And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what you’d call a “bust”. Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips, draft sixth overall back in 1996 by the St. Louis Rams, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars yesterday, putting the finishing touches on his ‘06 conviction for “seven felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon”. To translate in NonLawyerSpeak, that means “driving a car at a group of boys and young men after a pickup football game near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, hitting three of them.”
To give you a refresher: Phillips, named the 2nd biggest draft bust of all-time behind Ryan Leaf in a recent ESPN article, ran over the boys after playing them in a pickup football game. Evidently he was upset because he lost to them, which is kind of hilarious in itself. Not so hilarious: giving the victims injuries they’ll have for the rest of their lives.
Oh well, at least he’s sorry.
In court, Phillips tearfully apologized to one of the victims.
“I’m sorry that your leg is messed up,” Phillips told Rodney Flores, after hearing the young man tell the court that he was unable to pursue his dream of playing high school sports as a result of being hit when he was 16.
“I’m sorry you have to come in here like this,” Phillips said, adding that he “wanted the chance to say I didn’t mean to hurt people.”
Superior Court Judge George G. Lomeli said Phillips should have thought about what he did.
Good thing he’ll now have plenty of time to think about it, you know, with the 10 years behind bars. While he’s at it, he can use the time to perfect his re-telling of his football career. Maybe when he gets out, he’ll have worked on it enough to have the same poetic quality as a certain graduate of Polk High:
(And yes, that’s the biggest stretch of an excuse you’ll ever see in order to run a Married with Children clip.)
2:44 pm on October 7th, 2008
Go to http://www.lawrencephillips.info to read the truth about Lawrence Phillips which media will not publish although they have received this information over and over. Media spoke with Phillips’ attorney on the day of sentencing but refused to print anything she said; rather they deceptively said she did not return telephone calls! Notice they attribute statements to (alleged) victims but never quote their exact statements. This is for the purpose of omitting what does not suit their purpose or to imply what is not actually true. Flores’ statement during Phillips’ sentencing was that his “leg was hurt during the ACCIDENT”! Selective hype comes from certain individuals of the media, judicial system, law enforcement–who care nothing about alleged victims other than to use them for their own agenda!!! Regularly read the website above to keep up with appeals which will reveal the cover-ups and deception that prosecutors and judges have gotten away with so far. In the end, they will be exposed. Time will tell it all and California Supreme Court has opened up the process!!! Get to the website www.lawrencephillips.info for details