A new video shows ex-NFL star Terrell Suggs brandishing a gun before he was arrested in April 2024 following an incident at a Starbucks in Arizona the month prior.
The video, published Friday by TMZ, shows the full altercation between Suggs and a man at the Starbucks drive-through, ending with Suggs dangling a gun out of his car’s window before driving away.
The incident began when the man alleged that Suggs backed his car up and hit his vehicle in an effort to get closer to the Starbucks intercom.
“You just backed into me, man,” the man said, with Suggs responding: “Back the f–k up.”
After some more back-and-forth, the man got out of his car and walked over to Suggs’ vehicle, with the former Ravens star stepping outside to confront him.
Suggs went on to insist that he did not hit the man’s car before the two men got back into their respective vehicles.
Suggs then picked up his order from the drive-through window and flipped the bird at the man through his car window as he started driving away.
After some more jawing between the two men from their respective cars, Suggs asked, “Do you want to go?” multiple times before adding, “I’ll kill your b–ch ass.”
Then, as he began driving out of the drive-through line, Suggs held the gun out of his window, staring back at the man.
After an investigation, Maricopa County Police arrested Suggs and the 42-year-old was charged with one count of threatening or intimidating and one count of disorderly conduct.
Suggs pleaded guilty to the disorderly conduct charge in February and was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation.
A rep for Suggs issued a statement to TMZ in the wake of the footage being released.
“There was an incident at a Starbucks drive-through in which Terrell attempted to safely back out of the lane when the individual behind him became hostile and falsely accused Terrell of making contact with his vehicle, which did not occur,” Denise White told TMZ.
“The situation escalated when the individual exited his car and approached Terrell in a confrontational manner. Notably, the individual had not placed an order in the Starbucks line, which led Terrell to believe he might continue to follow him, causing Terrell to feel threatened.”
White added that “at no point” did her client “point a firearm at the individual, but that Suggs “made it clear that he was prepared to protect himself if necessary. Arizona is an open carry state, and Terrell is aware of the responsibilities that come with firearm ownership. He recognizes that he should not have displayed his weapon, but his actions were solely in response to feeling threatened and were not intended to escalate the situation further.”
Suggs, who was an outside linebacker, is widely considered one of the best Ravens of all time.
He spent 16 of his 17 NFL seasons in Baltimore, earning seven Pro-Bowl selections and one All-Pro nod.
The Arizona State product also won the Super Bowl with Baltimore in 2012 and captured a second ring with the Chiefs in 2019.