Jim Brown Suggests That Marijuana Was Involved In Stallworth Accident

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, who remains a senior member of Cleveland Browns management, suggested on Friday that Browns receiver Donte’ Stallworth was smoking marijuana on the evening/morning of the accident that claimed the life of 59-year-old Mario Reyes. Brown made his remarks during an appearance on 790 The Ticket’s The Dan LeBatard Show. “This situation is a tragedy all around, but what was involved was alcohol and marijuana,” Brown said. “On one hand, DUI is a very serious thing in America. Marijuana of course is against all the rules.” Brown explained that he has some “inside information that says that that was also a part of what was detected,” presumably in the blood test imposed on Stallworth. Brown said he’s not “100 percent sure” that this is true, but Brown said he spoke with a “very reliable source” who shared this information. Brown described Stallworth as “very fortunate” on a couple of occasions, given the relatively lenient sentence imposed. Brown also said he has spoken to Commissioner Roger Goodell, and that Goodell indicated a sincere desire to combat the off-field issues that have been occurring. Brown pointed to the “hip hop culture” as the root of the problem, and he blamed agents for failing to help players become responsible citizens, and the absence of fathers from the lives of many black children during their formative years. “The black father is not in the home, and that male influence -- that biological male influence -- is not there,” Brown said. “And if you don’t have surrogate fathers that are gonna step in, then these kids are basically on their own.”