Ex-NFL Terrell Suggs Pleads Guilty After Starbucks Gun Incident

Former NFL star Terrell Suggs was involved in a tense altercation at a Starbucks drive-thru in Scottsdale, Arizona, in March 2024, when another driver accused him of backing into his vehicle. Video footage shows the two men confronting each other, with Suggs responding aggressively, including flipping off the driver, using a racial slur, and ultimately brandishing a firearm outside his car window. Suggs' representative stated he felt threatened and acted in self-defense, emphasizing Arizona's open carry laws and that Suggs never pointed the gun at the other driver. Suggs was arrested in April 2024 and charged with threatening or intimidating and disorderly conduct, later pleading guilty to the lesser charge of disorderly conduct. He received 18 months of supervised probation, with the possibility of early release for good behavior, and expressed remorse for the incident in court, calling it a "momentary bad decision." The incident has sparked debate about public conduct, open carry rights, and self-defense.