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Marinovich -- Off the Drugs, On to Fatherhood?!

Posted May 19th 2009 2:15AM by TMZ Staff

It doesn't matter how you felt about him as a quarterback, you have to root for Todd Marinovich now -- 'cause the dude is going to be a dad.

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TMZ cameras spotted a cleaned up Marinovich rolling out of an OC courthouse yesterday -- along with his pregnant wife Alix -- where a judge decided the former NFL bust was on pace to graduate drug court in June.

Marinovich was ordered to participate in drug court as part of his probation stemming from a a 2007 drug bust in which he was caught with narcotics and a hypodermic needle.

Todd is expected to be back in court next month -- no word on when his wife is expecting to give birth.

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1. Good for Todd. The man has made a lot of progress and I am sure he will make
a great dad. Stay Strong Todd and just take it one day at a time!

Posted at 2:22AM on May 19th 2009 by superchunk

2. Good luck to him and his family. All Todd has to do is raise his son the opposite way his control-freak father raised him, and the kid will be fine.

Posted at 2:38AM on May 19th 2009 by Anonymous

3. Gotta love TMZ, they love to kick people when they are trying to put their life back together. What a bunch of ass clowns you guys at TMZ are.

Posted at 2:46AM on May 19th 2009 by Mix It Up

4. If only there was a way to send a fatal virus back to these f'ing spammers!!! Swine computer flu would be nice! TMZ needs to have a spam button on the regular posts like they do in the pic collection comments! WhyTF isn't this so?

And good luck Marinovich! Hope this is for real and not a show!

Posted at 4:54AM on May 19th 2009 by TMZ needs to start perma-banning Spam IPs!

5. Hope the baby isn't infected with hepatitis.

Posted at 8:37AM on May 19th 2009 by Cleveland-West_Side

6. Get off this guys butt. He played 20 years ago and never hurt anyone but himself. Go after all the thugs still playing the game that should be in jail.

Posted at 9:55AM on May 19th 2009 by james

7. He's going to relapse. The guy can't take care of himself but he thinks he can raise a child? Ego is a too much thing!

Posted at 12:41PM on May 19th 2009 by Gern Blanston

8. Here he comes..
Walking down the street
needle sticking out of his arm joint
but tell's everyone he's clean...

Hey, Hey he's a junkie...
and people like to kick him around
he once was a Raider.
but his daddy pushed him to the ground..

Posted at 11:36AM on May 19th 2009 by harveyrabbitlevin

9. This guy is a douchebag junkie and his kid will follow suit.

Morons like him don't change for long...just to stay out of jail.

Posted at 1:13PM on May 19th 2009 by Ned

10. Best wishes, Todd! He had a tough childhood with a demanding father, and has suffered the consequences. Looks like he's trying to turn things around and I hope he does so for his baby and family's sake.

Posted at 1:59PM on May 19th 2009 by Anonym

11. Any one of you would be lucky to have a father as good as Todd is going to be. He has more talent in his little finger than most people do in their whole bodies and more love and compassion for what is important in life than you'll probably ever have a chance to know. Good luck Todd and Alex!

Posted at 10:05PM on May 19th 2009 by Twerp

12. The guy is really genuine and having known him, leave him alone and let him live his life. He has changed dramatically, well done Todd. I learned a lot from you and it was 'super'. I love Cali....

Posted at 10:05AM on Jun 5th 2009 by Spencer

13. for all those ppl saying "he's a junkie" and "he's a douchebag" and "he's gonna relapse" -- i've been off drugs for 15 years and counting, so how about having some compassion for the guy. i had a controlling parent and i can only imagine what it was like for todd, whose father was about a million times worse than my situation.

Posted at 3:28AM on Jun 30th 2009 by russian drug addict