Bengals were in control of Henry's finances

[|BengalsFREAK|]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/20/cincinatti-bengals-chris-henry-checks-finances-wedding-planner-wide-receiver/

It appears Chris Henry didn't trust himself with his own money -- TMZ has learned before his death, the football star gave the Cincinnati Bengals organization serious control over his often unstable personal finances.



During his last meeting with a wedding planning company, Henry's fiancee, Loleini Tonga, handed over two checks -- one for $500 and one for $1,305.02. But neither check came from Henry's own bank account -- the funds came from the Bengals organization and were signed by two team honchos.

When asked about the situation, team officials told us, "The wedding funds that were distributed were Chris' funds, from money that he had requested to have us oversee."

Henry was no stranger to money problems -- last year, his car was repossessed and his attorney famously declared him "broke." But when the Bengals re-signed Henry in 2008 -- it appears they were determined to resurrect him both on and off the field.



**Note** They even have pictures of signed checks from Mike and Katie on there.

[mongo]

pft is going on about how the bengals may have broken the cba with this, resulting in millions of dollars in fines, the loss of two first round draft picks, individual fines, and suspensions. I'm on my phone so posting the article is tough. The short of it is that the bengals could get whacked of what they did wasn't cleared by the league, but I can't imagine the Browns weren't totally proper in all of this.

[Bengals1181]

Brown wouldn't make a mistake like that. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if this was something put in place by Goodell.