Not Guilty

Fri., Sept. 25, 1998

A Philadelphia judge acquitted former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier on Thursday of drunken-driving charges stemming from the boxer’s arrest last spring. Prosecutors said Frazier was pulled over around 3 a.m. April 7 after swerving across the center of a four-lane avenue and running a red light, then fell over at least twice while being administered balance tests at the scene. A Breathalyzer exam later that night showed Frazier with a blood-alcohol level of .098, just below the legal limit of .10. But defense attorneys said Frazier’s behavior after being pulled over in his 1989 Jaguar stemmed from his weariness from a long drive and medications for various ailments he suffers from. “I would never break the law if I believed I could hurt someone,” Frazier, 54, said Thursday.

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