SEATTLE — Bail was set at $5,000 on Monday for former NFL star Richard Sherman following his weekend arrest for suspicion of driving below the affect.
Sherman was pulled over simply earlier than 2 a.m. Saturday for driving 79 mph (127 kmh) in a 60 mph (97 kmh) zone on Interstate 405 south of Seattle, Washington State Patrol Trooper Jordan Hazzard-Thomas wrote in a possible trigger assertion. His eyes have been bloodshot and watery, he smelled of intoxicants, and he declined to take a breath check, Hazzard-Thomas wrote.
After spending the weekend within the King County Jail in Seattle, Sherman waived his proper to look at a bail listening to Monday. His bail was set at $5,000, and his lawyer, Jon Scott Fox, stated he anticipated Sherman to be processed and launched shortly.
Fox in any other case declined to touch upon the arrest, saying it was too early to say anything.
Sherman’s subsequent court docket look is scheduled for Wednesday.
Sherman, a three-time All-Professional cornerback, had an 11-year NFL profession and helped lead the Seattle Seahawks to a Tremendous Bowl title throughout the 2013-14 season. He additionally was named to the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame’s All-Decade Crew of the 2010s.
Sherman spent seven seasons in Seattle earlier than going to San Francisco for 3. He additionally performed for Tampa Bay, and through his school years at Stanford College.
Extra just lately he labored as a soccer analyst for Amazon Prime on its “Thursday Evening Soccer” protection.
In 2022 Sherman pleaded responsible in Seattle to 2 misdemeanor prices stemming from a drunken driving and home disturbance the 12 months earlier than. He additionally admitted to a legal infraction of dashing in a roadway building zone.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
