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ESPN the Magazine accompanied Terry “Tank” Johnson — the not-quite-yet-a Dallas Cowboy nose tackle — when he went to rent a Dallas apartment a couple of weeks back. Couple of things you learn from the story: One, he really wanted to live in The Ashton on Cedar Springs. And two, wasn’t gonna happen. Why not? Because …
He says that he was turned down after the Ashton managers saw a newspaper story detailing his jail time and history with guns. The story also claimed that he’s a felon.
Johnson is not. He will now have to ask his lawyer to send paperwork indicating as much and hope that the Ashton reconsiders. He glides his finger along a glass of red wine and says, “I know this lady believes I’m just this big-ass thug, idiot, gun guy.” He sips. “I don’t think I did anything wrong. But I didn’t do it right.”
Then The Ashton reconsidered — he’ll be perched on the 18th floor, if you need him. –Robert Wilonsky
