A former NFL wide receiver faces an indecent-exposure charge after a night out with a female companion late last month in Florida.
Stedman Bailey, who spent parts of three seasons with the Los Angeles Rams (the team having relocated from St. Louis by that time), was arrested alongside Karina Manderson after a witness alleged the pair engaged in sexual activity inside an arcade bar.
The incident occurred at the Round1 bar location in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Local 10 News reported.
After consuming drinks at the bar just after midnight on July 27, Bailey was accused of standing behind Manderson while both had their pants down, police said after reviewing surveillance footage.
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A witness told police that the former wide receiver and his companion were having intercourse, a claim Bailey reportedly denied, although he later admitted that his pants were down at the bar.
The two 35-year-olds were subsequently arrested and charged with one count of indecent exposure.
Bailey is a native of Miramar, Florida, where he played football at Miramar High School. The wide receiver was a high school and college (West Virginia) teammate of 14-year NFL veteran quarterback Geno Smith, who is expected to start for the New York Jets this season.
After three seasons at West Virginia, Bailey was selected by the Rams organization in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft.
Just two years later, however, Bailey’s NFL career was cut short partly due to a drive-by shooting outside of his best friend’s home in Florida. Bailey was seated in an SUV with his cousin Antwan Reeves, Reeves’ 10-year-old son, and a 6-year-old daughter when unknown assailants in another vehicle opened fire, unleashing 30 bullets at the SUV.
Amazingly, no one died in the November 2015 shooting, but two of the bullets struck Bailey in the head, while he was visiting during an NFL suspension; Reeves was struck by eleven bullets.
The ordeal triggered a difficult recovery process for Bailey, and doctors were unsure at first whether he would ever be able to walk and talk again following skull surgery.
The wide receiver ultimately recovered from the incident and hoped to pursue a professional return. To aid a potential comeback to the NFL, Bailey even had a titanium plate implanted into his skull in October 2017.
That chance never came to fruition, but as he pursued another path back to the NFL, Bailey recounted the frightening shooting ambush during an interview with Bleacher Report in April 2018.
“You’ve seen guys come back from ACLs, Achilles injuries, and broken bones,” Bailey said. “I want to be the one to show people that no matter what you go through, you don’t have to let others define who you are as a person or what you can achieve — and I can prove to the world that anything is possible.”
“I want to motivate people around the world,” Bailey added. “There’s a reason I’m alive.”
