Sonic Lewis Charged With Drunken Driving
5th December, 2005 - 6:19 pm

Seattle Times - Seattle Supersonics star forward Rashard Lewis was charged today with drunken driving, according to the King County Prosecutor.

Lewis was stopped at 2:50 a.m. on Oct. 1, nearly two months ago, while driving his BMW on eastbound I-90 between Seattle and Mercer Island.

Lewis was spotted traveling at a high rate of speed, 84 mph, along with two other cars, according to the police report from the incident.

Lewis' eyes were watery and his speech slurred, according the report, and the car smelled of alcohol.

The trooper who made the stop wrote that when he asked Lewis how much he had had to drink, Lewis responded, "only one."

A blood test showed that Lewis had a blood-alcohol level of .132 about an hour after he was stopped.

"I have been charged with a traffic offense involving alcohol. I have cooperated fully with the police during the investigation. Since the charge is pending, my attorney and I are working together to resolve this situation. In the meantime, I do not have any further comment and I look forward to the matter being resolved soon," said Lewis in a statement released Monday.

"This incident happened before the season and we're looking forward to this matter being resolved soon. As it is a legal matter, we are not going to comment further on the situation," added Sonics General Manager Rick Sund.

Arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 19.

i would say almost everyone one of us that drinks or drank drove at one point in time or another with some alcohol in us. myself included and as i sit here now, i can't believe how STUPID i was for doing that. this guy has multi-millions and pretty much his ENTIRE family depending on him and he does this? stupid is as stupid does.

Posted by Knight:

Happened two months ago and he seems to be handling it responsibly so I don't see it impacting the him or the team.

Are you serious? How would another NBA player handle it in a statement: "I was chugging a six-pack and then I decided I wasn't drunk enough so I had a couple more cans of beer. It's all my fault, I'm guilty. I am begging the judge to send me to jail for a couple days, because of my idiocy."

These kind of incidents are what started the demise of teams such as the blazers. They better hope one thing does not lead to another. No one should ever be let off easily on an incident like this... I agree with djsunyc, doing it is just stupid.

Posted by Knight:

Posted by teslawlo:

Posted by Knight:

Happened two months ago and he seems to be handling it responsibly so I don't see it impacting the him or the team.

Are you serious? How would another NBA player handle it in a statement: "I was chugging a six-pack and then I decided I wasn't drunk enough so I had a couple more cans of beer. It's all my fault, I'm guilty. I am begging the judge to send me to jail for a couple days, because of my idiocy."

These kind of incidents are what started the demise of teams such as the blazers. They better hope one thing does not lead to another. No one should ever be let off easily on an incident like this... I agree with djsunyc, doing it is just stupid.

The team is obviously satisfied with his subsequent behavior since there was no disciplinary action. How did Marbury handle it when he got his DUI and one game suspension?

you are unreal.

What's unreal about getting an extreme DUI? You want to hang Rashard in this thread but act like the past actions of our team leader is irrelevant?

Knight there you are again in another fuss...where keeping our eyes on you