Donte Stallworth is a famous former National Football League wide receiver who played with the New Orleans Saints, the Philadelphia Eagles, the New England Patriots, and most recently with the Cleveland Browns during the 2008 season. Stallworth had signed his seven year contract worth $35 million with the Browns before the beginning of the last season, but later suspended indefinitely by the NFL after his criminal issues began, according to Miami DUI defense attorney John Musca. Stallworth was arrested earlier this year and charged with DUI Manslaughter in the death of a man he struck in the early hours of the morning of March 14. Stallworth's blood alcohol concentration was approximately .126 percent, according to testing carried out by law enforcement officers. If the blood test was accurate, his BAC was well in excess of the 0.08 percent level at which the law presumes that he was intoxicated. Stallworth was driving to his Miami home after staying out all night drinking at a fancy Miami Beach club. His victim, a Cuban immigrant, was killed as he crossed the street to catch the bus home to his wife and 15-year-old daughter. The football ex-star has issued a public apology for his actions to the family of Mario Reyes, the accident victim. Stallworth ultimately accepted a DUI Manslaughter plea deal from the State Attorney's Office. In exchange for his guilty plea, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, as well as a long period of probation and house arrest. Stallworth claimed to have honked his horn and flashed his lights in warning to the pedestrian he struck. He also made the 911 phone call summoning emergency responders to the Macarthur Causeway and submitted to field sobriety tests at the scene of the accident. Stallworth was released from jail today, July 10, after serving just 24 days in prison. He was released prior to the end of his sentence for good behavior, which is a common method employed by corrections authorities to reduce prison overcrowding. 
