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New body camera footage shows former All-Pro defensive end Chandler Jones attempting to call his former New England Patriots teammate, seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, while being detained in November 2023.
The footage, which was obtained and shared by TMZ Sports on Tuesday (September 24), shows Jones being detained at his home during a mental health visit after officers received concerning reports about him and notified him that they were taking him to a mental health facility.
“I’m calling Tom Brady right now,” said Jones, who was seen wearing only underwear and socks as he had his phone on speaker during the unanswered call attempt.
Jones and Brady were teammates on the Patriots from 2012 to 2015, which included winning Super Bowl XLIX.
The former All-Pro defensive end was also heard asking if he could call his brother, UFC Heavyweight Champion and UFC Hall of Famer Jon 'Bones' Jones, in the body camera footage. Officers arrived at Jones' home after receiving a court-ordered mental health petition, at which point he was seen sobbing to police about being bit by a dog owned by an unnamed woman whom he claimed to have had sex with present at the scene, though claiming he didn't want to press charges.
Jones' attitude shifted immediately when an officer asked to speak to him "because apparently some people are concerned."
“You could leave. Get the f**k out of my house,” Jones said. “Get the f**k out. We’re done. You could leave. Get the f**k out of here.”
Jones was later seen sitting on the ground while refusing to speak to a doctor.
“It kind of hurts me as a celebrity to come to my mansion and someone is telling me to go to a psych ward,” he said.
Jones also asked the officers if he was going to jail if he refused to go to a psychiatric ward before eventually being transported to the facility "without further issues," according to police documents obtained by TMZ Sports.
The incident took place one month after Jones was arrested multiple times in less than three weeks. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department booking logs obtained by the Las Vegas-Review Journal showed that Jones charged with violating a domestic violence temporary protection order on October 16, 2022. Jones was previously reported to have violated a temporary domestic violence protection order during a separate incident earlier that month in which he allegedly took items from the home of an unnamed woman before filming a video of himself burning the items while apparently naked before sending the video to her, an arrest report obtained by KTNV states.
The protection order was reported to have stemmed from an incident in which Jones came to the woman's home with a flashlight and without shoes on while "rambling incoherently" on September 12. The woman, who claimed to be the mother of Jones' child, told police that the NFL player attempted to get into her room and pushed her against a railing as she tried to stop him. Jones denied the incident when police contacted him in relation to the woman's domestic violence report.
Jones reportedly sent the woman Snapchat messages throughout the morning and day on September 28 and "it appeared he knew he was not supposed to be at the residence due to the protection order," the arrest report states. The four-time Pro Bowler was released by the Raiders last on September 30, two days after his prior arrest.
Jones also previously claimed he was forced into a mental hospital by the Las Vegas Fire Department and "injected" with an unknown substance last week in a since-deleted post shared on his X account on September 25.
Jones was selected by the New England Patriots at No. 21 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft and spent his first four seasons with the franchise, which included winning Super Bowl XLIX. The former Syracuse standout found his greatest individual success with the Arizona Cardinals, having been twice selected as a first-team All-Pro, making three of his four career Pro Bowl appearances, winning the 2017 Deacon Jones Award and leading the NFL in forced fumbles in 2019 during his six seasons (2016-21) with the team.