This is kinda a crazy story about Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas. He’s about to do what so many others can only dream of — play in the Super Bowl. So where will some of his family be watching the big game from?! Jail. His mother and grandmother are locked up — and have been for 14 years.
Via DailyMail:
Katina Smith and her mom, Minnie Thomas, have been cellmates for 14 years, since they were arrested on federal charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Thomas faced 40 years to life, Smith 20 years.
They will sit in a small room, wearing prison-issued gray T-shirts because they’re not permitted to wear his orange No. 88 jersey, as Demaryius, who was raised by his aunt and uncle, tries to beat the Seattle Seahawks.
But Smith’s fellow inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida, know how much she would love to be there, telling him how proud she is, hugging him before he hits the field.
Instead, she’ll call him Sunday morning.
‘We pray over the telephone together and I ask him if he’s nervous, and I tell him “if you make a mistake, don’t beat yourself up,” he’s bad about that. “…Make sure you keep your team encouraged, pray for them and play your best,”
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Smith, 41, told The New York Post.
