Newton was charged with two female suspects in the Louisiana case. He and three other suspects were charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute marijuana. He said arresting officers found about 170 pounds of marijuana in the car and $10,000, but no drugs, in the truck Newton was driving. 12 in Texas by federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents who had his pickup truck and a car under surveillance after an informant's tip, according to a court affidavit from DEA Special Agent Andrew Joe Pearce. now everybody drafts a bunch of fat guys.' He took all those 235-pound weaklings out of the game. In those days Newton jokingly praised Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's stance against steroids, saying Tagliabue 'made it so the fat man had a chance. And his December appearance before Stickney, who called him 'a danger to the community,' was no place for the broadcast verve or confident comic demeanor that made him a favorite of NFL reporters. Indeed, the 2000 season found Newton on ESPN Radio as an NFL commentator, and he did college football commentary for BET television last season.īut that was temporary. That seemed to equip him for a future in broadcasting.

After 14 years in the NFL, 13 as a Cowboy and one final year with the Carolina Panthers, Newton retired in 1999 with a reputation as a jovial, plain-spoken big man.

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