Jay Cutler, the previous NFL quarterback, is behind bars.
The 42-year-old sports activities star reported to a Tennessee jail on Monday, September 29, to start serving his DUI sentence, in response to TMZ, KZOK and the Each day Mail. Cutler is predicted to stay at Williamson County Jail till Friday, having arrived round 10 a.m. native time. Representatives for Cutler and the jail didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
This comes after Cutler pleaded responsible earlier than a Williamson County choose on August 26, per WGN, WSMV and Fox 32 Chicago. Along with serving 4 days in jail beginning September 29, Cutler was ordered to pay a $350 fantastic. He may also be on unsupervised probation for one 12 months, attend a DUI security class and has had his Tennessee driver’s license revoked.
The authorized troubles stem from an October 2024 incident in downtown Franklin, Tennessee. Cutler was charged with DUI, possession of a handgun whereas underneath the affect, implied consent violations, and failure to train due care to keep away from a collision. The gun cost was later dropped as a part of his responsible plea.
Authorities reported that Cutler, driving a white Dodge Ram, rear-ended a blue GMC. In accordance with a Franklin Police Division press launch, officers seen “a powerful odor of alcohol” on Cutler, who was slurring his phrases and had bloodshot eyes. He refused area sobriety checks and was taken to a neighborhood hospital, the place a blood pattern was obtained by way of a warrant.
Officers additionally situated “two firearms in his car, together with a loaded pistol,” and paperwork beforehand obtained by PEOPLE allege that Cutler tried to flee the scene earlier than providing the opposite driver $2,000 to not name the police.
Including to the fallout, simply days after his responsible plea, Cutler was sued by the person he hit within the 2024 crash. Perry Lee filed a lawsuit on September 2, claiming Cutler was “at fault for the collision” and that he endured “bodily ache and psychological struggling” in addition to a “lack of enjoyment of life as a direct and proximate results of the collision.” Lee’s legal professional, Sydney Pierce, mentioned Cutler “failed to make use of cheap and due care within the operation of the car he was driving in order to keep away from damage to different individuals utilizing the roadway, together with [Lee],” and famous that Cutler was intoxicated on the time of the crash.
