Richard Sherman has been charged with five misdemeanors stemming from his arrest earlier this week. The free agent cornerback will have to answer to charges of resisting arrest, criminal trespassing in the second degree, reckless endangerment of roadway crews, driving under the influence, and malicious mischief (via Mike Carter of the Seattle Times). Two of those charges include an attachment of a “domestic-violence element.” 
If convicted across the board, Sherman could face up to 450+ days in jail. However, as a first-time offender, additional jail time doesn’t seem likely. Sherman, who was released from custody on Thursday, has since released a statement and vowed to straighten out his personal life.
“I am deeply remorseful for my actions on Tuesday night,” Sherman wrote. “I behaved in a manner I am not proud of. I have been dealing with some personal challenges over the last several months, but that is not an excuse for how I acted. The importance of mental and emotional health is extremely real and I vow to get the help I need. I appreciate all of the people who have reached out in support of me and my family, including our community here in Seattle. I am grateful to have such an amazing wife, family and support system to lean on during this time.”
Sherman, 33, has said that he wants to continue playing. Of course, he has other matters to address before returning to the workout circuit.
Big fine. Probation. Spins the NFL’s wheel of discipline and likely signs with a team shortly thereafter.
Give it 3 weeks..all charges dropped, every police officer in the vicinity will be arrested, and the K9 will be immediately destroyed. #SeattleJustice
LOL… You’re probably right. Seattle is one messed up city. I hope he gets the help he needs and signs with the Eagles.
Oh god no, stay away from the Eagles. And I’m sure a guy on his last leg in the league is probably looking a team closer to contending for a title.
Redmond is not Seattle. East of Seattle is a different world.
I would think this would work better for Seattle. He will sign for less miss a chunk of time then be ready for the last half of the season and playoffs.
Ya he can be ready to watch other teams compete in the playoffs from his couch if he plays for Seattle
Wow you got me such a witty comment.
I actually thought it was a pretty good apology until he blamed it on his “mental and emotional health”. I am not disputing that that is important, but it takes personal responsibility out of the equation when you blame your “emotional” or “mental” health for your mistakes.
Everyone makes mistakes, we all know, and sometimes that’s what they are. He deserves a chance, like any of us, to fix them. But Sherman needs to own up and not just attribute what he did to just not being happy. That’s what “mental health” means today, after all, which is confirmed by his use of “emotional health” in the statement. It’s a way of taking partial responsibility and not fully blaming his decision making. I really don’t want to see others taking “emotional health” or “mental health” out as an excuse for bad behavior. I get that it’s relevant for his suicidal threats and things he did to himself, but ceases to be about him when he tried to attack his relatives at their house, driving in public while intoxicated. There’s no personal excuse for that.
Emotional in the sense that his career is close to ending. No one wants this drama queen and it’s hard mentally stomach that with a huge ego like sherman
Isn’t there a saying that “ you can’t fix stupid “?
You are spot on. Everybody is a victim of something nowadays and it’s mandatory that one blames poor decision making on anything but yourself. Sherman is a smart guy and he displayed that by teasing people with the first part of his apology then rope-a-doped us with the “emotional health” red herring. Well played on on his part. The press and the lemming public eat that stuff up.
Imagine thinking sherman is smart lol
He went to Stanford and graduated early my guess is he is smarter than you.
Must be San Fran fan. Hated him signed him loved him then he is not coming back so you hate him again. Do you guys get whiplash from changing loyalty?
Yeah he went to Stanford! Isn’t Stanford a law school ? Lol! Cmon, he got all A’s and never went to class due to being an athlete
I see you have no clue what a University and Law School are. You also have no idea that Stanford is one of the few schools that doesn’t lower its standards to get in. He also finished in 3 years not able to just skip classes to do that. Respond and make yourself look dumber.
I won’t make myself look dumber! You have already done that to yourself! Once again, the clueless stay clueless!
if the charges had been felonies, the Raiders would have offered a contract
If he wasn’t famous would his chargers be the same probably not
Not a bad statement, sounds like he probably wrote it, too. Not like when Floyd mayweather or Aldon smith releases a statement lol
I will agree with that.Too many people let others write their apologies.
Celebrities and athletes get out of most of their jail time, thus you should expect to see a slap on the wrist.