Terrell Owens (Jonathan Bachman/Fan Controlled Football/Getty Images)
Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens
said he feared a dispute with his neighbor about his driving Wednesday night in Florida could have
turned violent.
Owens told TMZ Sports in an interview
released Saturday he was “very aware” of the danger the situation
presented, so he attempted to remain calm while filming the scene.
“If the wrong type of cops came
out, if they got the wrong type of information,” Owens said. “Her,
you saw the video, she started crying, you never know how that
situation could’ve turned.”
He added: “I could’ve died.
Honestly, I could have died and the storyline would be totally
different.”
Owens noted he’s hopeful Florida
Attorney General Ashley Moody will look into the situation, which
began when the woman called police saying the football player
almost struck her with his car, something he previously denied, per
TMZ.
“I think there should be some
consequences to her actions,” he said. “You just can’t go around
and blurt out things like that and then go about your everyday life
and feel like as though you’ve gotten away with it. Because people
are going to witness this, they’re going to monitor this…and if
they feel that she got away with it, somebody else is going to feel
like they can do the same thing.”
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office
told TMZ after Wednesday’s incident that Owens and his neighbor were
separated by the responding officer and no arrests were made.
Owens played 15 NFL seasons as a member
of the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys,
Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. He was inducted in the Pro
Football Hall of Fame as part of its 2018 class.
The 48-year-old Alabama native most
recently played for the Knights of Degen in the Fan Controlled
Football league earlier this year, and he’s expressed interest in
returning to the NFL with the Cowboys.
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