Jul 9th 2008 8:17AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, Cincinnati
Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry made an estimated $2.5 million in his three seasons with the team. But he’s now unemployed, and his lawyer says he’s gone through every last penny of that $2.5 million — to the point where he needs the taxpayers to aid in his legal defense in the assault charges he’s currently facing:
“He’s broke,” said Perry Ancona, the former player’s attorney. “He doesn’t have any money to pay to pay for a transcript. …
“He has no funds whatsoever and can’t even meet his current obligations.”Henry’s home has been foreclosed on and his car has been repossessed, and he’s unlikely to find work again in the NFL. I would like to think that most people who threw away $2.5 million by their 25th birthdays would learn a lesson about living responsibly, but most people are not Chris Henry.
