Written by Andrea Park at People Magazine.com
Johnny Manziel’s father says he just wants his son to get the help he needs.
In an interview with ESPN’s Josina Anderson on Friday, Paul Manziel said that it is up to his troubled son to find a solution to his many issues.
“He’s a druggie. It’s not a secret that he’s a druggie,” Paul said. “I don’t know what to say other than my son is a druggie and he needs help. He just hasn’t seeked it yet. Hopefully he doesn’t die before he comes to his senses. That’s about all you can say.”
Paul continued: “He has more money than me, so he can outrun me. Like I said, there are two things that are going to happen: He’s either going to die, or he’s going to figure out that he needs help. It’s one of the two. But we’ve done everything that we can do. Life goes on. You can’t just chase somebody that’s not willing to listen. The story is not going to change.”
“I mean, I hate to say it, but I hope he goes to jail. I mean, that would be the best place for him,” Paul added.
Manziel’s father added that although his family has made every possible attempt to help the 23-year-old, he would still help his son if Johnny reached out to him.
“I’m done talking about it,” he said. “I’m doing my job and I’m going to move on. If I have to bury him, I’ll bury him. That’s the fact. So if not, if he calls me and needs help, I’ll go get him. Until then, he’s on his own. I’ve done everything I can do.”
Earlier this week, in a text accidentally sent to the Associated Press, a defense lawyer in Manziel’s ongoing domestic violence case expressed his doubts about the athlete’s sobriety and revealed he had been given a receipt allegedly proving that Manziel had spent more than $1,000 at a drug paraphernalia store shortly after his car was struck in a hit-and-run crash.
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