New York Jets star Robby Anderson believes he “could have wound up dead” during his confrontation with Florida cops, the player’s attorney told The Post on Saturday.
“He’s not accusing anybody of anything…but what happens to young black men when they’re stopped for a traffic offense? Because that’s what it was. The other stuff was after the fact,” said Miami-based attorney Ed O’Donnell.
The 24-year-old wide receiver was busted early Friday for driving double the speed limit, and then threatening to sexually assault the responding officer’s wife, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. He was clocked driving 105 mph in a 45 mph zone while swerving between lanes around 2:15 a.m. on North Flamingo Road in the town of Sunrise, just west of Fort Lauderdale, cops said.
O’Donnell, who bailed Anderson out of jail, said he spoke to the receiver for about 10 minutes on Saturday afternoon.
“I said, ‘I’m glad you’re OK,’ and he said, ‘I know. I could have wound up dead.’”
Anderson plans to attend church with his mother on Sunday, and will sit down with his lawyer to discuss the case the next day, O’Donnell said.
Anderson was slapped with nine charges, including resisting an officer, harming a public servant, and fleeing police, records show.
“The charges are totally out of character for Robby. He’s just a fine young man who I hold in high regard,” O’Donnell said. “I don’t know what he said [to police]. I know what’s been printed. I’ve been doing this for 47 years and what’s stated in a police report is often at odds with true facts. It started as a traffic offense and escalated, OK?”