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Koren Robinson has been charged with DUI and reckless driving
following a May 6 incident in Medina, perhaps foreshadowing the
troubled receiver's release from the Seattle Seahawks.
Robinson, 25, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the misdemeanor criminal
charges filed in Kirkland Municipal Court, and he is due back before
Judge Albert Raines on July 18, documents show.
The Seahawks were not available to comment Tuesday night, but team
sources previously indicated that Robinson had run out of second
chances following a troubled four-year run with the team. Robinson has
acknowledged as much.
"I know what I've got to do and they're expecting me to do that,"
Robinson said following an April 30 minicamp practice. "If not, I know
the consequences. … Either you want to be in the NFL or you don't. And
I do. So, I have to do everything I gotta do to stay here."
A first-round draft choice in 2001, Robinson served a four-game NFL
suspension for substance abuse last season. Coach Mike Holmgren
benched him for failing to show up at practice one day before an
important Jan. 2 game against Atlanta.
Robinson's four-game league suspension had stemmed from a positive
test for a substance consistent with the party drug ecstasy, sources
have said. Further examination raised questions about an alcohol
problem for which Robinson agreed to seek treatment.
Robinson emerged from treatment in time to participate in the team's
post-draft minicamp. Following practice April 30, Robinson said he had
given up alcohol, his travails having served as a wake-up call.
"I'm not stupid, man," Robinson said at the time. "I'm not going to be
one of those people they talk about, 'Oh, he had the potential to be a
great player but he let this, that and the third, so many
distractions' – that's not going to be me."
Six days later, Medina Police officer David Obermiller cited Robinson
on suspicion of DUI and reckless driving, court records show. Bail was
set at $1,000.
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following a May 6 incident in Medina, perhaps foreshadowing the
troubled receiver's release from the Seattle Seahawks.
Robinson, 25, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the misdemeanor criminal
charges filed in Kirkland Municipal Court, and he is due back before
Judge Albert Raines on July 18, documents show.
The Seahawks were not available to comment Tuesday night, but team
sources previously indicated that Robinson had run out of second
chances following a troubled four-year run with the team. Robinson has
acknowledged as much.
"I know what I've got to do and they're expecting me to do that,"
Robinson said following an April 30 minicamp practice. "If not, I know
the consequences. … Either you want to be in the NFL or you don't. And
I do. So, I have to do everything I gotta do to stay here."
A first-round draft choice in 2001, Robinson served a four-game NFL
suspension for substance abuse last season. Coach Mike Holmgren
benched him for failing to show up at practice one day before an
important Jan. 2 game against Atlanta.
Robinson's four-game league suspension had stemmed from a positive
test for a substance consistent with the party drug ecstasy, sources
have said. Further examination raised questions about an alcohol
problem for which Robinson agreed to seek treatment.
Robinson emerged from treatment in time to participate in the team's
post-draft minicamp. Following practice April 30, Robinson said he had
given up alcohol, his travails having served as a wake-up call.
"I'm not stupid, man," Robinson said at the time. "I'm not going to be
one of those people they talk about, 'Oh, he had the potential to be a
great player but he let this, that and the third, so many
distractions' – that's not going to be me."
Six days later, Medina Police officer David Obermiller cited Robinson
on suspicion of DUI and reckless driving, court records show. Bail was
set at $1,000.
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