Former Cowboys WR Michael Irvin was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia in Plano, TX.
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.
The article doesn’t say what kind of pipe Irvin had in his car, but the former wideout has had a history of using cocaine. If his story is true, one wonders how he could “forget” to throw the pipe away. If I were in his position, I would have immediately taken the pipe down to the nearest 7-11 and thrown it in the Dumpster out back. That’s assuming, of course, that I was still inviting my crack addict friends over for Thanksgiving.
