Ex-NFL CB Alex Brown Gets 4 Months in Jail for Crash That Injured Charlie Taumoepeau

Former NFL cornerback Alex Brown was sentenced to four months in jail after entering a nolo contendere plea in connection to a 2021 crash that injured then-Detroit Lions teammate Charlie Taumoepeau, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.

Brown initially was charged with two counts of operating a vehicle while under the influence causing serious injury and two counts of reckless driving causing injury. Per Birkett, the reckless driving charges and one of the operating under the influence charges were dismissed.

Brown was driving the wrong way on a Detroit highway when he struck another vehicle head-on on Aug. 15, 2021. Taumoepeau was a passenger in Brown's car, and emergency responders used the jaws of life to remove him.

Assistant Wayne County prosecutor Brian Johnson said in court two days after the crash that Brown registered a .211 blood alcohol level on a portable breathalyzer. He alleged Brown indicated at the scene he thought he was in Atlanta at the time of the crash.

Brown, who appeared in three games with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019, had signed with the Lions ahead of the 2021 season. Detroit cut him from the team shortly after the crash.

The 26-year-old signed with the CFL's Edmonton Elks in November.

The Lions also waived Taumoepeau, who missed all of 2021 because of the injuries he suffered in the crash. The XFL's St. Louis Battlehawks selected him in the 14th round of its 2023 supplemental draft, and they traded the 25-year-old to the Seattle Sea Dragons. He has two receptions for 25 yards through five games.