Rams’ Phillips Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail

Wed., March 12, 1997

Associated Press

Humming as he was led away in handcuffs, St. Louis Rams running back Lawrence Phillips was sentenced to 30 days in jail Tuesday for violating probation.

He is the third University of Nebraska player from the 1994 national title team to spend time behind bars, and the second to be sentenced in the past month.

Lancaster County Judge Jack Lindner revoked Phillips’ probation and sentenced him on two counts stemming from the 1995 assault of former Nebraska basketball player Kate McEwen. The sentences will be served concurrently.

“There is a price tag you pay for the mistakes you make,” Rams coach Dick Vermeil said at the NFL meetings in Palm Desert, Calif. “Once he gets this behind him, he can get on with being a football player. This can’t hurt. It can help.”

Rams vice president Lynn Stiles would not comment on how the jail term would affect Phillips’ standing with the team.

But the player’s lawyer, Hal Anderson, said the Rams were “just fine” with his client.

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