Former NFL defensive end Aldon Smith died last Saturday, at the age of 36. His family has hired a trio of lawyers to investigate the circumstances of Smith's passing.
One of his 49ers teammates has provided a lead for the lawyers to pursue.
Speaking on The Grit Code Podcast, former NFL safety Donte Whitner addressed the situation. These are his words, as provided on a public platform.
"The day that Aldon died, I received text messages, phone calls, FaceTimes from some of our ex-teammates," Whitner said. "And some of the shit that I saw was fucking disgusting.
"Now, I'm gonna go ahead and say it. C.J. Spillman called me. Six a.m. Bali time. And he put me on FaceTime, and he was showing me pictures of Aldon slumped over in the front seat. Aldon, laying on the ground in front of the vehicle that he was traveling in . . . with all the shit hooked up to his body, pretty much deceased. And I want to say that it's disgusting, because if you call me and we barely talk, and it's circulating around, there's more than just me that saw those videos and those pictures.
"So, I saw that Aldon's family is hiring...