Former New York Giants wide receiver and Super Bowl XLVI champion, Mario Manningham, spent the holiday weekend in Trumbull County Jail following a November 27 arrest.
Randy Buffington of 19 News in Cleveland reports that Manningham was arrested “after failing to appear at a pretrial hearing” related to a May citation in which the receiver was nabbed for driving with a suspended license.
The Tribute Chronicle adds that Manningham was arrested on the warrant after being pulled over in his white 2012 Toyota on an unrelated driving infraction.
Manningham remained locked up from November 27 through December 2 without bond until being arraigned on Monday morning and assigned a $5,000 bond, which he promptly turned over and was released.
Municipal Judge Thomas Gysegem had a somewhat heated exchange with Manningham’s attorney, Curt P. Bogen, claiming that the receiver had failed to show up for three previous court dates.
“This is a third offense,” Gysegem said. “He has five days in, when the standard sentence in my court is six days on a third conviction. Are you sure your client doesn’t want to change his plea?”
“We do not,” Bogen said of the innocence plea.
“That’s your decision,” Gysegem responded.
Bogen also argued that Manningham was not driving the vehicle when pulled over last week, claiming that Mario’s wife, Latiffany M. Manningham, was behind the wheel.
According to police records, Manningham was cited for driving 44 mph in a 25 mph zone on May 22 and that his license had already been suspended at that point due to a child support case in family court. A warrant was issued for his arrest after failing to appear in court May 28, 2019 and later rescinded upon written plea.
A warrant for Manningham’s arrest was re-issued after he again failed to show up to his court hearing last week. He was taken into custody the following night.
Manningham was a third-round pick of the Giants in the 2008 NFL Draft. He spent five seasons with New York over two separate stints, sandwiched in between time with the San Francisco 49ers.
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