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According to the site, Carter was not at practice this morning and was "driven away". The Cowboys will address the issue this afternoon but ESPN radio report he will be released by the Cowboys today.

Jury chosen for GoodrichHit-and-run trial for former Cowboys player begins Monday08/08/2003By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News Prosecutors and defense attorneys preparing for the trial of former Dallas Cowboy Dwayne Goodrich spent most of the day Thursday grilling a courtroom full of Dallas County residents to find a dozen jurors and one alternate to hear the high-profile manslaughter case. Both sides questioned prospective jurors extensively, focusing on legal issues related to the hit-and-run crash that killed two men, as well as attitudes about the treatment of professional athletes in the justice system. "Is there such a diehard Cowboys...

Ex-Cowboy's hit-run trial starts this weekJury selection gears up; Goodrich is facing two manslaughter counts08/05/2003By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News Half of Shuki Josef's body was wedged inside the burning car as he tried to free a trapped motorist that pre-dawn morning in January. The 38-year-old Israeli immigrant said he was raised to help others, but now he questions why he ever pulled over on the interstate and got involved in the desperate roadside scene. The one-time boutique hairdresser now walks only with the help of a walker and scarcely leaves his home. His leg remains in...

Goodrich faces 6th hit-and-run charge 03/07/2003 By HOLLY BECKA / The Dallas Morning News Former Dallas Cowboys player Dwayne Goodrich is facing a sixth charge in connection with a January hit-and-run accident that left two men dead and a third injured, according to county records. The football player has not been indicted, but his attorney said he has been talking with prosecutors about a possible June 9 trial date. "We anticipate getting indicted, and we've been in ongoing discussions about a mutually convenient trial date," Dallas attorney Reed Prospere said. Mr. Goodrich, who remains free on bond, already faced...

Hit-run victim's wife sues Cowboy Filing alleges player drank at club; state agency says he didn't 02/20/2003 By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News A wrongful-death lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Dallas Cowboys player Dwayne Goodrich had been drinking at a topless club and racing before the Jan. 14 accident that killed two men and injured another on Interstate 35E. The suit comes after a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission investigation determined that Mr. Goodrich had been drinking earlier in the evening but had no alcoholic drinks in Silver City Cabaret and did not leave there intoxicated. The lawsuit...

Accident victim sues Cowboys' Goodrich 02/19/2003 From Staff Reports A man has filed a lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys player Dwayne Goodrich in connection with a Jan. 14 accident in which he was injured and two were killed. Shuki Josef, 38, is suing Mr. Goodrich for $36.8 million, according to the lawsuit filed in Dallas County. Police said Mr. Goodrich - driving a BMW - struck and killed Demont Matthews, 23, and Joseph Wood, 21, and injured Mr. Josef as the three men worked to free a motorist trapped in a burning car on Interstate 35E. Mr. Goodrich is charged...

Dwayne Goodrich: 'I regret that I panicked' 02/01/2003 By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News Dallas Cowboys player Dwayne Goodrich "panicked" and drove home after hitting what he thought was a tire or debris while driving along Interstate 35E in the early morning hours of Jan. 14, according to a written statement he gave police. He wrote that he went home, put his car in his garage and walked to a friend's house, where he called his "mother, agent, lawyer and we called the police to report this," he wrote. Also Online Goodrich's statement (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)...

Chief denies celebrity treatment of Goodrich Bolton criticized for saying player should've been 'dragged down the street in handcuffs' 01/30/2003 By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News Dallas Police Chief Terrell Bolton said this week that if he had had his way, Dallas Cowboys player Dwayne Goodrich would have been paraded in front of cameras after turning himself in following the hit-and-run deaths of two good Samaritans this month. The chief denied that the Police Department gave Mr. Goodrich celebrity treatment when it allowed him to return home after a meeting at his attorney's office with investigators to...

Goodrich posts bail on new charges 01/28/2003 By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News Dallas Cowboys player Dwayne Goodrich was released Monday afternoon after he was arrested in connection with three charges of failure to stop and render aid in a fatal Jan. 14 hit-and-run crash. He was arrested about 9:10 a.m. and booked into Lew Sterrett Justice Center shortly before 10 a.m., authorities said. He was released on bail about 3 p.m. after posting $15,000 in cash. Dwayne Goodrich Mr. Goodrich also faces two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of two men who were run down...

Trucker recounts events leading to hit-and-run 'I'd never seen anything like that, and I was in shock,' driver says 01/17/2003 By ROBERT THARP and JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News The interstate was clear in his rearview mirror as long-haul trucker Michael D. Long cruised at 60 mph in the far right lane of Interstate 35E before dawn Tuesday, the trucker said Thursday. Moments later, reckless drivers triggered two collisions, setting in motion a series of events that killed two would-be rescuers and left a Dallas Cowboys player facing felony manslaughter charges, according to the trucker's account and...

Cowboy admits role in fatal crash Goodrich's confession in hit-and-run came as police were following tip 01/16/2003 By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News Police investigating the hit-and-run deaths of two men early Tuesday were pursuing a tip pointing to Dallas Cowboy Dwayne Goodrich when the player's attorney called midafternoon with his client's confession, police officials said Wednesday. At his attorney's Dallas office, Mr. Goodrich provided details about his reckless driving, which killed Joseph Wood and Demont Matthews after the football player's visit to a Dallas topless club. Although the 24-year-old backup cornerback was then allowed to go...

Cowboy charged in fatal hit-and-run Victims were rescuing man from burning car; cornerback 'devastated' 01/15/2003 By JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR and JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News A Dallas Cowboys player was jailed late Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed two men who stopped to rescue a motorist from a burning car along Interstate 35E. The gray BMW that killed Joseph Wood and Demont Matthews of Plano is registered to Cowboys backup cornerback Dwayne Goodrich, according to Stephen W. Zucker, Mr. Goodrich's Chicago-based agent. Mr. Zucker said Mr. Goodrich, 24, contacted police Tuesday because he knew they...

Cowboy charged in fatal hit-and-run Victims were rescuing man from buring car; cornerback 'devastated' 01/15/2003 By JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR and JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News A Dallas Cowboys player was jailed late Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed two men who stopped to rescue a motorist from a burning car along Interstate 35E. The gray BMW that killed Joseph Wood and Demont Matthews of Plano is registered to Cowboys backup cornerback Dwayne Goodrich, according to Stephen W. Zucker, Mr. Goodrich's Chicago-based agent. Dwayne Goodrich Mr. Zucker said Mr. Goodrich, 24, contacted police Tuesday because he...