SAN DIEGO – Former NFL wide receiver Alshon Jeffery has reached a deal with prosecutors in San Diego to have two felony insurance fraud charges against him dismissed if he meets certain conditions within 60 days, including 50 hours of volunteer work service and a $2,500 payment to the driver whose car he rear-ended in September.
Jeffery, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018, was arrested in April after failing to appear in court for his arraignment on these charges in March. He allegedly had no insurance when his 2021 Mercedes-Benz crashed into another car from behind on northbound Interstate 5 in San Diego Sept. 21. But he filed an insurance claim stating the accident occurred Sept. 28, not Sept. 21, after obtaining a new insurance policy Sept. 24, three days after the crash actually happened, according to court records obtained by USA TODAY Sports.
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The insurance company denied the claim after obtaining evidence from the other driver that documented the actual date of the accident.
“We are glad we were able to clear up this unintentional error and have the case completely dismissed.” Jeffery’s attorney, Brian Watkins, told USA TODAY Sports.
The conditions for dismissal were signed July 10 by Jeffery, Watkins and San Diego Deputy District Attorney H. Meliana Johnson, according to a copy of the document obtained by USA TODAY Sports. Those conditions are:
∎ $840.46 paid to Kemper Insurance.
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∎ $2,500 to the Lyft driver of the car he rear-ended for that driver’s insurance deductible.
∎ $500 to the California Department of Insurance Anti-Fraud Fund.
∎ 50 hours of volunteer service work.
The district attorney’s office advised the court July 10 that Jeffery already has paid restitution to satisfy those financial requirements.
“If, after 60 days, Alshon Jemell Jeffery has satisfied all the above conditions and has remained law abiding with no new criminal cases, this matter will be dismissed in the interest of justice,” the conditions document states.
Jeffery pleaded not guilty in April, when Watkins, his attorney, noted the insurance company did not pay out any money.
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Jeffery recently has lived in San Diego County after earning more than $63 million during his NFL career from 2012 to 2020, according to Spotrac. He played college football at South Carolina and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft.
He signed with the Eagles in 2017 and caught three passes for 73 yards and a touchdown in the 2018 Super Bowl, when the Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ex-NFL receiver Alshon Jeffery reaches deal to have fraud charges dismissed
