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Y! MyWebAttorney: Ex-Bengal Henry is destitute
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Despite making about $2.5 million since 2005 as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, Chris Henry is so broke he wants taxpayers to pay for a record of his trial.
"He's broke," said Perry Ancona, the former wide receiver's attorney said Tuesday, July 8. "He doesn't have any money to pay for a transcript."
Ancona filed a motion asking for taxpayers to pay for a written transcript of Henry's trial. Henry was arrested after a March 31 incident and charged with criminal damaging and assault.
A judge threw out the criminal damaging charge, saying Cincinnati prosecutors couldn't prove the allegation. A mistrial was declared last week on the assault charge when jurors couldn't come to a unanimous verdict. When the trial ended, jurors said they voted 6-2 to acquit Henry.
But prosecutors said Tuesday they would retry Henry on the misdemeanor count. Henry's trial was set for Monday.
Henry signed a five-year,
$6 million contract after being drafted in 2005.
He received about $1 million to sign plus an average of just over $500,000 for the first three years. He was to be paid $520,000 this year, but the team released him after his arrest.
Despite that, Ancona said Henry, who has been suspended by the NFL, is destitute. "He has no funds whatsoever and can't even meet his current obligations," Ancona told the judge.
Henry's $360,000 Kentucky house was auctioned in May when he failed to pay the mortgage. Henry's SUV was repossessed last month.
