Patrick Mahomes Sr., the father of Kansas City Chiefs superstar Patrick Mahomes, on Tuesday entered a guilty plea to a charge of driving while intoxicated.
Per NBC News, Mahomes Sr. was arrested for this incident in February, marking his third DWI charge. The incident happened in Smith County, Texas, and the 54-year-old was subsequently indicted in April.
“Today, Mr. Mahomes entered a guilty plea in his case pursuant to a written plea agreement,” Mahomes Sr.’s lawyer, Joseph D. Murphy, said in a statement. “Our client is now living a sober life, and we believe that the steps he has taken to better his life helped us achieve a plea recommendation for probation.”
Mahomes Sr. has since agreed to five years of probation with one year of intense supervision, KETK reported. He is set to be sentenced on September 23. Mahomes Sr. has been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated on three separate occasions, with his first being in South Dakota in 2008, District Judge Kerry Russell told the court on Tuesday.
In 2018, the 54-year-old was arrested and charged with the same offense, Smith County court records showed. Mahomes Sr. was ultimately handed a 40-day jail sentence to be served on weekends, NBC News reported.
Mahomes Sr.’s son and the Kansas City Chiefs were just a few days away from facing the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas when the 54-year-old was arrested. Mahomes eventually led the Chiefs to clinch their third Super Bowl title.
Just like his son, Mahomes Sr. was also an athlete – though his career path was different as he played professional baseball. The 54-year-old, who was a pitcher, played for Major League Baseball teams including the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
