Earlier today Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd plead guilty to drunk driving from an incident that happened last year. The judge placed Jason on interim probation. As part of a plea settlement he will have to speak to young kids about drinking and driving.
Details after the jump…
Via ESPN:
Jason Kidd pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge and was placed on interim probation nearly a year after he smashed his Cadillac SUV into a utility pole on eastern Long Island.
In exchange for the guilty plea, Kidd agreed to speak to Long Island high school students about the dangers of drunken driving. If he fulfills his community service, his plea will be reduced to a violation — driving while ability impaired — when he returns to court on Sept. 30.
Kidd, who retired as an NBA player after last season, was recently hired to coach the Nets — the team he took to two NBA Finals as a player when the franchise played in New Jersey.
“Because of his status as a professional athlete Mr. Kidd is the perfect person to reinforce the important message we’ve been trying to send, which is don’t drink and drive,” Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said in a statement.
