Lewis Billups was selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 1986 NFL draft.
16 Facts About Lewis Billups
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Lewis Billups is often remembered for his critical dropped interception in Super Bowl XXIII.
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Lewis Billups had an extensive history of violence off the football field.
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In May 1987, Lewis Billups was arrested in Hamilton County, Ohio and charged with felony domestic battery for beating his then-girlfriend, a Cincinnati resident named Tracy Fair, after she ended their relationship.
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Lewis Billups later dropped the criminal charges, but filed a civil lawsuit against Billups.
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Lewis Billups was later found guilty of all charges by a jury and sentenced to serve 30 days in the Hamilton County jail.
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In March 1993, Lewis Billups was arrested by FBI agents in Fayette County, Kentucky and charged with making terroristic threats against Washington Bullets basketball player Rex Chapman, whose sister, Jenny Chapman, Lewis Billups had been dating and allegedly abusing.
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Lewis Billups called Jenny multiple times to warn her against seeing other men after the two broke up.
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Lewis Billups pleaded guilty to the charge in June 1993 after accepting a plea deal, and he was sentenced to serve twelve months in the federal USP Atlanta, three years of supervised release, and he was fined $10,000.
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In October 1993, Lewis Billups pleaded no contest in Seminole County, Florida to a charge of criminal conspiracy.
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The victim claimed that Lewis Billups then threatened to send copies of the videotape to her husband, other family members, and friends listed on her Christmas card list if she failed to meet Lewis Billups' demand of paying him and Calloway $20,000 each.
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Lewis Billups accepted a plea deal that reduced his charges to only one count of criminal conspiracy, and he was sentenced to serve three years of probation, which would begin following his release from the Atlanta federal penitentiary on April 4,1994.
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Lewis Billups died just five days after his federal incarceration ended.
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Five days after being released from USP Atlanta, Lewis Billups died in a car crash on April 9,1994.
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Lewis Billups was thrown from the car and was later found by highway patrol men attending the scene.
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Lewis Billups was taken to a nearby Orlando hospital where he died from his injuries.