Jimmie Ward is due in court next week for a hearing on his third-degree felony charge. That hearing had been postponed from mid-July to August 13. In advance of that, the Texans safety was arrested again.
The 34-year-old defender spent Thursday night in Montgomery County Jail after being arrested on an alcohol charge in Texas, KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson reports. Ward tested positive for alcohol, which is a violation of his bail.
Ward’s attorney said the former first-round pick was unaware he could not consume any alcohol as part of a bond condition; Ward is expected to be released from jail Friday, Wilson adds. Ward is currently on the active/PUP list while rehabbing foot surgery.
In his third year with the Texans, Ward has seen off-field issues overshadow his aim at playing a 12th NFL season. The former 49ers draftee was accused of assaulting, strangling and threatening the mother of his child, being hit with an assault family violence impeding breath/circulation charge related to an incident at his home in Magnolia, Texas. The woman has been granted an emergency protective order. After his August 13 information setting court date, Ward is due back in court to appear before a grand jury August 31.
The Texans have Ward tied to a $5.67MM cap number; he is due a $2.75MM base salary. An NFL suspension is unlikely to come before this grand jury appearance, potentially putting Ward in position to debut on time with the Texans. But he has also yet to practice with the team during camp.
Ward suffered the season-ending foot malady in Week 16. The Texans then traded for C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who has worked as a starter alongside Calen Bullock. Gardner-Johnson dodged a bullet in avoiding an ACL tear in practice Thursday, but the twice-traded DB is still expected to miss time with an unspecified knee injury.
He needs help. Hope the NFL is there for him.
I think the woman he strangled needs the help. I hope they spend their money helping her before she becomes another statistic.
Some of these guys are just absolute morons at life.
I’ll admit, that wasn’t a bond condition I was expecting to read when I saw the title.
I’m going to go out on a limb here an say that the Justice System is pretty good at spelling out the conditions of somebodies bail. And if they’re not his lawyer should have. I’m gonna put all my money on he just really didn’t care and was going to do whatever he wanted anyway. If he wasn’t injured he would probably be gone already. Not sure what the rules say about cutting an injured player but I know it’s done with some kind of injury settlement all the time.
The lawyer’s job is to do that, you’re correct. And the judge would have mentioned that during the bond hearing.
Usually when people violate bond in cases like this, it’s because they’ve contacted the victim. That’s what I was expecting to see paired with this type of offense. “No alcohol” isn’t the most common bond condition in the world, at least where I’m from.
No alcohol is almost always a bond condition in DV cases, regardless of jurisdiction, especially if there is a PO in place protecting the victim. Lawyers can only inform their clients of said conditions; they can’t babysit clients 24/7. Jimmie is a grown man and multimillionaire. Even if he didn’t know, he has all the resources in the world to figure it out
The lawyers statement he wasn’t aware of the alcohol issue is pretty lame. I’m sure it was very clear.
What a jackass lmao