DALLAS — A Dallas County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter in a Dec. 8 wreck in Irving that killed teammate Jerry Brown.
Brent is free on $100,000 bail. No court dates have been set, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office said.
The maximum sentence on the charge is 20 years in prison.
According to news reports, before the crash Brent and Brown had been at a Dallas club. About 2:15 a.m., Brent was driving his Mercedes-Benz on a service road of Texas 114 when the car hit a curb, flipped and caught fire. Brown was pronounced dead at a hospital. Brent had minor injuries.
Brent had an Illinois driver’s license that was reported to have been suspended and expired.
Last week, a judge ordered Brent not to drive until he gets a Texas license and ordered him to wear an ankle monitor that detects alcohol consumption. Brent has a previous DWI conviction.
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