John Elway golf cart incident: Former Broncos legend hires lawyer with history of repping athletes in trouble

Broncos fable John Elway retained a Denver, Colorado-based lawyer pursuing a deadly play cart incidental successful California.

Elway's cause and longtime person Jeffrey Sperbeck, 62, fell disconnected the backmost of a play cart connected Saturday nighttime astatine the Madison Club successful La Quinta, according to officials. The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said successful a property it "received information" astir the incidental 2 days later, connected Monday, adding it has launched an investigation.

A Cal Fire spokesperson said it responded to the incidental astatine 6:50 p.m., adding that Sperbeck suffered "serious injuries" and was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center successful Palm Springs, wherever helium died connected Wednesday. Elway hasn't been charged with immoderate transgression successful narration to the incident.

TMZ reported that Elway was driving the play cart pursuing a Stagecoach after-party erstwhile Sperbeck fell off. According to the report, Elway was the archetypal idiosyncratic to telephone 911. Public records amusement Elway has a spot conscionable 10 minutes distant from The Madison Club.

CALIFORNIA SHERIFF LEARNED OF JOHN ELWAY GOLF CART INCIDENT TWO DAYS LATER, SAYS IT'S NOW INVESTIGATING

Aug 5, 2022; Englewood, CO, USA; Denver Broncos advisor John Elway looks connected during grooming campy astatine the UCHealth Training Center. (Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)

Fox News Digital confirmed connected Friday that Elway has retained Denver-based lawyer Harvey Steinberg.

Steinberg has represented respective salient athletes and sports figures, specified arsenic Broncos executives Matt Russell and Tom Heckert. He has besides represented NBA subordinate Ty Lawson, according to CBS News.

In the Miami roadworthy rage lawsuit of Elvis Dumervil, Steinberg successfully got the lawsuit dismissed. Steinberg besides successfully defended Arizona Cardinals Place Kicker Matt Prater, who had a yearlong intoxicant suspension reduced to 1 month.

The Cal Fire spokesperson added that the Riverside County Sheriff's Office wasn't requested to respond to the incidental "due to the telephone being aesculapian successful nature."

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said it would "take due enactment based connected the outcome" of the investigation.

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Dec 26, 2021; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Denver Broncos president of shot operations John Elway watches from the sidelines during the crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

When asked by Fox News Digital wherefore it took 2 days to larn astir the incidental involving Elway, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office didn't respond.

Following the play cart incident, Elway made his archetypal nationalist connection to ESPN connected Wednesday.

"I americium perfectly devastated and heartbroken by the passing of my adjacent friend, concern spouse and cause Jeff Sperbeck," Elway said. "There are nary words to genuinely explicit the profound sadness I consciousness with the abrupt nonaccomplishment of idiosyncratic who has meant truthful overmuch to me."

Sperbeck's household besides released a connection pursuing his passing connected Wednesday.

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The Madison Club play people designed by Tom Fazio successful La Quinta, California, Feb. 4, 2025. (Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"We are profoundly saddened to stock the passing of our beloved Jeff Sperbeck. He was a fantastic father, husband, brother, lad and person to galore and volition beryllium profoundly missed by all," the Sperbeck household said. "We are grieving this unimaginable nonaccomplishment arsenic a household alongside our dearest friends the Elway’s and the galore different clients Jeff called friends."