Jurisprudence
Cancer-stricken Lyle Alzado was too sick to make a court appearance in Culver City on an allegation that the former Raider star assaulted a deputy marshal, his attorney said.
Alzado, 42, “is in no condition to come to court,” said attorney Robert Shapiro, who obtained a postponement of the Municipal Court arraignment hearing to Jan. 21.
Alzado is undergoing chemotherapy for inoperable brain cancer that he says is the result of using steroids during his 14-year NFL career.
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