by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
June 18, 2025
The outcomes of a blood take a look at Sherman took the night time of his arrest have simply got here again
After being arrested on suspicion of driving beneath the affect in September 2024, former NFL cornerback Richard Sherman was formally charged with DUI on June 17.
In line with ESPN, a spokesperson with the King County Prosecuting Lawyer’s Workplace relayed the information to the media outlet, confirming the cost. Officers have been ready for the outcomes of a blood take a look at Sherman took on the night time of the arrest from the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. The evaluation said that the previous Seattle Seahawks participant had a blood alcohol stage of round 0.11, which positioned it above the state’s authorized restrict of 0.08.
The gross misdemeanor cost towards him contains an enhancement for refusing a breath take a look at. He’s slated to be arraigned June 30.
The previous athlete, who’s at the moment an analyst for Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night time Soccer, was picked up by Washington State Patrol in King County, Washington, at 3:48 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2024. He was booked into King County Correctional Facility at 4:51 a.m. after being accused of driving beneath the affect.
Trooper Jordan Hazzard-Thomas, who was on the visitors cease, said that whereas speaking to Sherman, he seen “the odor of intoxicants” and that the analyst’s eyes seemed to be “bloodshot and watery.”
This isn’t Sherman’s first time being arrested. In the course of the summer time of 2021, Sherman was arrested after being accused of driving beneath the affect. He crashed his SUV in a development zone whereas making an attempt to interrupt into his in-laws’ suburban Seattle residence. Prices towards him included allegations of legal trespass, DUI, and resisting arrest.
He entered a responsible plea in March 2022 to 2 misdemeanor counts: first-degree negligent driving and second-degree legal trespass. As a part of his plea association, he agreed to court docket supervision by means of a part of 2024 and a suspended 90-day jail sentence.
Whereas taking part in for the Seahawks, Sherman participated in two Tremendous Bowl video games, profitable in 2014. After leaving the group in 2018, he signed with the San Francisco 49ers and made a return to the Tremendous Bowl in 2019, however the group misplaced. He ended his taking part in profession with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022.
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