Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry made an estimated $2.5 million in his three seasons with the team. But he's now unemployed, and his lawyer says he's gone through every last penny of that $2.5 million -- to the point where he needs the taxpayers to aid in his legal defense in the assault charges he's currently facing:"He's broke," said Perry Ancona, the former player's attorney. "He doesn't have any money to pay to pay for a transcript. ...Henry's home has been foreclosed on and his car has been repossessed, and he's unlikely to find work again in the NFL. I would like to think that most people who threw away $2.5 million by their 25th birthdays would learn a lesson about living responsibly, but most people are not Chris Henry.
"He has no funds whatsoever and can't even meet his current obligations."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
7-09-2008 @ 8:38AM
davishgray said...
The Army is always hiring.
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7-09-2008 @ 8:39AM
Sports Bettor said...
Henry and Vick could move into a trailer park together.
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7-09-2008 @ 9:12AM
T said...
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
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7-09-2008 @ 9:17AM
paul h. said...
they never learn the value of a good $$$ when they see it, spend spend and spend more. go cut lawns or paint bottoms of boats for a living.
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7-09-2008 @ 9:25AM
Joe Willie said...
You reap what YOU sow !
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7-09-2008 @ 9:29AM
BlueGuy said...
Jeez, So what's he doing now? Sitting at home waiting for it to be repossessed, or waiting to be evicted? GO GET A JOB!
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7-09-2008 @ 9:36AM
Trixie said...
Welcome to MY world.
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7-09-2008 @ 10:29AM
Jan said...
Chris, your "friends" aren't helping you out?
You know, all those people who helped drink your liquor?
Unemployment benefits?
Pretend to be a gas pump?
Pathetic.
Jan in Beaver, Utah
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7-09-2008 @ 10:44AM
po man said...
stupid boy! he thought he was a CASH MONEY MILLIONARE. His average income was around 800,300 a year and all he had to do is play. It's his own fault he's in this mess, people like me would love security like that & did things irresponsiblally. He's either retarded no offense or living 4 15 minutes of fame,he'll be forgotten.
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7-09-2008 @ 10:49AM
Alice Bradford said...
It's too bad when these young men and women receive HUGE amounts of money to play a sand lot or grass field game and not the ability to plan for a time when they can't or don't play any more. Some of us have lived on less per year for what he received for one game. (Even some get less for what he got for one quarter of playing a gamae). Welcome to REALITY ! )
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7-09-2008 @ 10:55AM
thenaztyone said...
he only made one payment of $800.00 on his $360,000.00 house...geez thats crazy....why are u making payments when u've made 2.5 mill cash...I DON"T GET IT...
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7-09-2008 @ 10:59AM
CJ said...
Friggen hilarious! I love it!
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7-09-2008 @ 11:13AM
AOuvier said...
Food Stamps for Chris Henry anyone...I know its not what he could afford before though with his 2.5 Million Investment. Oh sorry....what Investment.
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7-09-2008 @ 11:16AM
Tim said...
Another stupid 'bro' who can't handle the fame and fortune. I hope he starves to death..............
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7-09-2008 @ 11:20AM
Diane said...
Poster Child for the NFL. Not For Long if you do stupid things like me...
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7-09-2008 @ 11:21AM
Curt said...
He was always in trouble with the law. His attorneys probably took most of it. Too bad. Wasted talent.
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7-09-2008 @ 11:31AM
wazaaappp said...
get a job
get whatever pay from that job and learn for the first time in ur stupid life how valuable money is,,,
by the way this is what children learn by mowing the lawn, cleaning the house, babysitting etc,,
u just let ur dream life pass right through ur hands
u dun realize until u've lost it
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7-09-2008 @ 12:19PM
Jason said...
I just can't believe this idiot. Actually this story of not having money after a professional sports career is quite common. I just don't understand how anybody who earns well over 15 times the amount of money the average person makes in a year can go broke. Children with money. That's all they are.
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7-09-2008 @ 12:21PM
Chris Hanmer said...
You can't help but feel sorry for somebody that is that ignorant. He spent his entire life playing, now it's time for paying. What a moron.
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7-09-2008 @ 12:31PM
icewater said...
The Bengals practically begged him to stay out of Trouble. So he threw his own career away.
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