Ex-NFL Star Arrested Mid-Flight for Scandalous Act Returns Boston Bound Plane

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• Gosder Cherilus, a former NFL player, was arrested Saturday following allegations that he urinated on a passenger during a flight from Boston to Dublin.
• Cherilus was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after the Delta Air Lines flight was forced to return to Boston Logan Airport.
• Cherilus, who played college football at Boston College and was a first-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, was scheduled to be arraigned in a Boston court on Monday.

Gosder Cherilus, a former top-tier player in the NFL and college football standout at Boston College, found himself in a compromising situation during a recent transatlantic flight. It was reported that Cherilus was taken into custody Saturday after he allegedly urinated on another passenger mid-flight.

Cherilus, initially a first-round draft pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, was on a Delta Air Lines flight en route to Dublin from Boston. According to the airline, Cherilus engaged in “unruly” behavior during the flight.

Following the incident, the flight was rerouted back to Boston’s Logan Airport. Upon their return, law enforcement was waiting for Cherilus and promptly took him into custody.

It was quoted from a police spokesperson that, “Cherilus was placed under arrest for a disorderly conduct charge.”

A statement from a Delta spokesperson read,
“Delta flight 154 from Boston to Dublin on August 17 returned to Boston Logan due to an unruly customer and was met by law enforcement. Delta has zero tolerance for unlawful behavior and will cooperate with law enforcement to that end. We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel.”

The remaining passengers on Cherilus’ flight were later transported to Ireland on Sunday evening, while Cherilus was scheduled for an arraignment in a Boston court on Monday.

Cherilus, an offensive lineman, played college football at Boston College and was the No. 17 overall pick by the Detroit Lions in 2008. Over the course of the first eight seasons of his career, he played in a total of 117 games, starting 113 of those.

Cherilus began his NFL career with the Lions, and later signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts prior to the 2013 season. His $35 million contract positioned him as the highest-paid right tackle in the league at the time. Cherilus only served two years of his five-year contract in Indianapolis, and prior to his retirement in 2017, he played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for two years.

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