The state of affairs surrounding troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel is so toxic that even his attorneys are screwing up on the job.
Defense lawyer Bob Hinton, one of the attorneys handling Manziel’s domestic violence case, recently sent a text message by accident to the Associated Press revealing that he is seeking a plea deal for his client, citing doubts that Manziel can stay clean. The text message also divulged that Hinton was given a receipt showing that Manziel spent over $1,000 at a drug paraphernalia store some 15 hours after being involved in a hit-and-run crash Monday night.
The text message from Hinton was supposedly meant for another attorney on the case but instead was accidentally sent to the AP, who had contacted Hinton for comment on the crash. Hinton also added in the text that he wasn’t sure if the receipt, which allegedly reflected a purchase of $1,018.77 at a Gas Pipe store by Manziel on Tuesday, was “legitimate.”
Manziel initially entered a “not guilty” plea to the misdemeanor assault charge in the case, but could be suspended by the NFL regardless of the outcome. While the former Heisman winner still wants to play in 2016, it’s clear that he has other serious issues to deal with at the moment.
