'Strange' handling of John Elway golf cart incident called out by ex-prosecutor who says mistakes were made

A erstwhile national authoritative successful California said helium thinks the sheriff's bureau progressive successful investigating John Elway's play cart incidental is either being dishonest oregon not doing its job.

According to officials, Elway's longtime person and agent, Jeffrey Sperbeck, 62, fell disconnected the backmost of a play cart astatine the Madison Club successful La Quinta, California. A Cal Fire spokesperson told Fox News Digital the bureau responded to the incidental astatine 6:50 p.m. March 26. Sperbeck sustained "serious injuries" and was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center successful Palm Springs, wherever helium died Wednesday.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office opened an probe into the play cart incident. Elway hasn't been charged with immoderate crime. Fox News Digital confirmed Friday that Elway has retained Denver-based lawyer Harvey Steinberg. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said successful a Friday evening station connected X that "there’s thing to bespeak that this is thing much than a tragic accident."

TMZ reported Elway was driving the play cart astatine the clip of the incidental and was leaving a Stagecoach after-party. Public records amusement Elway has a spot 10 minutes distant from the Madison Club.

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

Denver Broncos president of shot operations John Elway earlier a crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, Calif., Jan. 2, 2022. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA Today Sports)

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said it "received information" Monday, 2 days aft the incident. Fox News Digital asked the sheriff's bureau wherefore it hadn't learned astir the incidental until 2 days aboriginal but didn't person a response. A Cal Fire spokesperson said the Riverside County Sheriff's Office wasn't asked to respond to the incidental "due to the telephone being aesculapian successful nature."

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital the Riverside County Sheriff's Office is "either being little than honorable oregon not doing their job" successful effect to wherefore it took 2 days for the bureau to larn of the incident. 
 
"Nothing other makes sense," Rahmani added.

He said it's "strange" that instrumentality enforcement didn't respond to the incident.

"Maybe it's a bully happening it's coming from a ‘former national prosecutor,’ It appears we are each overmuch amended disconnected with them successful retirement, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told Fox News Digital successful effect to the comments.

JOHN ELWAY GOLF CART INCIDENT: FORMER BRONCOS LEGEND HIRES LAWYER WITH HISTORY OF REPPING ATHLETES IN TROUBLE

John Elway stands connected the tract earlier a crippled betwixt the Denver Broncos and the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High Dec. 19, 2021, successful Denver, Colo.  (Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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

Elway publically commented connected the incidental aft Sperbeck died Wednesday, according to ESPN.

"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 aft his death.

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John Elway stands connected the sideline during the 4th fourth of a crippled betwixt the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Chargers astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High Dec. 1, 2019, successful Denver, Colo. (Justin Edmonds/Getty 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 Elways, and the galore different clients Jeff called friends."

Elway and Sperbeck became friends successful 1990 aft Sperbeck became Elway's manager. Among Sperbeck's different clients are Pro Football Hall of Famers Ronnie Lott and Jim Plunkett, and the cause has represented hundreds of different NFL players.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Elway's lawyer for comment.