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15 Athletes Who Have Been Arrested For Ridiculous Reasons

Athletes Who Were Arrested for Ridiculous Reasons

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There have been a number of athletes arrested for rather grotesque reasons in recent years, and a number of these arrests have been quite comical in nature. Keeping this in mind, here are the 15 athletes who have been arrested for ridiculous reasons.

15. Randall Simon

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15. Randall Simon

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Randall Simon found a way to damper the Milwaukee Brewers' famed Sausage Race, as the then Pittsburgh Pirate hit one of the sausages with his bat. The person in the sausage suit was not seriously injured, but Simon was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

14. Chad Johnson

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14. Chad Johnson

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Chad Johnson shocked a Florida courtroom in 2013 by slapping the butt of his male attorney, which earned the former Cincinnati Bengals star jail time.

13. Josh Gordon

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13. Josh Gordon

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Josh Gordon was arrested in 2011 after being found asleep outside a Taco Bell. Cops found marijuana in the car Gordon was sleeping in, and the wide receiver was suspended by Baylor for a short time after the incident.

12. Patrick Kane

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12. Patrick Kane

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Kane is known as a rather stoic figure on the ice for the Chicago Blackhawks, which made it especially difficult when he was arrested for punching a Buffalo cab driver in the face in 2009.

11. Kevin Mitchell

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11. Kevin Mitchell

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Kevin Mitchell was known as an erratic figure during his lengthy MLB playing career, but nobody could have predicted him being arrested for punching his father in the face in 1999. To make matters worse, Mitchell punched his father for being late on his rent.

10. Plaxico Burress

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10. Plaxico Burress

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Plaxico Burress was arrested for criminal possession of a handgun in New York City in November of 2008 after shooting himself in the leg. This unfortunate incident ultimately resulted in Burress spending two years in prison.

9. Michael Irvin

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9. Michael Irvin

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Police raided the residence of Michael Irvin in August of 2000 in search of a female who they believed was selling drugs but found the former Dallas Cowboys superstar and a rather young female companion instead. The cops did not let Irvin go, though, as they found half a joint in the house and arrested him for marijuana possession.

8. Tonya Harding

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8. Tonya Harding

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After a rather sad set of circumstances, Harding hired hitmen to break the leg of Nancy Kerrigan so that she could not compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Predictably enough, Harding was arrested after the attempted hit essentially failed.

7. Pat McAfee

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7. Pat McAfee

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Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee had too much fun on Oct. 20, 2010, as he was found shirtless, wet, drunken and passed out at 5:15 a.m. McAfee would be charged with public intoxication for the event, although he surely has a good laugh about it nowadays.

6. Aldon Smith

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6. Aldon Smith

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Every 5-year-old child in the world knows not to yell "bomb" at an airport, yet Aldon Smith did just that in April of 2014. As one would expect, Smith was arrested because of the incident, although charges were ultimately dropped.

5. Najeh Davenport

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5. Najeh Davenport

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Najeh Davenport was arrested for defecating in the laundry basket of a Barry University female student. To make things even worse, Davenport actually tried to defend his actions.

4. Dion Lewis

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4. Dion Lewis

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After being locked out of a hotel room, Dion Lewis pulled the fire alarm at the hotel. Unfortunately, doing this is illegal, and Lewis was arrested and charged with a crime as a result.

3. Eric Staal

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3. Eric Staal

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Staal had a bachelor party for the ages in 2007, as he was arrested with his brother Eric and 12 other individuals for disorderly conduct.

2. Jason Peters

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2. Jason Peters

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Jason Peters was arrested in March of 2011 after officers deemed that he was playing his music too loud. Exactly how officers gauged what exactly is too loud is up for debate, and it is hard to imagine that Peters doesn't laugh about the citation now.

1. Randy Moss

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1. Randy Moss

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Randy Moss was attempting to commit an illegal turn when a cop stepped in front of his car in Minnesota in 2002. Moss didn't take to this well, as he hit the officer with the car and predictably enough was arrested because of it.

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