Koren Robinson - Personal

Personal

Robinson was arrested for drunk driving in May, 2005, and pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence. Prior to this he had also been suspended four games for violating the substance abuse policy in 2004 and completed an offseason alcohol rehabilitation program. He was subsequently released by the Seahawks. On August 1, 2005, Robinson checked himself into a 28-day alcohol rehabilitation program in South Carolina. Afterwards, Robinson was acquired by the Vikings for the 2005 season.

During the 2005 Minnesota Vikings boat cruise scandal, Robinson was angry the Star Tribune associated him with the incident saying "I wasn't there, as far as the whole situation, I just know I wasn't on the boat, and I don't want to get involved. I don't want my name brought up because of what I just went through and what I'm still going through. So for my name to be brought up like that is just crazy and upsetting, because I don't want anyone looking at me because I had nothing to do with it."

On July 6, 2006 Koren Robinson's agent, Alvin Keels, told the press Koren checked back into the South Carolina rehab center but did nothing wrong and would not go into details. When Koren heard it in the news he angrily denied he was in rehab and said he did not have a relapse. Koren said he just went in for a couple of relapse prevention classes to ensure his alcohol problems do not return.

On Tuesday August 16, 2006 during the 2006 pre-season it was reported that Robinson was again arrested and incarcerated for "driving while impaired". This was the day after he was praised by ESPN's Joe Theisman and many others in the press for his "proactive" approach to his struggles with alcohol and turning his life around. He was arrested at 10:45 pm just before he was supposed to be back to training camp in Mankato, MN. Charges of drunken driving, fleeing police (felony), reckless driving, and driving without a valid license are pending as of August 2006. The police report said he was clocked going at over 100 mph and he was charged with having a blood alcohol content of .11 (.08 is the legal limit in Minnesota.) It was later reported that five days before this arrest Koren received a citation on the same street for driving without a valid state license an hour after training camp curfew.

Robinson was released by the Vikings on Saturday August 26, 2006 . The Vikings' decision resulted in Robinson and his agent filing a union grievance since the collective bargaining agreement prohibits teams from releasing players for disciplinary reasons. On January 23, 2007 Robinson reached a deal with prosecutors to be sentenced on a single felony charge of fleeing police after leading officers on a high-speed chase in August, 2006. In exchange for Robinson's Alford plea, prosecutors dismissed seven lesser charges related to drunken driving, reckless driving and driving without a license.

On February 20, 2007 Robinson was sentenced to 90 days in jail for fleeing police in August 2006. He served the sentence at the same time he serves 90 days for violating his probation in a separate drunken-driving case in Kirkland, Wash., last year. Robinson will be on probation for three years and must also must complete 80 hours of community service and pay a $1,500 fine. On October 17, 2007 Robinson was reinstated with the NFL. He resumed practicing with the Green Bay Packers immediately. Since August, 2007 he had been training in Arizona with Brett Favre's personal trainer, Ken Croner, in preparation for reinstatement. On October 30, 2007, Robinson was activated by the Packers to fill a roster spot vacated by DeShawn Wynn, who was placed on injured reserve.