 In 1993 , he went to jail for failure to pay child support . At the time he was a registered NFL agent in Connecticut and owed $ 14 @,@ 000 in child support , $ 30 @,@ 000 to a trust for his 16 @-@ year @-@ old son , Todd , and $ 12 @,@ 000 in his former wife 's legal fees . Darden had been married to <unk> from 1972 – 1977 when they divorced . He had previously been $ 5000 in <unk> until being briefly jailed for failure to pay and cursing the judge . He had been in contempt of court twenty times previously . 
