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Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was charged with failing a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisting arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers.

Benson faces charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest after the incident Saturday night on Lake Travis, Travis County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Roger Wade said. The former Texas Longhorn, however, told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was not drunk and did not resist arrest. Benson was released from jail early Sunday on a $14,500 bond. The charges are class B misdemeanors, each punishable by up to six months in jail and a $2,000 fine. A call to Benson’s agent was not immediately returned.

Benson was operating the boat with 15 passengers aboard when he was stopped by a Lower Colorado River Authority officer for a random safety inspection. He failed a field sobriety test on the officer’s boat and was uncooperative when the officer tried to take him ashore, the authority said. The officer had to use pepper spray to subdue Benson, a move the running back doesn’t understand.

Benson would go on to say that he had know idea why they peppered sprayed him…well Ced let me tell you because you were drunk and being stupid and thinking because you are an athlete you can do whatever you want. This sounds familiar to me for some reason…o that’s right I just talked about a story like this the other day, when another athlete thought he was above the law. And again here’s some news for all of you YOUR NOT!

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