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Prosecutors: Ex-Detroit Lions CB Alex Brown had a BAC of .211 after wrong-way crash

Former Detroit Lions cornerback Alex Brown was allegedly so drunk that he thought he was in Atlanta returning from a strip club after he injured two people in a Sunday morning car crash while driving the wrong way on a local freeway, Wayne County prosecutors said in court Tuesday morning.

"He had a possible blood alcohol level from a PBT (portable breathalyzer) of .211 and there was signs of intoxication," assistant Wayne County prosecutor Brian Johnson said in a Zoom hearing at 36th district court. "He thought he was in Atlanta, Georiga, (coming from) a strip club.