Former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and three other offenses in Franklin, Tenn., a Franklin (Tenn.) Police Department spokesperson confirmed to the Sun-Times.
The charges include possession of a handgun while intoxicated, violation of the implied consent law and failure to exercise due care. He was released after posting $5,000 bond. If convicted, it would be Cutler’s first DUI offense .
Cutler played for the Bears from 2009-16 after the team traded with the Broncos in a blockbuster year. He posted some of the best quarterback seasons in Bears’ history — a low bar — and earned a second contract with the team. The Bears decided to cut him after the 2016 season.
He played one season after leaving with the Bears — with the Dolphins, after briefly serving as a Fox analyst. He was a character on his ex-wife Kristin Cavallieri’s reality show in the years after his retirement, before the two eventually divorced.