http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/24/jerome-bettis-i-sold-crack-shot-at-people-growing-up-in-detroit/
When the Steelers played the Seahawks in Super Bowl XL, perhaps you heard that Pittsburgh running back Jerome Bettis was from Detroit.
But the story he tells now about his growing up are a bit grittier than the heartwarming homecoming stories he was telling then.
In an interview with syndicated sports talk host Graham Bensinger, Bettis admitted selling crack and shooting at people when he was growing up in the Motor City.
Bettis was asked about selling crack with his brother, and admitted it was considered a financial necessity.
“The mind-set was, ‘We’re in the hood. Mom and Dad, they’re working their butts off. There’s no money around. We need to make some money.'” he said, via James Jahnke of the Detroit Free Press. “So we said, ‘You know what? Let’s give it a shot.’ And it was one of those moments that you regret, but at the moment, that was the only thing that was really available to us.”
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