Former Univ. of Michigan star Denard Robinson was handed out behind the wheel after cops say he crashed proper right into a street sign merely sooner than he was arrested for OWI earlier this 12 months … new police video, obtained by TMZ Sports activities actions, reveals.
The footage was captured at spherical 3:05 AM on April 15 by the Ann Arbor Police Division … a short time after Robinson allegedly purchased drunk and drove on a roadway near the Wolverines’ headquarters in Michigan.
You probably can see inside the video … as officers approached his wrecked SUV, Robinson gave the impression to be dozing inside the driver’s seat.
Regulation enforcement officers repeatedly struck his car to aim to wake him up, nonetheless for quite a few minutes, he remained unresponsive.
When the earlier quarterback lastly purchased up … it regarded like he was disoriented as he struggled to answer cops’ elementary questions. He gave the impression to be slurring his phrases too.
When he purchased out of the car, the 33-year-old tried to deny he had crashed his car … although the doorway of his car was clearly wedged proper right into a pole.
“Sir,” one in every of many officers instructed him. “There’s large damage correct proper right here and in addition you merely knocked this pole down. The best way you going to say you didn’t crash?”
“I truly merely parked,” Robinson said.
“You identify this parking?!” the officer responded.
Later by the stop, Robinson carried out quite a few topic sobriety assessments … and appeared to bomb all of them. He wobbled constantly whereas attempting to walk in a straight line … sooner than he struggled to face on one foot.
Minutes later, after refusing a breathalyzer, Robinson — who had a Michigan lanyard linked to his car keys — was positioned into handcuffs and dropped at a close-by jail. Whereas there, police video reveals he fell asleep in a cell.
In keeping with a police report obtained by MLive, Robinson lastly took a blood verify … which confirmed a BAC of .158 — virtually two events the licensed prohibit in Michigan.
Robinson — nicknamed “Shoelace” — is now coping with one value of OWI over the matter … nonetheless he already pled not accountable at a listening to late closing month. He’s due in courtroom docket for yet another listening to inside the case in three weeks.
Robinson starred for the Univ. of Michigan from 2009 to 2012 … and he later went on to play quite a few seasons inside the NFL. Following retirement, he returned to the Wolverines to be the group’s assistant director of participant personnel — nonetheless he departed from the job shortly after info of his April arrest broke.
