Tremendous Bowl champion Richard Sherman has been charged with driving beneath the affect greater than a yr after he was arrested in Washington state — the second time the defensive again has confronted drunk driving expenses.
The previous Seattle Seahawk was charged with refusing to take a breath check — outlined as a gross misdemeanor within the state — which might result in a harsher penalty, the King County Prosecuting Lawyer’s Workplace informed The Seattle Instances.
Sherman was pulled over by a Washington State trooper on I-405 simply earlier than 2 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2024, however not charged till Tuesday.
The 37-year-old had been driving 79 mph in a 60 mph zone whereas “bouncing back and forth within the lane it was traveling in,” in keeping with police.
As soon as he pulled over, Sherman informed troopers he’d had two margaritas and refused to do a breathalyzer check, The Seattle Instances reported. He did, nevertheless, conform to do some voluntary assessments main police to conclude he was beneath the affect and take him into custody,
Police acquired a signed warrant to attract Sherman’s blood roughly two hours after he was pulled over, which confirmed his blood-alcohol stage of about 0.11, above the authorized restrict of 0.08.
The costs weren’t filed till Tuesday — the day after the prosecutor’s workplace acquired the blood check outcomes from the crime lab, the report mentioned.
Sherman, 35, was beforehand arrested for drunk driving and home disturbance expenses in July 2021 after police mentioned the previous Seahawk crashed his automobile right into a building zone then tried to interrupt into his in-laws’ dwelling outdoors of Seattle.
The case was settled in March 2022 when Sherman pleaded responsible in Seattle to 2 misdemeanor expenses.
Sherman performed for the Seahawks from 2011 to 2017, serving to lead the workforce to Tremendous Bowl XLVIII in 2014. He later performed three seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and one temporary season with the Tampa Bay Bucaneers earlier than he retired after the 2021 season.
He has since labored as a pre and postgame analyst for Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” since 2022 and as a panelist on FS1’s “Undisputed.”
