The term "wardrobe malfunction" now has become a mainstream entity. Thanks to Ray Lewis' new book, the term, "wardrobe defense" may be next.
The retired Ravens star and current ESPN analyst wrote in his new book, "I Feel Like Going On" that he wasn't involved in two murders that took place on Jan. 31, 2000, the morning after Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, TMZ Sports reported.
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Lewis was charged with two counts of murder involving the stabbings of Richard Lollar and Jacinth Baker outside an Atlanta nightclub. He struck a plea deal for obstruction of justice, according to USA Today Sports, in exchange for testimony against two of his companions that night.
Lewis never directly linked his companions to the killings, and they were acquitted. The murders remain unsolved.
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"Remember, I was dressed out, had my jewelry on, my fine mink coat. I wasn't about to start mixing it up looking like that," Lewis wrote in his book. "That's the general rule of thumb when you're doing the town and looking good. The nicer you're dressed, the less inclined you are to get in a fight -- that is, if you're even inclined in that way to begin with."
He wrote he was leaving a party when "gangbangers" approached his group and hit one of his friends over the head with a champagne bottle.
"But I didn't engage with these dudes," Lewis wrote ... "No, sir. I tried to disengage."
He goes on to say that shots were fired, one bullet striking the tire of his limousine.
"There I was, all dressed out in my mink coat, my fine suit. Dude dresses like that, he's not looking for a fight. How I was dressed, it made no sense with what went down, those shots being fired, all of that. Forget what kind of statement my clothes might have made. Forget that I might have been a little loud, over the top. Point is, when you're dressed like that, you're off to the sidelines, and here were these gangbangers stepping out to us from the shadows, looking to make trouble -- but it was trouble we drove right past."
TMZ Sports reported that the wardrobe ensemble Lewis wore that evening cost an estimated $250,000.
Lewis must've been distraught to have lost those clothes.
According to USA Today Sports: "Baker's blood later was found in Lewis' limo. Having fled the crime scene, Lewis told the limo's passengers to 'keep their mouths shut.' The white suit Lewis was wearing that night -- on Super Bowl Sunday -- never was found.
"I'm not trying to end my career like this," Lewis said in his hotel that night, according to the testimony of a female passenger in the limo.
TMZ's report does not say whether Lewis commented on his missing clothes.
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