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Former Pro Bowl receiver Andre Rison was jailed Wednesday in DeKalb County for failure to pay child support.
Rison, 37, who spent 12 seasons with Indianapolis, Atlanta, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Kansas City and Oakland, was sentenced to jail until he pays $127,000 to a woman with whom he has two sons.
Rison, a five-time Pro Bowl selection who was MVP of the 1994 Pro Bowl, was sentenced to an additional 20 days in jail for violating a court order to pay $3,500-a-month child support for his 16-year-old and 18-year-old sons since August 2002.
The children's mother, Raycoa Handley, said in August that Rison has not seen or talked to his children in 2 1/2 years.
Rison last played in the NFL in 2000 with Oakland. He was suspended for four games in 2001 for a repeat violation of the league's substance abuse policy, and was out of football until he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL this past August.
Source: AP
Rison, 37, who spent 12 seasons with Indianapolis, Atlanta, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Kansas City and Oakland, was sentenced to jail until he pays $127,000 to a woman with whom he has two sons.
Rison, a five-time Pro Bowl selection who was MVP of the 1994 Pro Bowl, was sentenced to an additional 20 days in jail for violating a court order to pay $3,500-a-month child support for his 16-year-old and 18-year-old sons since August 2002.
The children's mother, Raycoa Handley, said in August that Rison has not seen or talked to his children in 2 1/2 years.
Rison last played in the NFL in 2000 with Oakland. He was suspended for four games in 2001 for a repeat violation of the league's substance abuse policy, and was out of football until he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL this past August.
Source: AP