Jed York, the man who has run the San Francisco 49ers since 2008, spent Sunday night in an Ohio jail cell a short drive from the house where he grew up. By Monday morning he had reached a plea deal, been convicted of two misdemeanours and been ordered to pay $1,150 (£845) in fines.
The arrest, confirmed by Columbiana County court records, has thrust the San Francisco 49ers owner and chief executive into an entirely different kind of spotlight than the one he is used to. It also raises an obvious question for football fans who know his name from ownership boxes rather than police reports: who, exactly, is Jed York?
