Marshall Henderson seems intent on pissing away whatever is left of his basketball career.
Yesterday we reported that the Ole Miss guard was suspended indefinitely for a failed drug test by the university. Well it appears to be a bit more serious than that according to a story via Rachel Bachman of The Wall Street Journal, who claims that Henderson was pulled over by the police in May, and was said to have small amounts of cocaine and marijuana in his possession.
Henderson was pulled over May 4 on suspicion of speeding, and Oxford Police officer Shane Fortner smelled marijuana in Henderson’s vehicle, according to the police report. Henderson gave Fortner a bag containing “a small nugget of marijuana,” according to Fortner’s report, and a search by a police dog turned up a clear plastic bag that contained “a small amount of what appeared to be cocaine,” a report from another officer, Mark Hodges, said.
Hodges’s report notes that the district attorney wouldn’t prosecute if the bag contained less than one-tenth of a gram of cocaine.
Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy released a statement stating his disappointment with Henderson, but didn’t discuss his future with the team.
“Since the season ended, we have talked a lot about Marshall taking a greater leadership role with our team. With that comes greater responsibility, and he must do a better job of living up to the high standard we expect from him and he desires from himself.”
It seems like Henderson can’t help himself, the crooked life seems to have more appeal than the “straight and narrow path” to him.