Former Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Lonnie Phelps pleaded no contest to at least one cost of misdemeanor driving below the affect in Florida on Tuesday after officers claimed he was “wasted” when he slammed his automobile right into a restaurant in Key West.
Phelps was sentenced to at least one yr of probation, transferable to Ohio, can have his license suspended for six months and should carry out 50 hours of group service in addition to attend DUI faculty, per Monroe County court docket paperwork seen by The Publish.
The Browns waived Phelps in June after the incident by which he appeared drunk on digital camera along with his SUV being wedged into the facet of the Purple Shoe Island Bistro, inflicting a reported $300,000 in damages.
Ought to he full all situations of his plea settlement, which incorporates not consuming alcohol or another medicine and paying $1,000 in fines in addition to court docket prices, Phelps is eligible to have his probation terminated early after simply six months.
Phelps, 23, refused to cooperate with responding officers and was positioned below arrest, calling the officers “bitch ass” and accusing them of attempting to push him off steadiness when requested to do sobriety assessments.
He additionally claimed in surveillance video obtained by TMZ Sports activities that he didn’t know the best way to depend whereas a girls he was with, recognized in arrest documentation as Jaylese Burse, cried off to the facet.
Phelps, who has not been signed by one other NFL group, was an undrafted rookie in 2023, having spent his rookie yr on the Browns’ apply squad.
He spent three seasons at Miami of Ohio earlier than being extremely wanted transferring to Kansas.
Phelps was a pure cross rusher in school, accumulating seven sacks whereas at Kansas and 23 profession sacks whereas in school.
