The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that 49ers’ wide receiver Antonio Bryant was arrested on a drunken driver charge Sunday night. The newspaper sites that Bryant was ‘belligerent’ and wasn’t pleased that he was pulled over.
“He was initially contacted for reckless driving and excessive speed … but officers noticed signs that he was under the influence and tried to get him to cooperate,” Raffaelli said. “He was extremely uncooperative and belligerent to officers.”
Based on “objective signs” that he was intoxicated, the officers tried to arrest Bryant for driving under the influence, he said. But the wide receiver “became combative,” Raffaelli said, and refused to get into the police car.
“He ultimately had to be restrained and placed in the car,” Raffaelli said. “He was pretty verbally abusive and derogatory.”
Bryant has had his issues in the past. He’s been known to spout off after his team loses and even threw a sweaty jersey at Dallas head coach Bill Parcels when he was a Cowboy in 2002. I understand that these athletes are all grown men and most are over the age of 21, but it still amazes me how so many of them get into trouble during the season. Here the 49ers are, coming off their biggest win of the season against the Seahawks and one game out of first place in their division and now have to deal with their number one wide out being arrested. Guys like Bryant are selfish.
