BELTON, TEXAS (February 16, 2008) The mother of a former University of Texas football star and Central Texas native passed out in a Bell County courtroom Thursday after learning her son will spend the next five months in state jail.
A district judge said Ramonce Taylor violated at least five stipulations of his probation.
With Taylor's current punishment, his defense attorney said he still has a shot at summer training camp.
The prosecution said Taylor violated his probation by failing two separate drug tests, going to Club Titanium in Killeen where he allegedly hit a woman, and criminal trespassing.
Taylor was on probation for a marijuana possession charge in May 2006.
Taylor is most well-known for his role as a running back on the U.T.'s championship football team in 2005.
According to Taylor's attorney, the Kansas City Chiefs want him in their training camp this summer to play on their special teams.
"If anything, Mr. Taylor is going to have to be very, very careful about where he walks and stops because now the violations are much simpler, and the first one he violates, he's going to do a full two years," Taylor's attorney, Bucky Harris said.
When the judge read his punishment, Taylor's mother passed out in the courtroom.
The judge sentenced him to 150 days in state jail, a 90 day curfew after that and $1,000 fine.
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