The play-by-play of Warren Sapp’s 59-page personal bankruptcy filing (St. Petersburg Occasions)

**By Michael Kruse, Occasions Staff Author**

Saturday, April 14, 2012

The motive force from the vibrant blue Mercedes convertible racing east on Interstate 4

honked his horn and blinked his lights and yelled in the large rig obstructing his

way.

“Why must I find yourself in trouble behind that truck?” Warren Sapp roared.

That morning in Feb 1998, having a frightened author from _Sports

Highlighted_ sitting shotgun, the needed-switched-25-year-old football star for

the Polk Bay Bucs would be a month from signing a six-year contract worth $36

million and alter. He was 2 yrs from being the very best opponent in

the Nfl. 5 years from winning the Super Bowl. Six

years from signing another deal in excess of $36 million using the Concord

Raiders.

And 14 years from proclaiming personal bankruptcy.

Smiling face from the franchise. Surly shunner of fans. Among the best

defensive linemen within the good reputation for the game. Motormouth lout. Now increase

this portrait of Sapp the revealing items in his recent 59-page Chapter Seven

filing. His creditors include his ex-wife, the 4 other women with whom he

has already established children, the Irs, banks and lawyers throughout

the nation, and buddies who …

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