{"id":873325,"date":"2026-10-06T23:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873325\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T23:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T23:52:12","slug":"espns-matt-miller-pleads-not-guilty-to-misdemeanor-charge-from-june-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873325\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s Matt Miller pleads not guilty to misdemeanor charge from June car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN NFL draft analyst Matt Miller was involved in a serious car accident in late June. An effort to gather donations for his treatment sparked online criticism that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/missouri-attorney-general-launches-investigation-of-espns-matt-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">morphed into an investigation<\/a> regarding fantasy football leagues he managed and other potential financial irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>Miller has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/espns-matt-miller-faces-misdemeanor-charge-from-june-car-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">previously been charged<\/a> with a misdemeanor arising from the automobile crash. Heather Sullivan of KMOV reports that Miller <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HeatherSulliTV\/status\/2107479753884397924?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> to the misdemeanor charge on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He is accused of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/espns-matt-miller-faces-misdemeanor-charge-from-june-car-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">failing to drive in the right half of the roadway<\/a>. Video captured by the other vehicle in the wreck (a commercial truck) showed the car Miller was driving cross the double-yellow line before impact.<\/p>\n<p>Per Sullivan, the Missouri Attorney General continues to investigate Miller for allegations of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-espn-will-address-the-online-complaints-about-matt-miller-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">placed Miller on leave<\/a> in July as he recovers from his injuries, which required the amputation of an arm. ESPN will address the issues under investigation by the Missouri Attorney General <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-espn-will-address-the-online-complaints-about-matt-miller-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at the appropriate time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Miller had emerged as one of ESPN\u2019s leading voices regarding the NFL draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN NFL draft analyst Matt Miller was involved in a serious car accident in late June. An effort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-873325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}