Ex-Bengal Rey Maualuga indicted after driving through yards, destroying mailboxes in NKY
VILLA HILLS, Ky. (WXIX) - Former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga was indicted Monday on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, criminal mischief and wanton endangerment, according to court documents.
Police say Maualuga, a 2009 second round pick of the Bengals, drove through multiple yards and ran over mailboxes on Aug. 11 in the 1000 block of Riverview Farms Place around 9 p.m. before hitting a parked car.
The ex-Bengal hit the parked car so hard that part of his Mercedes went underneath of it and wedged it between a tree, police said.
When the officer arrived, the report said he saw Maualuga walking around the driveway.
Maualuga “was telling people he was sorry, mentioned he had screwed up, and that he’s already had multiple DUIs and this one would potentially put him in jail for a long time,” the report reads.
Maualuga told the officer he only had a few drinks but refused to take a breath alcohol test.
According to the report, Maualuga’s friend told police he must have taken the Mercedes because it did not have an ignition interlock device.
An ignition interlock device is a breath-test device connected to a vehicle’s ignition. The car won’t start unless the driver blows into the device and has a BAC below a pre-set limit, according to the CDC.
This was Maualuga’s latest run-in with Kentucky police.
In July of 2020, he was arrested for intoxicated and reckless driving, also in Villa Hills.
Maualuga spent eight seasons in Cincinnati, racking up 584 combined tackles during his time as a Bengal.
The 2009 draft pick out of USC started 104 career games for the Bengals.
Maualuga last played in 2017 with the Miami Dolphins and appeared in just six games with the team.
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