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Jayson Williams' Blood Alcohol Level Was Thrice The Legal Limit
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Ben Muessig
Published Jan 11, 2010
Modified Jan 11, 2010
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It's been a bad day for former New Jersey Net Jayson Williams. First, he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in the shooting death of his limo driver, landing him between 18 months and five years in prison. Now come reports that his blood alcohol level was .24 — three times the legal limit — when he drove his Mercedes SUV into a tree last week, according to TMZ. Williams fractured his neck in the accident, and was charged with DWI after refusing to take a breath test at the scene (he also tried to convince cops he wasn't the driver by waiting for police in the passenger seat). Before the accident, Williams had reportedly been drinking with college kids at the Upper East Side bar Aces & 8's, according to the venue's owner.
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