Dallas Cowboys Wide Receiver -- well, ex-WR.
Yesterday reports surfaced that the police department of Prince William County, Va. arrested Whitehead for stealing from a convenience store in late June. The man arrested said he was Lucky Whitehead, but he was not, in fact, Lucky Whitehead, even though he gave the name, birthdate and Social Security Number of Lucky Whitehead. Hmmm.
Whitehead said that he heard about this announcement in the afternoon and was told he was cut 105 minutes later. He said at the time this was a case of mistaken identity. Turns out he was right. But the Cowboys, already weathering huge pressure for backing star Running Back Ezekiel Elliott's DV case, thought they had an image problem. They needed to right the ship, so to speak, and releasing someone who apparently ran afoul of the law was a great way to send the message that they are getting the message.
Unfortunately, it turns out that they cut an innocent man. Well, OK, not that innocent; Whitehead's the guy who said his dog was taken and held for ransom before he got it back Sunday. Of course that sounds fishy, so I might be wrong in feeling sorry for him. But until I get news that he is anything but a Poor Bastard ...
Poor Bastard.
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