Lawsuit Says Former Washington QB Dwayne Haskins Was Robbed, Blackmailed Before His Death

SOUTH FLORIDA — Former Washington NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins was drugged and robbed before he was fatally hit by a truck in Broward County, Florida, in April 2022, according to a lawsuit filed by his family.

Haskins’ family accuses people of drugging him in order to blackmail and rob him of a “highly-expensive watch,” according to the lawsuit filed in Broward County.

Haskins, 24, was a first-round pick of Washington's NFL franchise who signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021. He graduated from the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, in 2016.

Haskins was killed early Saturday, April 9, 2022, when he was hit by a dump truck while he was walking on a South Florida highway, the Associated Press reported. Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda confirmed the accident on westbound Interstate 595. Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Hours before his death, Haskins had been drinking “heavily” and had a significant amount of alcohol in his blood, according to reports from the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office, which ruled his death accidental due to blunt force trauma from the crash, the Miami Herald reported.

According to the toxicology report, Haskins also tested positive for ketamine and norketamine, drugs that are used by medical professionals as anesthetics but have been known to be used recreationally, ESPN reported.

Attorney Rick Ellsley of The Ellsley Law Firm, which is representing Haskins’ family, said Haskins had been targeted as part of a conspiracy.

"It is believed that Dwayne was targeted and drugged as part of a blackmail and robbery conspiracy," Ellsley said in the statement. "In fact, his highly-expensive watch was stolen from him shortly before his death."

In the lawsuit, the family points to a series of incidents in the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Boca Raton, a golf driving range called Drive Shack in Palm Beach County, the Blue Anchor Pub in Delray Beach and the E11even nightclub in downtown Miami. People behind these businesses are among more than a dozen defendants identified in the lawsuit, according to the Miami Herald.

The lawsuit will help to uncover “the complete truth about this tragedy,” Ellsley said.

Haskins' widow, Kalabrya Haskins, is listed in the lawsuit as the plaintiff. She is seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages related to Haskins' death, ESPN reported.

In 911 audio released, Kalabrya Haskins told the dispatcher her husband called her early April 9, 2022, and said he was going to get out of his rental car to get gas. She called 911 after her husband did not call back and requested that police check on him.

Along with the four individuals, two restaurants, golf driving range and a hotel as defendants connected to the alleged conspiracy, the lawsuit also lists the driver of the truck, Oriel Patino, and truck owner Pedro Siecio Dias, as defendants, citing the driver's "negligent acts" as a direct cause of Haskins' death.

Sinecio Diaz told the Miami Herald that his truck had passed inspection prior to the crash and that Patino was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs the night of the fatal crash.

Haskins was a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, following two years with Washington. He joined the football team at Ohio State after playing at the Bullis School when he was a teenager. Haskins lived in Gaithersburg when he was in high school.

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