Hours after NFL Network analyst and Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp was arrested and charged with solicitation, the network suspended him.
In the wake of his arrest on charges of soliciting a prostitute and assault at a Phoenix hotel Monday morning, NFL Network has indefinitely suspended analyst Warren Sapp, according to a report from Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated.
Warren Sapp has been suspended indefinitely without pay from NFL Network.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) February 2, 2015
According to TMZ, Sapp was arrested this morning around 7 a.m. It’s Sapp’s third run-in with the authorities since 2010—he was arrested for domestic battery in 2010, charges that were later dropped, and last year, he was arrested in Miami for suspicion of domestic battery.
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Sapp was a four-time All-Pro selection and a seven-time Pro Bowler with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1995-2003 and also played four years with the Oakland Raiders before retiring after the 2007 season.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013. The 42-year-old’s bio has been removed from the NFL Network website’s on-air talent listing—not a good sign in terms of his future with the network he’s been with since 2012 as an analyst for both NFL Total Access and NFL GameDay Morning.
That followed a stint on Showtime’s Inside the NFL from 2008-11.
The TMZ report cites police officials as saying Sapp “admitted involvement in the act of prostitution” but that he denied assaulting either of the women, who told police an argument over money for physical and spilled into the hallway at the hotel.
The women were cited by police—one for prostitution and the other for violating the city’s escort permit requirements. They were released on their own recognizance.
Sapp was in Phoenix as part of NFL Network’s Super Bowl coverage.
In 2012, Sapp filed for bankruptcy, stating in his filing that he owed more than $6.7 million to creditors and in back child support and alimony, according to The Associated Press.
According to TampaBay.com, shortly before his retirement, Sapp and former NFL player Devin Bush teamed up with a South Florida developer, Steve Smoke, to form a company called Urban Solutions Group.
The company was trying to build affordable housing in Fort Pierce, Fla., located in St. Lucie County. The company got a loan from PNC to purchase more lots, but when the housing bubble burst, so did the firm.
PNC ended up winning a judgment of nearly $1 million when it sued Urban Solutions in 2010.
At the time of his bankruptcy, he also owed $876,000 in back alimony and child support to his ex-wife as well as monthly child support payments of more than $15,000 for four children.
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