Lawrence Phillips, the former star running back, will be prosecuted for the death of his cellmate, a legal secretary with the Kern County (Calif.) District Attorney's office told USA TODAY Sports Friday.
Criminal charges against Phillips in the death of Damion Soward – found dead in April inside the cell he shared with Phillips in Kern Valley State Prison – will be filed with the court next week, said Pam Marshall, legal secretary with the district attorney's office. Marshall said she will be filing the criminal complaint and related paperwork.
Phillips, 40, who starred for the University of Nebraska in the 1990s before playing in the NFL, has not been available for comment.