Former Cowboys DL Junior Siavii Found Dead in Prison!

Officials said Friday that former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Junior Siavii was found dead in a Kansas prison on Thursday as he was awaiting trial…

CelebnSports247.com reports that Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Junior Siavii was 43 years old.

According to Kansas City Star, Siavii was found unresponsive in the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Anna Armijo, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, told The Kansas City Star.
According to the outlet, Siavii was treated by prison staff before he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

No other details surrounding the ex-football star’s death were immediately made available. Armijo noted that staff and other inmates were not injured and “at no time was the public in danger.”

Further details surrounding the death are unclear … though The Star did report that the spokesperson said no other staffers or inmates were injured.

Siavii — real name Saousoalii Siavii — was being held at the prison after he was hit with multiple criminal charges in 2019.

Federal prosecutors say the former football player was a part of a large conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. They also allege, among other things, that he illegally had firearms on his person during a wild arrest back in August 2019.

Siavii was picked in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Oregon by the Kansas City Chiefs … and he later went on to play in 16 games for the Dallas Cowboys in 2009.
He spent one season with the Seahawks in 2010, before his career NFL ended in 2011.
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