NFL Star Steve McNair Charged With DUI Without Driving
Steve McNair, Quarterback for the NFL Baltimore Ravens, was arrested for DUI even though he wasn’t driving. McNair was arrested in Tennessee for allowing another person to operate his vehicle while intoxicated.
Jamie Cartwright, McNair’s brother-in-law was driving McNair’s pickup truck with McNair as a passenger when he was pulled over. Cartwright failed field sobriety tests and refused a breath test. He was arrested for DUI. McNair was also arrested and charged with DUI because he was the owner of the vehicle and was a passenger at the time of Cartwright’s arrest. A police spokesman said “it’s pretty much common sense that you shouldn't let any vehicle you own be operated by a person you believe to be under the influence of an intoxicant.”
McNair told his team he was trying to act responsibly. His attorney reminded reporters that his client’s DUI charge was not for driving while intoxicated, but rather “DUI owner passenger.”