Cardinals suspend GM Keim after DUI plea
The Arizona Cardinals have suspended General Manager Steve Keim for five weeks, beginning immediately, and fined him $200,000 after he pleaded guilty to extreme DUI Tuesday morning in a Chandler court.
The terms of Keim’s DUI sentence were not immediately available.
For their part, the Cardinals also ordered Keim to undergo counseling. He is also subject to discipline by the NFL.
A lab analysis determined Keim had more than two times the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he was pulled over July 4 on suspicion of driving while under the influence, Chandler police said Tuesday.
An NFL spokesman said the team
Arizona Cardinals tight end Ricky Seals-Jones was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of assault, disorderly conduct and trespassing after an altercation at a Scottsdale hotel, police said.
Seals-Jones told police he needed to use the restroom “badly,” and wanted to use the restroom inside rather than risk being arrested for going to the bathroom outside.
He first asked to use the restroom at the W Hotel near Camelback and Scottsdale roads early Saturday. He was told the restrooms were for hotel guests only, according to a police report released by the Scottsdale Police Department Tuesday evening.
He then attempted to enter the hotel in the valet parking area near the Sushi Roku restaurant.
One hotel staff member told police that SealsJones, who is 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 243 pounds, according to his NFL bio, “muscled his way in by pushing him back with his elbow to his shoulder and chest.”
Seals-Jones, a former Texas A&M receiver, pushed the staffer “with an open hand to his chest, like being moved by an offensive lineman,” according to the police report.
“There were never actual closed fist punches ever thrown by anyone, just pushing and shoving,” the police report said.
Seals-Jones denied shoving anyone. He told police he took a step, someone put their hands on him, so he put his hands on them.
He appeared to be intoxicated with watery, bloodshot eyes, according to the police report.
The 23-year-old is in his second season with the Arizona Cardinals.
In a statement, the Cardinals said, “the team is aware of the incident over the weekend involving Ricky Seals-Jones. While the legal process remains on-going, we will refrain from commenting further at this time.”
The W Hotel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.