Geoff Herbert
syracuse.com
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Former Syracuse football star Chandler Jones says he was taken to a mental hospital against his will amid his ongoing public dispute with the Las Vegas Raiders.
“I was taken in by the Las Vegas fire department last week against my will,” Jones shared on X (formerly Twitter) Monday night. “First day out but I’m still aligned.”
The NFL star said he was “injected with (I don’t know what)” and taken to Seven Hills Behavioral Health Hospital where staff allegedly “tried to force” him to take further “meds and injections.” Jones claimed he had to sleep on the floor his first night at the hospital and was not allowed to use a cell phone or communicate with the outside world.
“I hadn’t done anything wrong,” Jones wrote, alleging that fire officials were told by Las Vegas police to detain him due to a “court hold” over a “concerning” post he made online.
Jones, 33, has not played this season. Last week he was placed on the NFI (non-football illness) list after repeatedly clashing with Vegas head coach Josh McDaniels and team owner Mark Davis.
Earlier this month, Jones accused the team of sending a crisis response team to his house and fired off more allegations online. Last week, he claimed he was “hacked” after his social media account claimed Davis is “holding a huge secret that only I know.”
Jones, a Rochester native who played football at Union-Endicott High School and Syracuse University, was listed as inactive during the first two weeks of the season and will miss at least four games due to his placement on the NFI list.
Jones finished last season with 4.5 sacks and 38 tackles, well below expectations for the first year of his 3-year, $51 million contract with Vegas. The four-time Pro Bowler won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, broke the Arizona Cardinals’ all-time sack record in 2021, and nearly broke Michael Strahan’s NFL single-season record of 22.5 sacks with 19 in 2019. Jones has 112 total sacks in his pro career, tied for third most in the league and among the top 30 in NFL history.
According to the New York Post, Jones said he’s continued working out off the field, including while he was being held at the Seven Hills hospital. Jones also said on X that his brothers, who include former NFL player Arthur Jones and UFC star Jon “Bones” Jones, had to bring him “decent meals to eat and clothes” while he was hospitalized.
“All I know is whoever put me here had bad intentions. I’m to (sic) strong of a person to be mentally broken. For all of my friends that know me, THEY KNOW!!!” Jones wrote.
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