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Lawrence Phillips -- Suicide Note Wasn't His Handwriting ... Lawyer Says

Published: 01/22/2016
Multiple people connected to Lawrence Phillips -- including his criminal attorney -- tell TMZ Sports the suicide note found with his body was NOT in the NFL star's handwriting ... adding more doubt to claims he took his own life. As we previously reported, Phillips' family says they aren't buying…
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Lawrence Phillips -- Ex-Rams Player Hosting Tribute to Running Back

Published: 01/21/2016
Several of Lawrence Phillips' former college and pro teammates are expected to fly to California for the running back's funeral this weekend ... TMZ Sports has learned. Multiple people who were close with Phillips tell us ... the funeral is set for Saturday morning with a tribute to the ex-NFL…
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Lawrence Phillips Letter -- Prison Staff Is Messing with Me

Published: 01/16/2016
Lawrence Phillips complained that prison staffers were screwing with him in the month before he died ... messing with his mail and breaking his TV ... according to a letter penned by the ex-NFL star. TMZ Sports obtained the letter Phillips sent to his old high school football coach on Dec. 6th --…
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Lawrence Phillips 911 -- 'He Has Attempted Suicide'

Published: 01/14/2016
TMZ Sports has obtained the Lawrence Phillips' 911 call -- in which a prison staffer tells the operator to send help because the ex-NFL star "has attempted suicide right now." During the call, the staffer says he's in the dark about Lawrence's condition or how he tried to take his own life ... but…
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Lawrence Phillips -- Family Doesn't Buy Suicide Claim ... 'He Wouldn't Kill Himself'

Published: 01/13/2016
Lawrence Phillips' biological mother -- and the people closest to him -- do not believe the ex-NFL star committed suicide in his prison cell ... with his next of kin telling TMZ Sports, "I know for a fact he wouldn't do that." We spoke with Tonissa Murdock -- who was listed as Phillips' next of…
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Lawrence Phillips DEAD -- Ex-NFL Star Found In Cell ... Suspected Suicide

Published: 01/13/2016
Ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips is dead -- and officials are investigating his death as a suicide after he was found in his prison cell. Philips was found at 12:05 AM Wednesday when staff conducted a routine security check and noticed Lawrence was unresponsive. Officials say he was transported to an…
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Lawrence Phillips Begs Judge -- Don't Make Me Look Guilty ... In Prison Murder Case

Published: 12/07/2015
Clothes make the man ... and in Lawrence Phillips' case ... he hopes they make him look NOT GUILTY -- which is why he's begging the judge to let him wear civilian clothes at his murder trial. Phillips is accused of killing his cell mate at Kern County State Prison back in April -- and he's…
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Lawrence Phillips Murder Case -- Victim May Have Been Sexually Assaulted (Update)

Published: 09/09/2015
11:42 AM PT -- The Kern County D.A.'s office tells us Phillips has NOT been charged with sexual assault and there is no pending sexual case against him. Translation -- the sexual assault kit must have not shown any signs of a sexual assault. Another shocking twist in the Lawrence Phillips murder…
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R. Jay Soward -- I'm Devastated By Cousin's Prison Murder

Published: 04/14/2015
Former NFL receiver R. Jay Soward -- a 1st round pick in 2000 -- says his entire family is "traumatized" over the prison murder of his cousin ... who cops suspect was killed by ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips. As we previously reported, R. Jay's 1st cousin Damion Soward was murdered last week while…
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Lawrence Phillips -- Victim's Grandma Forgives NFL Star ... 'I'm Not Angry, I'm Sad'

Published: 04/14/2015
The grandmother of the man allegedly killed by ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips tells TMZ Sports ... she's not mad at him -- saying, "If [my grandson] was going to stay in jail for 80 years, maybe this was better." As we previously reported, Phillips -- the #6 overall pick in the 1996 NFL Draft -- is…
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Lawrence Phillips -- Ex-NFL RB Suspected of Killing Prison Cellmate

Published: 04/13/2015
Ex-NFL running back Lawrence Phillips -- the 6th overall pick in the 1996 NFL Draft -- has been named a suspect in the murder of his prison cellmate ... officials confirm. The 39-year-old -- who played for the Rams, Dolphins and 49ers -- is serving time at Kern Valley State Prison in California…
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Lawrence Phillips 911 -- 'He Has Attempted Suicide'

TMZ Sports has obtained the Lawrence Phillips 911 call -- in which a prison staffer tells the operator to send help because the ex-NFL star "has attempted suicide right now."
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Remembering Lawrence Phillips

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