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08/19 13:12 CDT Deputy tried to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders at Colorado
practice, but coach was unavailable
Deputy tried to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders at Colorado practice, but
coach was unavailable
By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
A deputy with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office showed up at the University
of Colorado campus last week to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders while the
coach was at an open practice and inaccessible.
The officer was informed that the Buffaloes coach was "unavailable at the time
to receive receipt of the papers," a spokesperson with the sheriff's office
said Wednesday. Sanders is being subpoenaed to testify as part of a bankruptcy
trial involving his son, Shilo, that begins on Aug. 31, according to USA Today.
The Colorado athletic department had no additional information. The Buffaloes
open the season on Sept. 3 at Georgia Tech.
The deputy arrived on campus at 10:22 a.m. on Aug. 11 with civil papers. It was
the day the Buffaloes held an open practice with specific rules in place that
nothing observed could be reported, published or shared.
Carrie Haverfield, a senior communications specialist for the sheriff's office,
wrote in an email to The Associated Press that it's not uncommon for civil
papers to take several attempts to serve.
"While working with university staff to find a better time to complete the
process, we heard from Mr. Sanders' legal counsel who indicated that they were
able to take receipt of the papers on behalf of Mr. Sanders, however, they were
not located in Boulder County, so we transferred the paperwork to Denver to be
served," Haverfield wrote. "We did not find any university staff to be
attempting to block the civil service, on the contrary, they were attempting to
help our deputy find a better time to do so. We do not disclose the specific
contents of civil papers that we serve."
Shilo Sanders remains in litigation over a lawsuit stemming from an incident
with a security guard when he was in high school. The guard filed a lawsuit
against Sanders and was issued a default judgment when Sanders didn't show for
his court date.
The hard-hitting safety who played for his dad at Colorado was waived by the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers last August.
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