Just weeks after former USC Trojan and NFL linebacker Rey Maualuga pled guilty to two felonies, video of the incident has been released by TMZ.
TMZ obtained footage from the scene of a drunken car crash that clearly shows an inebriated Maualuga continuing to apologize and an officer noting that: “I can just smell you sweating the booze out, my man.”
This incident took place in August of 2021. An officer asked the former linebacker f he’d be willing to take field sobriety tests, but he declined that offer, so cops arrested him.
The former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker was slapped with three charges over the incident — felony first-degree wanton endangerment, felony first-degree criminal mischief, and misdemeanor DUI — third offense. Maualuga ended up pleading guilty to the charges last month while entering into a pre-trial diversion program. If he stays out of trouble for the next five years and completes other conditions, the charges will be dismissed.
Maualuga recorded 607 career tackles in his nine NFL seasons.
