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Club found partly to blame for overserving former Cowboys player before deadly crash

The nightclub that served alcohol to former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent the night he crashed his car, killing teammate Jerry Brown, was found partly to blame for Brown’s death by a Dallas County civil court jury on Thursday.

Te now defunct club Beamers will share half the blame with Brent (48 percent each), according to the Dallas Morning News. The other four percent was pinned on the victim. The crash happened six minutes after Brent and Brown left the club on Dec. 8, 2012.

The jury awarded Brown’s mother, Stacey Jackson, and his estate $25 million The multimillion-dollar verdict will be shared equally between Brent and Beamers.