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Maurice Clarett is going to jail



Will Ice Cube play Clarett in the TV movie?

Well folks, the sad tale of Maurice Clarett has reached the final chapter. Sure he could turn his life around in jail but he’s just going to be another high profile athlete that wasted his potential on laziness and greed. Maurice Clarett has agreed to a plea bargain in two criminal cases and was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in jail. He will be available for parole in 3 1/2 years.

Clarett got 3 years for the aggravated robbery, 3 years for using a gun in the crime, and 1/2 years for carrying a concealed weapon.

Clarett is 22 now so if he spends his entire 3 1/2 years working out, he could be in better shape than he’s ever been by the time he’s 26. And then all the talking heads will talk about how he’s a young 26 because he’s a RB without that many miles on him. Or more likely, he’ll just fade from our conciousness and discover God.

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[Buckeye Extra]: Clarett agrees to plea deal; will serve at least 3 1/2 years

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Maurice Clarett tied to Israeli mobster


The Maurice Clarett story is getting weirder and weirder everyday. ESPN is reporting that Slo Mo has been bankrolled by a member of an Israeli crime organization since he left Ohio State. Clarett was introduced to Hai Waknine of the Israeli crime organization The Jerusalem Group (Sounds more like an investment firm to us.) by a “rapper friend”. Waknine provided Clarett with cash, a BMW, bodyguards, drivers and beachfront lodging in Malibu in exchange for 60% of his rookie contract. Since Clarett was cut by the Broncos, quick math tells us that 60% of $0 = $0.

Clarett’s lawyer is offering up this tie as the reason that Clarett was arrested with all those guns. Mango claims that a threatening postcard sent to his office might have come from Waknine.

I believe he owes [Waknine] money, and I think [Waknine] is probably not the only one” he owes, Mango said. “Whether it’s someone all the way on that coast or more on this side of the country; it’s no one that I’d want to owe money to. … A call came to our office [about Waknine], kind of giving us a rumored story. It’s been kind of tossed around by us, and quite frankly, Youngstown has quite a reputation — if you don’t know it already — for the Italian side of that ballgame. And everyone here thought, ‘Well, you wonder with money changing hands …’ Having heard the things we’ve heard, this is a little more concerning.

Maurice Clarett really is an idiot. How exactly do you get tied up with Israeli mobsters? Why can’t he just do what most on-the-brink athletes do and get a cushy job or a “loan” from a college booster. Those guys might end up getting you kicked off your team but they would never send a threatening postcard.

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[ESPN]: Lawyer: Clarett has ties to alleged Israeli mobster

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Attorney says police roughed up Clarett while he was in handcuffs


Maurice Clarett’s lawyer Michael Hoague is claiming that as Maurice Clarett was cooperative with police but they struck him and maced him while he was on the ground and already in cuffs. According to the police, the use of mace was necessary because Clarett was wearing a bulletproof vest and a taser gun didn’t work.

Hoague says that Clarett called his fiance and mother to tell them he loved them and to call his lawyer.

A person who calls his loved ones to say, ‘I’m about to go to jail,’ does not have the mind-set to put up a fight.

Hoague also claims that Clarett was simply moving his belongings from his mother’s house to a hotel. This is perfectly reasonable. Who hasn’t kept a rifle and 3 semiautomatic guns at their mother’s house? And the bottle of grey goose in the passenger seat? He just didn’t want that to break in the move.

Isn’t this the same lawyer who claimed that he was afraid for his client’s safety and worried he might injure himself? A person with a bunch of guns and a bulletproof vest isn’t just moving his stuff, he’s preparing for a war. We’re not saying that the police didn’t hit Clarett after he was arrested but you don’t get arrested in the first place if you don’t have a munitions depot in the passenger seat.

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[Yahoo]: Lawyer says Clarett cooperated with arresting officers

[The Phat Phree]: I’m Proud of Maurice Clarett

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Maurice Clarett is lint free

Here’s a photo of Maurice Clarett’s passenger seat when he was pulled over the police.

Now, some would say that the guy’s got a drinking problem and a fascination with guns. We say that he’s very concerned about a growing lint problem in the United States. You guys are all haters.

[Houston Chronicle]: Bond is set at $5 million for Clarett
[ESPN]: Clarett’s call came two hours before arrest

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Maurice Clarett has been watching too many rap videos



Mo’s mugshot

Where do we even begin with the Maurice Clarett story? At this point, it’s like watching Mike Tyson slowly dissolve into a tattooed freak who wants to ear your children. We don’t really care about someone as stupid is Maurice Clarett but it’s just becoming depressing and shameful.

Clarett was arrested early this morning when he failed to stop for police after making an illegal U-turn. After a highway chase that ended when Clarett’s tires were shreaded by a spike strip placed by the highway patrol, the police pulled him over and used a stun gun on him to no effect because he was wearing a bulletproof vest so they had to mace him.

It took several officers to get him handcuffed,” Sgt. Michael Woods said. “Even after he was placed in the paddy wagon, he was still kicking at the doors and being a problem for the officers.”

The police then found a loaded rifle and three loaded handguns in his SUV along with a half bottle of vodka. Clarett is now in the Franklin County Jail awaiting his ass raping arraignment on Thursday.

Clarett was expected to play with the Mahoning Valley Hitmen in the Eastern Indoor Football League. He might have been taking the team nickname a little too literally.

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[AP]: Clarett arrested; Guns found in truck

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Maurice Clarett hits a new low

It’s hard to think of a cautionary tale as sad as Maurice Clarett’s. (Though Marcus Vick still has some time to establish himself.) A former national champion and Heisman Trophy candidate is now playing for the Mahoning Valley Hitmen, part of the six team Eastern Indoor Football League. The Hitmen’s slogan is “Get Whacked Indoors”.

The guy who refused a $413,000 signing bonus with the Denver Broncos now gets to play indoor football against teams like the Three River Rats and the Bay Shore Brawlers. If their website is any indication, the EIFL is more poorly organized than the amateur mens league that Jose Canseco was playing in in LA. But hey, for $12 you can go watch the man who challenged the NFL.

If there are any young college players who think they can coast by on talent and surrounds themselves with a sycophantic entourage, someone just show them the Maurice Clarett wiki article.

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[Detroit Free Press]: Clarett back in football — well, sort of
[MVHitmen.com]: Mahoning Valley Hitmen official site