“Judge issues arrest warrant”. A shameful and little-known incident in the life of Michael Jordan

Even after his retirement, the basketball legend is still a household name. What scandals involving Michael Jordan have not already been heard of, but he never ceases to amaze the public. Interestingly, for a long time the athlete had an excellent or even impeccable reputation. But gradually, the basketball player’s darker side began to emerge.

Michael Jordan’s sins

While he played as a veritable god within the confines of the basketball court, off it Michael had a few sins under his belt. They may not be considered serious, especially when compared to the sins of other famous and legendary representatives of big sports. Loyal fans even consider this to be proof that their idols belong to humanity. The main one is addiction to gambling. Gambling, in fact, has become the main reason for an athlete to get into scandalous situations.

In most cases, gambling in Jordan’s life was not a violation of existing American law. Furthermore, NBA rules were not violated either. Of course, there is a perception that Michael’s clean gambling history is only the result of the high professionalism of his lawyers, PR people and generally large funding of everyone involved in the clean-up process.

The incident that turned Jordan into a “mere mortal”

Despite considerable effort to ensure that the legend’s reputation was unblemished, one incident did leave a stain on it. It subsequently grew to a large stain due to the basketball player’s failure to attend the hearing. Today, few will recall an incident that happened back in 1989. However, it proves that Michael is human just like the rest of us.

That year, the basketball player was speeding in his car well in excess of acceptable speed limits. Then the police had to pull him over. Except he didn’t have his driving licence on him. So Jordan “collected” appropriate charges against him. The case went to court. But the athlete didn’t show up.

The situation happened in the southern Fayette County, and the speed at which Michael was driving, was about 90 miles per hour. Interestingly, Jordan’s agent Barbara Allen found out about the incident from the few journalists who were trying to spin the story. She ended up paying the fine for Michael and the case was never made public. A copy of Jordan’s driving licence was also eventually provided.

As much as the tabloids, paparazzi and other sensationalists tried to ruin the life of a legendary basketball player, using this situation as a seed, however, they never succeeded. The fans have not changed their opinion of their idol, and he has not even been caught in such offences. Although it is possible that the “absence” of incidents is just the excellent work of the team that cares about the reputation of the famous Michael Jordan.