It seems that there is no such thing as a foul play within the dying of longtime sports activities agent Jeff Sperbeck, and authorities have referred to as the tragedy a “horrific accident.”
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco mentioned Friday that investigators haven’t discovered any signal of felony exercise surrounding Sperbeck’s fall from a golf cart pushed by soccer Corridor of Famer John Elway, The Denver Publish reported.
“This appears to be a horrific accident,” Bianco instructed The Denver Publish on Friday. “And unfortunately for all of those involved, one of the people — well, a couple of them — happen to be very high-profile celebrities. And that makes this more of an issue than it probably should be.”
Sperbeck, who was Elway’s agent, suffered the deadly fall final Saturday on the Madison Membership, a non-public nation membership in California.
Instantly following the accident, Elway’s celebration referred to as 911.
Bianco instructed The Denver Publish that his sheriff’s division solely acquired concerned after a “massive media inquiry” from a number of media retailers confirmed that Elway was driving the golf cart.
Upon responding to the incident, first responders on the scene didn’t discover any proof that Elway was intoxicated.
On prime of that, the division carried out an gear investigation on the golf cart and decided that there have been no mechanical points.
“It is common practice for medical personnel, whether it be an ambulance personnel or hospital personnel or even fire personnel, to call us after the scene of an accident because something doesn’t look right,” Bianco added. “And this was not the case.”
Bianco instructed the outlet that the investigation course of would seemingly be “relatively short” as they’re at present trying into surveillance footage and witness testimony.
“We’re doing everything we can to make sure that this is what it appears to be, and just an accident,” Bianco mentioned.
One witness instructed KESQ on Tuesday about how “scary” the scene was.
“It was so scary. It was like nothing we’ve ever seen,” witness Ali Simon mentioned. “You just don’t think you’re going to ever witness anything like that. His wife was hysterical.”
In his 30 years as an NFL agent, Sperbeck represented over 100 gamers.
He and Elway finally grew to become enterprise companions after co-founding wine model 7Cellars.
Elway mentioned Wednesday that he’s “devastated and heartbroken” over Sperbeck’s dying.
“There are no words to truly express the profound sadness I feel with the sudden loss of someone who has meant so much to me,” Elway mentioned in a press release.
“My heart and deepest sympathies go out to Jeff’s wife, Cori; his children Carly, Sam and Jackson; and everyone who knew and loved him. Jeff will be deeply missed for the loyalty, wisdom, friendship and love he brought into my life and the lives of so many others.”
