New York Giants Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress sits down to talk about his life behind bars as he serves two-year sentence for carrying unlicensed gun and shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.
On Friday, November 28, 2008, Burress suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the right thigh in the New York City nightclub LQ when his Glock pistol, tucked in the waistband of his sweatpants, began sliding down his leg; apparently in reaching for the gun he inadvertently depressed the trigger, causing the gun to fire. The injury was not life-threatening and he was released from an area hospital the next afternoon. The following Monday, Burress turned himself in to police to face charges of criminal possession of a handgun.
On Monday, August 3, 2009, prosecutors announced that Burress had been indicted by the grand jury on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and a single count of reckless endangerment in the second degree, both felonies.
On August 20, 2009, Burress accepted a plea deal that would put him in prison for two years with an additional two years of supervised release.
Peep the video below to hear Plaxico’s interview.
Before going to prison, Plaxico played for the NFL new York Giants.
Burress signed a five-year, $35 million contract extension prior to the season. Burress was released by the Giants on April 3, 2009.
