Donte Stallworth (official thread)

[Bucklion]

Cleveland TV stations reporting Stallworth was drunk and is negotiating when and where to turn himself in.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

 

[OH10]

At .12, I doubt he was drinking all hours of the night until 7:00 A.M. He probably would have been much higher. From the .05 to .13 range, people feel as if they are ok to drive... but they're not.

From the sounds of it, I would think he was drinking heavily the night before, didn't get enough sleep and drove home still under the influence. You'd be surprised how often that happens, but you have to be careful about these things.

 

[LitlBuck]

Cleveland.com

Cleveland Browns WR Donte Stallworth returns to team while Miami police await test results
by Mary Kay Cabot / Plain Dealer Reporter
Friday March 20, 2009, 5:00 PM

CLEVELAND -- While Miami Beach police await a toxicology report on Browns receiver Donte Stallworth, the wide receiver has returned to Cleveland and has been working out in the Browns' voluntary off-season program the past few days, his attorney Chris Lyons said today.

"Donte returned to the team on Wednesday and the Browns have been very supportive,'' Lyons said. "It's been good for Donte to be back with his teammates and coaches.''

Lyons said he and Stallworth have not been made aware of the results of the toxicology report. He said he had no comment on reports out of Miami that Stallworth was driving drunk when he struck and killed Mario Reyes, 59, with his Bentley last week. He also declined to comment on whether or not Stallworth was impaired during the accident.

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[Jake]

Cleveland TV stations reporting Stallworth was drunk and is negotiating when and where to turn himself in.

 

[LitlBuck]

He will have enough money to pay for a good attorney:(

Cleveland.com

Cleveland Browns not likely to recoup any of Donte Stallworth's roster bonus
by Tony Grossi / Plain Dealer Reporter
Monday March 23, 2009, 1:55 PM

DANA POINT, Calif. -- If Donte Stallworth can't perform for the Browns in 2009, he still might be able to keep the $4.75 million roster bonus he earned the day before his car struck and killed a pedestrian in Miami Beach.

Even if the Browns had specific forfeiture language in Stallworth's contract, the players union would contend that the collective bargaining agreement supercedes it, based on similar cases.

"They will have to fight to get it back," said one team executive at the NFL owners meetings.

"Good luck," said another.

Stallworth has not been charged in the March 14 accident.

Recouping bonus money from players was made tougher for teams when the CBA was extended in 2006. Teams were limited to recouping only the pro-rated portions of a signing bonus if a player breached his contract by being suspended or committing a crime.

"We lost all that stuff (in the extension)," one of the sources said.

Correcting that huge oversight is just one reason the owners opted out of the CBA, setting up a future labor fight.

Based on precedent, the Browns would be entitled to a pro-rated portion of Stallworth's original signing bonus if legal issues prevented him from playing in 2009, or beyond. That would amount to about $905,000 a year

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[NightmaresDad]

It's eminently possible to be at .13 and still have someone walk/run out in front of you and have no way to avoid them just as much as if you were stone cold sober and paying attention to the road.
Having said that, he's royally screwed - and if he was not paying attention or the accident could have easily been avoided, then he deserves to be royally screwed.

 

[CentralMOBuck]

He's screwed just like Leonard Little was.............

After attending a drunken birthday party in 1998, Little crashed into and killed another motorist, Susan Gutweiler in St. Louis, MO. When tested, his blood alcohol level measured 0.19 percent, a level that exceeds the statutory level of intoxication of 0.08 in the state of Missouri. Little received 90 days in jail, four years probation and 1000 hours of community service.

 

[jlb1705]

Police: Man hit by Stallworth wasn't in crosswalk - NFL - CBSSports.com Football

Police: Man hit by Stallworth wasn't in crosswalk
March 24, 2009
CBSSports.com wire reports


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MIAMI -- A pedestrian wasn't in a crosswalk when Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth hit and killed him with his Bentley, according to a report released Tuesday by police in Miami Beach.
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According to the report, Stallworth told officers he flashed his lights to try to warn 59-year-old Mario Reyes, a construction crane operator who was rushing to catch a bus after getting off work around 7:15 a.m. March 14.

Police said Stallworth was driving about 50 mph in a 40 mph zone. They are investigating whether alcohol played a role in the accident. No charges have been filed against Stallworth pending the outcome of blood tests.

A police diagram shows that Reyes was hit in the far left lane of the six-lane MacArthur Causeway -- not in a nearby crosswalk. Stallworth stopped a few feet away.

I'm not saying this in defense of Stallworth or anything, but jaywalking on a busy street like that is not the smartest thing in the world either.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

He's screwed just like Leonard Little was.............

yeah, but he learned his lesson....

 

[Jaxbuck]

Police: Man hit by Stallworth wasn't in crosswalk - NFL - CBSSports.com Football



I'm not saying this in defense of Stallworth or anything, but jaywalking on a busy street like that is not the smartest thing in the world either.

Especially if the motorists are drunk.

BTW Latest from the AP

The report released Tuesday also said the pedestrian, 59-year-old Mario Reyes, wasn't in a crosswalk when Stallworth's Bentley hit him.
According to the report, Stallworth told officers he flashed his lights to try to warn Reyes, a construction crane operator who was rushing to catch a bus after getting off work around 7:15 a.m. March 14.

 

[OH10]

If the guy was jaywalking on a 6-lane highway, I doubt Stallworth is looking at nearly what you may think, regardless of the outcome of the blood test.

Not a defense to his conduct, but it's entirely reasonable to believe that Stallworth would have hit him anyway even if he had been stone-cold sober. In Ohio, at least, that's a defense to Aggravated Vehicular Homicide.

 

[buckiprof]

Is it safe to assume that toxicology tests would be performed on Mr. Reyes as well?

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

he flashed his lights? reflex wise....isn't that more difficult to do than hitting the brake?

 

[gracelhink]

I'm having a hard time picturing how all these witness acounts fit together.
From the earlier post

The only new information of note in the latest article is that a witness claims that the incident occurred after Stallworth tried to beat a red light by going around a vehicle that already had stopped at the light.

According to the report, Stallworth told officers he flashed his lights to try to warn 59-year-old Mario Reyes, a construction crane operator who was rushing to catch a bus after getting off work around 7:15 a.m. March 14.

Police said Stallworth was driving about 50 mph in a 40 mph zone.
A police diagram shows that Reyes was hit in the far left lane of the six-lane MacArthur Causeway -- not in a nearby crosswalk. Stallworth stopped a few feet away.

Here are some questions that the witness accounts haven't answered.
1. How Stallworth's Bentley can decelerate from 50 mph plus to stop just a few feet away from the scene of an accident.
2. On which side of the nearby crosswalk did the pedestrian get hit? Inside the intersection or before entering the intersection/cross walk. Seems like if he was hit within the intersection as the first witness account seems to imply, Stallworth's attorneys will lose some leverage.
3. How flashing lights at a pedestrian reduces driver liability.