Jay Cutler is facing legal trouble.
The former Chicago Bears player—who shares kids Camden, 12, Jaxon, 10, and Saylor, 8, with ex Kristin Cavallari—was arrested after a minor traffic collision for a first offense of driving while intoxicated and possession of a handgun while under the influence, according to jail records viewed by E! News.
Jay, 41, was arrested on the evening of Oct. 17 in Franklin, Tenn., where he was booked at Williamson County Jail before posting a $5,000 bail later that night—released at around 10 p.m. In addition to the aforementioned charges, the 41-year-old also faces failure to exercise due care—or following appropriate road rules and regulations—and violation of implied consent law, due to refusing a sobriety exam, according to documents obtained by E! News.
E! News has reached out to reps for Jay but has not yet heard back.
The former NFL star’s arrest comes shortly after Kristin, who recently split from Mark Estes—spoke out about dating amid her and Jay’s recently changed custody agreement. (For his part, Jay debuted a romance with Samantha Robertson in 2023).
“When I was dating last fall, I was still doing split custody with my ex and I had every other week off from my kids and that's changed,” Kristin—who finalized her divorce from Jay in 2022—explained on an Oct. 1 episode of her Let’s Be Honest podcast. “So, I'm really happy and really content having my life right now being about my kids and my work."
As Kristin emphasized, she has “no interest in getting back into the dating world right now,” following her split from the 24-year-old Montana Boyz member, and is focused on being a mom.
And while the 37-year-old explained that Mark was a great boyfriend for the time they were together, she previously opened up on how “unhappy” she was in her nearly 10-year marriage to Jay, especially while filming their reality series Very Cavallari—which aired from 2018 to 2020.
“I look back at photos from that time period, and I am like, 'Holy s--t!'” Kristin said in another episode of Let’s Be Honest. "I was rail f--king thin. I was skin and bones. I looked like s--t. I think I look so much better now. And you guys, that was just stress. That was being in a really unhappy marriage.”