a ghastly accident one that led to the death of the Canadian footballer jerry brown it was reported Brent was driving at 110 miles per hour Brent was found guilty of manslaughter in 2014 and was sentenced to 180 days in prison plus 10 years on probation

5 Jovan Belcher

The NFL is filled with some sad tragic stories this is one of the saddest Belcher was a linebacker who played for the Kansas city chiefs of the NFL he was a bright player who was often regarded for his hard work however tragedy struck on the 1st of December 2012 belcher got into a heated argument with his girlfriend and shot her dead in front of his mum and baby daughter he then drove to the chief's ground and told the team coaches about what he had just done before they could take the gun out of his hands he shot himself in the head it was later discovered that belcher was suffering from cte at the time