I use to kill my cousins with the Giants in Tecmo Bowl
They had Dave Megget unstoppable returning kickoffs---
I didn't know dude is in prison
And his sexual assault history is deep as fukk
In 1990, Meggett was arrested for soliciting a prostitute, but was acquitted. He was charged with assaulting his then-girlfriend in 1995, but was acquitted after the judge found that the girlfriend was the aggressor and that Meggett had used "reasonable force" to keep her out of his house.[1]
In 1998, Meggett was arrested in Toronto after authorities said he allegedly assaulted an escort worker after a three-way sexual encounter. Following this incident, the Patriots promptly released him per their zero-tolerance policy for violence against women enacted after the furor of the selection of Christian Peter two years earlier. According to a 2014 report in SB Nation, the fallout from this incident led other teams to look askance at Meggett's past history with women, and was a reason why his number was never called by another NFL team after the Jets opted against resigning him.[1] A trial on the assault charge ended with a hung jury in April 2000.[3]
In later years, Meggett faced multiple legal and financial difficulties related to his failure to pay child support. He'd earned over $10 million during his NFL career, but lost it all to back child support payments. He was even forced to sell his Super Bowl ring on eBay.[1]
Meggett was the parks and recreation director in Robersonville, North Carolina. Most of his salary was diverted to pay child support.[1] He resigned in 2006, after he was accused of sexually assaulting his former girlfriend.[4] In 2007, he was convicted of misdemeanor sexual battery in the case, receiving two years' probation. Authorities said he was allowed to move back to South Carolina to serve his probation.[3] Soon afterward, in 2008, he was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, but prosecutors opted not to pursue the case due to questions about her credibility.[1]
In January 2009, Meggett was arrested for raping and robbing a part-time student at the College of Charleston. On November 10, 2010, Meggett was convicted of burglary and criminal sexual conduct, and sentenced to 30 years in prison.[1][5]
Meggett, South Carolina Department of Corrections ID #00343610, is serving his sentence at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, South Carolina. His earliest possible release date is July 6, 2034.[
Dave Meggett - Wikipedia
