Former WWF, NWA Wrestler Sam Houston Receives Ten Years For Multiple DUI Arrests; Our Comments
The message board for the Mid-Atlantic Legends has the following posted from Nickla Roberts (aka Baby Doll) regarding Sam Houston's arrest and sentence of 10 years in prison. While I do feel for the family and friends of Houston, how many chances do you give an individual?
People always feel terrible and remorseful after they are caught.
I feel bad for the daughters of Houston. They do not deserve to lose their father to jailtime. However, as I read Baby Doll's comment about Houston's father 'begging' the court to let his son go, common sense tells me that his father could care less about the 20 DUI arrests. The four crashed cars. Bailing someone out, begging to have someone bailed out, doesn't help the person at all. Since his family couldn't help Sam Houston, jailtime will.
Everyone should feel for the family and friends of Houston. But everyone should also remember that this time, he's finally getting help. No longer does anyone have to cross your fingers wondering if tonight's the night he gets behind the wheel and hurts someone else's family tragically. And then he serves life in prison, and destroys someone else's family forever.
If at 45 years old he's had that much turmoil with alcoholism, serving this jailtime will probably help him live a much better life for decades to come.
Here's her comments:
"Thought I would let all of you know what happened last month to my exhusband and the father of my two girls...
As most of you know, Sam has had an ongoing battle with drug and alcohol abuse. It is the reason why we got divorced in 1994. During the last 10 years he has had an average of 2 DUI arrests per year. I know of 4 vehicles that he totalled (every accident he walked away from). There were other vehicles but I do not have all the info...
Everytime he was arrested, his dad (Grizzly Smith) would pay the fine, or use his influence and leverage with the judge or court officers to get his son out with little or no consequences. know in his heart that Griz thought he was doing the right thing for his son but it was the all wrong. After all this time it finally caught up with him. Mother's Against Drunk Driving got ahold of Sam's records, including everytime he had been in trouble whether it was in the Carolina's, Texas or Louisiana. They were going to the newspapaer and expose Sam's arrest history and how nothing had been done time and time again. They were ready to supply the names of the judges, lawyers, probation officers etc...that had let Sam go on with no consequences for driving while drunk, high or both.
It was just a matter of time before Sam would kill someone. Thanks to the Lord that tragedy never happened. Sam had a court date the first week of August for a drunk driving arrest that had occured earlier this year outside New Orleans. Griz took him to the court but Sam could not stand without weaving and he smelled like he had been drinking a lot. The deputies arrested him on the spot and told him they were not going to waste the judges' time. Griz spent the rest of the day at the courthouse begging them to let Sam go.
This time it did not work. Sam had another court appearance two weeks later. This judge had been given the information MADD had collected on Sam and his wreckless behavior. The judge sentenced him to 10 years. My Dad was an alcoholic. The last 35 years of his life he stayed sober through the AA program. Dad helped a lot of other alcoholics and substance abusers stay sober by following the 12 steps. My Dad said that Sam would end up in jail, institutionalized or dead if he kept drinking.
Dad was right.
My heart goes out to Sam... 10 years is a very long time.
Griz should have made his son face the courts and the consequences of the laws he had broken at the time they had occured. I cannot imagine how he feels with a 10 year sentence. We have not seen Sam since the day after Terry Funk's retirement show in Amarillo. Jake wrestled on the card and Griz, Jake and Sam drove to Lubbock to see Mikka and Mikala play soccer. It was about 9 or 10 years ago.
Please keep Sam in your thoughts and prayers..
Nickla
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