michael irvin arrested, again.....

[Fillmoe]

Irvin says drug paraphernalia wasn't his
By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer
November 27, 2005

DALLAS (AP) -- Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia after Plano police officers searched his vehicle during a traffic stop.

Irvin, an ESPN analyst and semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, told The Associated Press late Sunday that the drug pipe found in his car belonged to a friend of 17 years who left a Houston rehab center and came to Irvin's house in Carrollton for Thanksgiving. Irvin wouldn't reveal his friend's name.

Irvin said he put the pipe in his car because he didn't want it in his house where his children might find it. He said he planned to drive somewhere the next day, like a grocery trash bin, and throw the pipe away but forgot.


"It's a situation that is not as it seemed," said Irvin, whose voice was choked with emotion during the telephone conversation.

"I know the type of demons they have to fight and I am going to help them, because it's the only way I can keep them from getting to my family. I have to clean up my friends because they are around my boys. It's upsetting."

Irvin was arrested on an outstanding warrant for speeding in Irving after being pulled over Friday afternoon for speeding in Plano. Irvin said he thought he had paid the outstanding ticket.

Irvin paid a fine on the speeding ticket and posted bond on the drug paraphernalia possession charge. He was released about an hour after he was pulled over.

Irvin was a member of three Super Bowl championship teams with the Cowboys. Asked how this kind of publicity might affect his chances of induction into the hall of fame, Irvin said his helping his friends are more important.

"The whole thing means such a great deal for me, and hopefully one day it will be there," Irvin said. "But my friends and my family mean a little more. I would rather be helping them, even if it hurts that."

In 1996, Irvin pleaded no contest to felony cocaine possession in exchange for four years of deferred probation, a $10,000 fine and dismissal of misdemeanor marijuana possession charges. Irvin said Sunday he's always been transparent and open about his issues in the past, and now wants to help others through those same problems.

Irvin holds Cowboys records for catches (750), receiving yards (11,904) and 100-yard games (47), including a team-record seven in a row in 1991.

ESPN said it has spoken to Irvin, who will still appear on the network Monday as an analyst.

"We've talked to Michael, who explained the situation to us the way he did to the AP, and we will continue to talk with Michael," ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said. "But you can expect to see him on `Monday Night Countdown' on Monday evening."

 

[BigWaxer]

I don't believe his story that it was a friends. It's a sad incident as he really or appeared to have cleaned up his life. Addiction is not something to knock, if it was his I hope he comes clean and try's to get help.

 

[Bricklayer]

Michael Irvin is a moron, and I shudder for his kids.

 

[mavsman]

When someone has a problem, they're not morons, they're not bad people. They have problems - I only hope for his kids sake he cleans up his act. And no, I don't buy his story either.

 

[Purple Reign]

It is easy to build somebody up only to tear them down.

I challenge you all to go to ESPNradio.com....
http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=danpatrick

.....and listen to Michael Irvin's interview with Dan Patrick. This dude is very sincere about the pipe not being his. And once you listen to it, you can understand how this has happened. He is very transparent and I believe him!!!

I have been 10 times more impressed with the post NFL Michael Irvin career than the NFL Michael Irvin. As a Christian, I have seen this man be transformed into an outstanding Christian, a great (not good, but great NFL broadcaster) and an upright guy that is dedicated to his family. I have heard his testimony. Compared to the pimp coat, 3 Super Bowl ring wearing "Playmaker" from the mid nineties.

He says that he will take a drug test to clear his name.

 

[BigWaxer]

I don't know Purple, I just listened to that and it just raises more questions for me.

Dan Patrick said it best... Alcoholics, drug addicts are the best LIARS around. From some experience on addiction I will say that is 100% true.

He did not say YES I will take a drug test he said if its legal he will, he needed to talk to his lawyer. Even with that he never flat out said I will TAKE A DRUG TEST.

Thats an excuse not to, If he was clean he would say HELL ya bring the doctor now and lets test me. Thats what an innocent man would say. I mean really what does he have to worry about if he is clean? Legal issues -vs- clearing his name. I think I go for clearing his name.

I am a huge Irvin fan and would like to give him the benefit of the doubt but this is not going to have a good ending.

I have a lot to say on this issue but I don't have the time to type all night.

 

[VF21]

Irvin, an ESPN analyst and semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, told The Associated Press late Sunday that the drug pipe found in his car belonged to a friend of 17 years who left a Houston rehab center and came to Irvin's house in Carrollton for Thanksgiving. Irvin wouldn't reveal his friend's name.

Irvin said he put the pipe in his car because he didn't want it in his house where his children might find it.

Okay, let's see if I have this straight: Irvin's FRIEND came from a rehab clinic to be with Irvin and his family for Thanksgiving. So how exactly did this FRIEND get the crack pipe and WHY would he bring it to his dear friend's house if he was coming out of rehab? And Irvin doesn't want to reveal the name of the friend?

Yeah, I'm sure that's it, Michael...



DeNile isn't just a river in Egypt. Ask Richard Pryor.

EDIT: Having said all that, I hope for the sake of his family that this IS all blown out of proportion and that the story, while pretty far-fetched, is actually more fact than fiction.

 

[Purple Reign]

Okay, let's see if I have this straight: Irvin's FRIEND came from a rehab clinic to be with Irvin and his family for Thanksgiving. So how exactly did this FRIEND get the crack pipe and WHY would he bring it to his dear friend's house if he was coming out of rehab? And Irvin doesn't want to reveal the name of the friend?

Yeah, I'm sure that's it, Michael...



DeNile isn't just a river in Egypt. Ask Richard Pryor.

EDIT: Having said all that, I hope for the sake of his family that this IS all blown out of proportion and that the story, while pretty far-fetched, is actually more fact than fiction.

Irvin said that this is his story....

Last Sunday while he was on the set of ESPN Gameday that he was receiving several phone calls from friends and family that "a Friend" had walked out of a rehab center in Houston Texas. After his Sunday duites, Irvin says that he went to Houston got the friend, and brought him back to Dallas to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Keep the friend on lock down, and after the holidays escort him back to rehab in Houston.

On their arrival to his home, Irvin pats down "the friend" because he wants to make sure that the friend is not bringing any drugs into his home around his kids, that he does that to even family members that have a drug problem. Upon patting the friend down, Irvin finds the crack pipe on him and takes it away from him. He said that he would have thrown it in the trash but fearful that someone would find it on his property he takes the pipe and puts it in his car under his seat, intending to throw it away at a dumpster.

The Day after Thanksgiving, Irvin and his wife are driving to a furniture store and he is stopped by the police. He says that he completely forgot that the pipe was in the car. When the police finds out that he has a warrant for a previously unpaid ticket, they began the search of his vehicle, find the pipe and that is the story.

 

[6th]

When someone has a drug history, such a story is difficult to believe. However, ex-alcoholics and/or drug addicts have been known to help other family members/friends try to "get clean/stay clean." It is not uncommon at all. So, is the story plausable? Of course it is. Is it the truth? I would imagine that only he and the friend know for sure.

 

[SoupIsGood]

Help me out here.

After this happened, ESPN would almost certainly have given him a drug test, right?

There's no way they keep him if he had failed it, right? (and also go out of their way on primetime to defend him)

Just my thought.

 

[VF21]

Irvin said that this is his story....

Last Sunday while he was on the set of ESPN Gameday that he was receiving several phone calls from friends and family that "a Friend" had walked out of a rehab center in Houston Texas. After his Sunday duites, Irvin says that he went to Houston got the friend, and brought him back to Dallas to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Keep the friend on lock down, and after the holidays escort him back to rehab in Houston.

On their arrival to his home, Irvin pats down "the friend" because he wants to make sure that the friend is not bringing any drugs into his home around his kids, that he does that to even family members that have a drug problem. Upon patting the friend down, Irvin finds the crack pipe on him and takes it away from him. He said that he would have thrown it in the trash but fearful that someone would find it on his property he takes the pipe and puts it in his car under his seat, intending to throw it away at a dumpster.

The Day after Thanksgiving, Irvin and his wife are driving to a furniture store and he is stopped by the police. He says that he completely forgot that the pipe was in the car. When the police finds out that he has a warrant for a previously unpaid ticket, they began the search of his vehicle, find the pipe and that is the story.

The story does indeed sound plausible. I hope if it is, he can vindicate himself through whatever means possible. I would also hope his friend would step forth and help clear his name.

 

[hoopsfan]

Couldn't he just smash the pipe and throw it away??...why keep it to throw it away later???

 

[VF21]

Couldn't he just smash the pipe and throw it away??...why keep it to throw it away later???

If he is, in fact, innocent, he's asking himself that question right now. One reason I can think of is that if he was standing outside - before letting his friend enter the house - and patted him down next to the car, he might well have done what he said he did. Throwing it away or throwing it away smashed would still have left it, albeit in many more teeny tiny pieces/shards, recognizable. If he was fearful of someone finding it on his property, that might be a reason. Really good reason? I don't know. I'm not able to look at things the way Michael Irvin might have...

 

[Purple Reign]

Couldn't he just smash the pipe and throw it away??...why keep it to throw it away later???

He probably wishes he would have done that!

Listen, I can not defend Michael Irvin, especially with his checkered past. But just looking at him regularly on television, he just does not have the look or the spirit of somebody that is addicted to crack, compared to other athletes, celebrities (Whitney Houston, Dwight Gooden, Courtney Love) who have active drug addictions. If Michael Irvin was addicted to crack, I am sure somebody at ESPN would have caught this by now.

Here is his story.....

Police: Irvin said pipe was brother's
Ex-Cowboy says he meant a close friend who has drug problem



12:43 AM CST on Tuesday, November 29, 2005
By BARRY HORN and LINDA STEWART BALL / The Dallas Morning News


Michael Irvin continued to insist Monday that the drug paraphernalia found last week in his speeding Mercedes-Benz belonged to someone else.

"A friend," he told The Dallas Morning News as well as The Associated Press and ESPN.

But at the time of his arrest Friday, Plano police quoted the Cowboys Ring of Honor wide receiver saying, "It's my brother's. He left it there."

Mr. Irvin said that police quoted him accurately but that he did not mean one of his six biological brothers. Rather, it is an old friend he considers "as close as a brother."

"I've known him for 17 years," he told The News on Monday night. "To me, he's like a brother."

Citing his past drug use as well as that of several siblings, Mr. Irvin, 39, called drugs "a generational curse." He said he "needed to uproot it from my family and friends." Mr. Irvin is the 15th in a family of 17 children – 10 girls and seven boys.

He said the breaking point with his friend came Nov. 21 while he was working on the Monday Night Countdown set at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn. He said that when he was not on the air, he was on his cellphone trying to counsel the friend who was staying with Mr. Irvin's younger brother in the Dallas area.

When Mr. Irvin returned to Dallas last Tuesday, he said, he persuaded his friend to check into a drug rehabilitation clinic in Houston. On Thursday, however, the friend showed up at Mr. Irvin's Carrollton home, where family and friends were celebrating Thanksgiving.

Mr. Irvin said he allowed his friend to enter his home only after patting him down for drugs and related paraphernalia. "My children were there," he said. "I can't have that in my house."

That's when Mr. Irvin said he found and took possession of the drug pipe that was later discovered by police. He wanted to get rid of it, he said, but not at his home.

"The last time I was in trouble, people went through my garbage," he said. "I put the pipe in my car, under the driver's seat. I was going to throw it out later."

In 1996, Mr. Irvin pleaded no contest to felony cocaine possession and was sentenced to four years' probation, which he successfully completed. In 2001, on the day he retired from the Cowboys as their all-time leading receiver, Fox Sports Net hired him as an analyst. The sides parted ways less than a month later after his arrest in connection with marijuana and cocaine possession in a North Dallas apartment. The charges against him were dropped.

Top-flight analyst
Mr. Irvin, who in less than two seasons has become one of ESPN's most visible analysts, said he did not throw away the pipe Thursday because his Thanksgiving Day ended prematurely when he fell asleep "after all that turkey."

Mr. Irvin said he and his wife, Sandi, left their home Friday planning to buy furniture for a new home they've built in Plano. He was driving north on the Dallas North Tollway in his two-door Mercedes-Benz SL55 when he was stopped for speeding between Parker Road and Spring Creek Parkway about 2:30 p.m.

Police clocked the car at 78 mph – 18 mph more than the posted speed limit, according to the traffic ticket that was issued. A computer check at the scene revealed an outstanding speeding ticket warrant in Irving, for which Mr. Irvin was arrested. An Irving municipal court judge signed the arrest warrant for Mr. Irvin on Aug. 27 after he failed to pay a $200 fine for speeding at more than 80 mph in a 60 mph zone. An additional $135 was tacked on for the cost of the warrant.

When asked for permission to search the car on the tollway, Mr. Irvin refused, according to Plano police. During the subsequent search, however, police said they found a Versace sunglasses case under the driver's seat that contained a multicolored pipe with marijuana residue as well as plastic baggies containing marijuana residue.

Mr. Irvin was taken to Plano City Jail about 3:30 p.m. He was released after paying $335 for the Irving incident and a $256 bond to Plano, said Detective Mike Johnson, a Plano police spokesman.

"It's a pretty common citation," Mr. Johnson said of the speeding and drug paraphernalia tickets. The drug paraphernalia charge is a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $500.

ESPN not told of arrest
Mr. Irvin did not tell ESPN of the arrest when he reported to work Sunday morning. The network learned about it after fielding inquiries from reporters on Sunday night, network spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.

ESPN executives did not make themselves available Monday to discuss Mr. Irvin's status at the network. The network did, however, issue a statement.

"Michael has told us the same thing he has told the media. He has indicated he wants to confer with his advisers, and we will continue to have conversations with Michael," the statement said.

On Monday afternoon, he made his scheduled weekly appearance on ESPN radio's Dan Patrick Show. Instead of the usual NFL issues, the segment was entirely devoted to the arrest. On Monday Night Countdown , Mr. Irvin was interviewed by Stuart Scott about the incident and reiterated that it was his friend's pipe. Asked whether he had used drugs recently, Mr. Irvin said he is "totally clean."

Earlier, he acknowledged to Mr. Patrick that he thought the arrest would damage his chances of being voted into the next class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was named one of 25 semifinalists last week.

"It certainly hurts me," he said. "It's important to me, but my friends are more important to me."

 

[thesanityannex]

, he just does not have the look or the spirit of somebody that is addicted to crack, compared to other athletes, celebrities (Whitney Houston, Dwight Gooden, Courtney Love) who have active drug addictions. If Michael Irvin was addicted to crack, I am sure somebody at ESPN would have caught this by now.

During the subsequent search, however, police said they found a Versace sunglasses case under the driver's seat that contained a multicolored pipe with marijuana residue as well as plastic baggies containing marijuana residue.

why would he have the look of a crackhead, he's a pothead.

 

[Purple Reign]

Say if the pipe belongs to him.

So should Michael Irvin get fired for smoking weed?

 

[VF21]

Oops. When they said pipe, I leaped to an erroneous conclusion - based on his prior cocaine charges - that it was a crack pipe.

If it's a marijuana pipe, I think anywhere other than Texas - which used to have life sentences for marijuana possession - and this is pretty much a non-story for anyone in the world NOT NAMED Michael Irwin.

Should he be fired by ESPN for smoking weed? Not unless they fire anyone else from grip to top executive with THC traces in their system.

 

[VF21]

why would he have the look of a crackhead, he's a pothead.

If you'll read the first parts of the thread, you'll notice there weren't any indications it was marijuana.

 

[bdouble013]

So its a little weed. I don't condone it, but like VF said this wouldn't be an issue if it was anyone else.

Hopefully his story is true. If its not Irving is going to have some 'splaining to do!

 

[BigWaxer]

Well even Dan Patrick referred to it as a crack pipe. I don't think your in the wrong for assuming it was a crack pipe... I did also.

With that said the cops came out and said at the initial stop Irvin said it was his brothers pipe, then Irvin said yesterday it was a friends, this morning Irvin says he was saying his friend is like a brother.

Okay I had enough to make my conclusions. TAKE A TEST and clear your name. Anything less and you are GUILTY as charged in my book

 

[loopymitch]

I've had plenty of experience with addicts and their lies and I'm not buying it. Weed, crack it really doesn't matter they're all drugs and if he does have a problem still denial is not going to help. I hope for the sake of his family,especially his kids that the truth comes out and he does get the help he needs.

 

[Coach]

It's a marijuana pipe.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/wires/11/29/2020.ap.fbn.irvin.arrested.5th.ld.writethru.0730/index.html

Michael Irvin is a liar. First he says it was his brother's pipe. Now he says it is his "friend's" pipe. He says he somehow learned that his "friend" had the pipe on him when the "friend" showed up at his door for Thanksgiving. Irvin supposedly discovered the pipe in his friend's sunglasses case -- but no weed; there was only a baggie with residue -- and persuaded the guy to put the pipe/baggie and sunglasses case in his car.

Please. This is as bad as Chris Webber pointing the finger at his girlfriend when officers found weed inside his socks, which were inside his gym bag:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/1998/09/07/tidbits.html

By the way, possession of a marijuana pipe is not a crime in California.

 

[thesanityannex]

. Weed, crack it really doesn't matter they're all drugs

there's a slight difference between weed and crack.

 

[Fillmoe]

there's a slight difference between weed and crack.

not slight.... HUGE!

 

[mavsman]

Dallas Morning News part 1

PLANO – "It's my pipe," said the man sitting across the table. "All you have to do is check it for fingerprints. Mine have to be all over it."
It's a favorite pipe, he added, a sheepish smile crossing his face. "My little bowl pipe. We go back awhile."
Sitting alongside the man late Thursday night in a back booth of a restaurant is his friend – Michael Irvin.
Mr. Irvin has arranged the exclusive interview with a Dallas Morning News reporter. There is only one ground rule for the meeting. The man provides his full name and date of birth to The News so that his identity could be confirmed but asks that his full name not be printed. The News is identifying him by his nickname, "T." For a week, Mr. Irvin has been telling the world that the drug pipe found in his car when he was pulled over for speeding – just across the Dallas North Tollway from the restaurant – belonged to someone else.
The police report quoted him saying "It's my brother's." Mr. Irvin later explained he meant a friend he considers to be like a brother.
And now in the restaurant, the Cowboys' Ring of Honor wide receiver, who has parlayed his success on the field into a national broadcasting career, has introduced his friend as "my brother."
T's head is shaved and his voice is raspy. A records check shows he has been in and out of jail. He likes to talk. He appears about 6-foot tall and about 190 pounds. While Mr. Irvin's megawatt voice can be heard far beyond the restaurant booth, T talks in a loud whisper.
T said he wanted to come forward immediately to claim ownership of the pipe, plastic baggies with marijuana residue and lighter that were confiscated by Plano police from Mr. Irvin's car. Both agreed, however, that Mr. Irvin resisted putting his addict friend in the spotlight.
"Reason I am sitting here is that as I look down the years when I needed someone to help me with my drug problem, or help me with my family, or help me pay a bill, Mike was always there for me," T said.
"He's done all these things for me. I want to tell folks the truth. I told Mike I can do this much. I don't care if I lose everything."
T, who is 42, said he has already lost his family and his home to his craving for cocaine and marijuana. But he does care. He has a daughter, 18, away in college. He doesn't want to lose her.
In the ensuing 90 minutes, T and Mr. Irvin detailed the story of their friendship.
They met at Valley Ranch sometime early in Mr. Irvin's career.
T hung around the Cowboys training facility, offering to wash, wax and detail players' cars.
Mr. Irvin took a liking to T, who never asked for anything, unlike many hangers-on.
They also had common interests.
"We chased women together," Mr. Irvin said. "We got high together. We played cards together. We did what guys do... or at least what guys like us did."
In 1996, Mr. Irvin pleaded no contest to felony cocaine possession and was sentenced to four years' probation, which he successfully completed.
Late in Mr. Irvin's football career, he and T made a promise to each other, they said. One early morning, they were tired after another night of partying in someone's apartment. As the sun was about to come up, T turned to Mr. Irvin and said, "If you get out of this mess before me, you come back and get me."

 

[mavsman]

Dallas morning news part 2

Struggles for T
Mr. Irvin has publicly proclaimed himself drug-free with a newfound religious faith.
T has not been as fortunate. Through Mr. Irvin, T met T.D. Jakes, pastor of Potter House, one of the fastest growing churches in the country. T said he stopped using drugs in 2000. His weight ballooned to 250 pounds, but he was happy. One of his favorite sinful addictions remained the caramel cakes baked by Mr. Irvin's wife, Sandi.
But in 2002, financial problems set in.
"I chose to go back to the life," he said. "I had a beer. Two weeks later, I was back doing drugs."
In 2002, Mr. Irvin took T to hear Houston pastor I.V. Hilliard preach in Arlington. After the sermon, Mr. Irvin and T joined the Rev Hilliard for dinner.
The Rev. Hilliard told T his church in Houston offered a free drug rehabilitation center.
Mr. Irvin encouraged T to go. T applied and was accepted twice, he said, but he never went.
Early last month, T said, he called Mr. Irvin for help.
"I was losing everything," he said.
"I told Mike I was also doing cocaine. I told him I needed him to fly me to Houston right now to get help. I begged him."
Mr. Irvin said he called the Rev. Hilliard and once more arranged for his friend to check into the church's Life Change Institute.
The Rev. Hilliard said earlier this week a friend of Mr. Irvin's – whom he would not identify – checked in on Nov. 7
The next day, T said, he told a counselor he was leaving. He went on another drug binge, he said.
Two days later back in Dallas, he called Mr. Irvin.
"Mike," he told his friend, "I ain't going to make it."
Then, T said, he turned off his cell phone and continued his binge, doing "drug after drug after drug."
He called Mr. Irvin again, he said, asking for help.
Mr. Irvin said he told T to go see Mr. Irvin's brother, Derrick, in Flower Mound.
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Mr. Irvin said, he was working on the ESPN set in Bristol, Conn., when his brother called.
T, high on cocaine and marijuana, was incoherent and running around the neighborhood. Mr. Irvin said he told his brother to call police. T said the police came, determined he had not committed a crime, and left. Lt. Wendell Mitchell of the Flower Mound police said, "I'm not saying it's not true," but that there is no record of such an incident tied to Mr. Irvin's brother's address.
T said that his mother and sister picked him up and took him home with them.
The next time Mr. Irvin saw T was at Texas Stadium on Thanksgiving, Mr. Irvin said.
Mr. Irvin took his two sons to the Broncos-Cowboys game. T was there with another former Cowboys player. Mr. Irvin said he was happy to see his friend "acting normal" and invited his ex-teammate and T to his home after the game.
T said he was not surprised that Mr. Irvin greeted him at the door with a giant bear hug.
"Mike's a smart fella. When he wrapped his arms around me, he put his hand in my pocket. He's still pretty strong. I couldn't move. He took my little bowl pipe with a couple of bong hits in it and a couple of bags and my silver propane lighter."
Mr. Irvin's explanation of what happened next has been well chronicled. Not trusting the sanctity of his own trash cans, he said, he put the drug paraphernalia in a Versace sunglass case and placed it under the front seat of his car. The idea was to throw it all away in a faraway dumpster.
After dinner, T did not ask for his property back.
"Mike was so angry when he found the pipe I knew I'd better not ask for it. I just left."
Arrested on Friday
Late Friday morning, T said, he called Mr. Irvin and invited him to shoot pool in Carrollton with the former Cowboys teammate, whom both declined to name.
Mr. Irvin said he declined because he was going furniture shopping with his wife. They were to meet the man he refers to as "my daddy," the Rev. Jakes. Nancy Lovell, a spokeswoman for Jakes, said the pastor waited at the furniture store for the Irvins, who never arrived.
At approximately 2:30 p.m. police along the Tollway clocked Irvin's Mercedes-Benz at 18 mph over the posted speed limit.
After he pulled Mr. Irvin over, the officer's routine check revealed an arrest warrant for an earlier unpaid speeding ticket. A subsequent search of the car turned up the Versace case and its drug contents.
Told about the outstanding fine as well as the bond money he would need to get out of Plano City Jail on Friday, Mr. Irvin said, he debated whom to call. He thought about the Rev. Jakes, waiting at the furniture store, but opted instead to call his former teammate who was playing pool with T.
"You think I would be going to see my bishop with drugs in my car?" Mr. Irvin asked. "I wouldn't dare. I just forgot about them."
It wasn't until the former teammate and T arrived at the jail with the required $591, T said, that he learned Mr. Irvin had stashed the pipe and baggies in his car.
"I thought I would be sick right there on the spot," T said.
"No, I forgot to throw everything out," Mr. Irvin said. "It was my fault."
After the arrest, Mr. Irvin said, he strongly suggested T get away from Dallas, where he seemed to easily find drugs. He advised him to visit a mutual friend in Austin.
On Thursday night, T flew back for the meeting at the restaurant.
"I would have crawled here if I had to," T said. "This is my problem. I'm just so sorry that it had to become Mike's."

 

[thesanityannex]

Struggles for T
He took my little bowl pipe with a couple of bong hits in it and a couple of bags and my silver propane lighter."

This makes no sense. No one smokes weed with a propane lighter.

 

[Purple Reign]

I think it is a shame that a man has to go through so much to clear his name. When Irvin told the story the first time I believed him. Unfortunately when you carry baggage, sometimes you have to open them up.

Case Closed!!

 

[Coach]

Oh my.

In the words of Sports Illustrated's Michael Taylor: "If you believe that a convicted drug felon would take that incriminating gear and would choose not to throw it away immediately or at the very least hide it somewhere in his 10,000 square foot home, but instead place it in his car and let it completely slip his mind, well, you're Michael Irvin's kind of guy."

 

[Coach]

From The Onion (a satirical newspaper):

NATION'S COWBOY FANS DEEPLY NOSTALGIC FOLLOWING MICHAEL IRVIN'S LATEST DRUG-RELATED ARREST


PLANO, TX— Cowboys football fans nationwide experienced deep feelings of nostalgia for the franchise's glory days when former Dallas receiver Michael Irvin, for years an offensive standout even on one of the NFL's most talented and felony-prone teams, was once again involved in illegal drug-related activities.

Irvin, who led all players in combined receptions, touchdowns, receiving yards, and arrests for cocaine possession in the '90s, was charged with misdemeanor paraphernalia possession when officers found a crack pipe in his car during a routine traffic stop. "I know it's not the same as 1996—that was the year Michael was absolutely in the zone, and also circumstantially in that hotel room with a suitcase full of cocaine and some hookers, and went on to get 1,200 yards and 800 hours of community service," said Dallas resident and lifelong Cowboys fan Elizabeth McGlynn. "But it's good to know that he's still got something left in the old tank. I bet he could really teach these rookies today a few tricks."

Dallas has not had a starter go to both the Pro Bowl and narcotics court in the same year since Irvin retired in 2000 to become one of Fox's less-controversial on-air personalities.