056, well below Texas's legal limit for driving of. 18 per cent, which is more than twice the legal limit for driving.īrown's autopsy revealed his blood-alcohol level to be. Brown was killed six years ago when the car Brent was driving at 110 mph in a 45-mph zone overturned in Irving, a Dallas suburbĪt the time of Brown's death, Brent had a blood-alcohol level of. Two police tackled the former NFL player and a third tased him.īrent was checked out my a medical team before he was taken to a jail in Carrollton.Īt the end of last year a Texas jury returned a $25 million verdict against Brent and the owner of the now-closed nightclub Beamer's in the death of Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown Jr., aged 25.īrown was killed six years ago when the car Brent was driving at 110 mph in a 45-mph zone overturned in Irving, a Dallas suburb.Īt the end of last year a Texas jury returned a $25 million verdict against Brent and the owner of the now-closed nightclub Beamer's in the death of Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown Jr., aged 25 (pictured). The video then shows Brent running from police, without a shirt or shoes on. Police were called to the Wendy's location to perform a welfare check after Brent, who played for the Cowboys for parts of four seasons, was spotted talking to himself while seated in the grass outside the restaurant.Ī witness said Brent told police, 'I'm a Cowboy, you can Google me, I'm Josh Brent.'Īfter police arrested Brent on a charge of public intoxication, they said he 'became uncooperative with the officers by resisting the officer’s attempt to be handcuffed.'
Former Dallas Cowboys tackle Josh Brent, 31, was tased and arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and resisting arrest by Coppell police in a suburb of Dallas on Sunday. Brent is pictured at right during his time playing for the Cowboys, and at left in a booking photo taken on Sunday