Sunday, April 06, 2014

42-Year Old Drug Addict With Troubling Ties To Colts Owner Jim Irsay Died In March

The Star's Tim Evans and Mark Alesia reveal more troubling details with Colts' owner Jim Irsay's long addiction to prescription drugs. A 42-year old woman, Kimberly Wundrum, who had a long history of prescription drug absuse, died in March. According to the Star, Wundrum had a lengthy association with Irsay prior to her death. Wundrum was the sister of his personal masseuse, Rhonda Wundrum, who acknowledged the association but declined to elaborate on their relationship. The story doesn't identify Wundrum's cause of death.

Here's where the story becomes quite troubling. Wundrum had been arrested twice in the seven months prior to her death on drug-related charges. She was arrested in Miami County, Ohio last August for driving while under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of non-prescribed Vicodin pills and crushed, non-prescribed Adderal. In January, she was arrested in Boone County for driving while under the influence after she nearly struck a police car while driving the wrong way on I-65. Wundrum was once married to a Florida attorney who pleaded guilty in 1997 to federal tax charges for failing to report $364,000 in transactions with a drug dealer. The two were divorced in 2002 and he died in 2005 of a drug overdose.

During the investigation of Wundrum's death, police found photos of Irsay in her home. The Star learned that three homes listed by Wundrum in arrest records as addresses where she was living were homes that had been owned by 2009 Blue Trust, a real estate entity connected to the Colts organization, including a town house in Trader's Point purchased for $139,500 in June, 2013, which was later transferred to Wundrum at no cost and where she was found dead on March 2. "She used two of those properties--including an $800,000 home--as the corporate address of her landscaping business in filings with the Indiana secretary of state," the Star reported. The Star provided the following information on the three homes:
- 8315 Codesa Way
June 2013: The Blue Trust purchased the townhouse for $139,500. 
August 2013: The trust gave the townhouse to Kimberly Wundrum at no cost. 
Kimberly Wundrum was found dead in the townhouse March 2 of a suspected drug overdose.
- 7910 Mill Pond Lane
March 2010: Irsay friend Thomas Moses purchased the house for $575,750.
March 2010: Moses sold the home to the Blue Trust for $575,750.
Between 2009 and 2013, Kimberly Wundrum listed the house as her home address in court documents and as the corporate headquarters for a landscaping business in reports she filed with the Indiana Secretary of State.
February 2014: Blue Trust sold the home for $810,000.
- 8343 Codesa Way
February 2006: Indianapolis Colts purchased the townhouse from Pulte Homes of Indiana for $174,660.
July 2009: Indianapolis Colts transferred the property to Blue Trust "for no consideration."
August 2012: Blue Trust sold the property for $122,500.
The three homes were administered by Colts executives according to the Star. The Colts CFO, Pete Ward, said they pertained to Irsay's personal life and would be "inappropriate for me to comment." Colts Vice President and general counsel Daniel Emerson is the trustee for the 2009 Blue Trust. Tax statements for the homes were mailed to the Colts' business address. The real estate transactions could raise concerns by federal tax authorities according to the Star report.

It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Irsay will face serious scrutiny by NFL officials over his drug arrest, which should have heightened scrutiny given his past drug addiction problem revealed more than a decade ago that involved hospitalization for at least three drug overdoses. Irsay could have faced charges for prescription drug fraud at that time, but local law enforcement officials seemed more concerned about the implications such charges would have on Irsay's ownership of the Colts than the rule of law or his personal well-being. The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office has still not filed formal charges against Irsay for his March 16 arrest for driving under the influence and possession of controlled substances. Irsay had more than $29,000 in cash on him at the time of his arrest after police pulled him over in Carmel because he was driving erratically.

There's a lot more to this sordid mess that's yet to be uncovered if these Star reporters keep digging. More drug overdoses ending in death that never made the news. Wasn't there a dentist who used to brag about writing scripts for Irsay and getting to sit in the Colts' owner's suite as a guest during games? And wasn't that same person who employed as a bar manager at a night club he owned a former pharmacist who lost his license several years back after getting arrested while attempting to board a plane at the Indianapolis International Airport with Ketamine? Yes, there's a very dirty underbelly of high society life in Indianapolis just waiting to be exposed. Keeping digging, Tim and Mark, if your editors dare allow you to go there.

15 comments:

Guest said...

I can't help but be reminded of the lousy deal the city made regarding the stadium and all the monies that go to the Colts and Irsay instead of letting the taxpayers and city reap some taxpayer payback.

Gary R. Welsh said...

Isn't it quite telling that a drug addict born with a silver spoon in his mouth is a better negotiator than the supposed great minds who run the City of Indianapolis?

Anonymous said...

start smoke machine, cue spooky music

Anonymous said...

http://mugshotjournal.com/miami-county-ohio/kimberly-l-wundrum/

Anonymous said...

Great reporting Gary and hats off to Star writers for finally putting this out there. Apparently the heat is on...

Anonymous said...

It has to be gratifying to city officials that the money they essentially signed over to Irsay and the Colts with the Lucas Oil Stadium and CIB giveaway is being used for such upstanding purposes. Yeah, let's make sure the Colts never leave -- sell our soul not to mention tax dollars that could be used for better purposes...

Anonymous said...

Since the Colts are possibly the product of illicit drug activity, the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office should seize the Colts under asset forfeiture.

Anonymous said...

Wow! So, the rich kid, with the silver spoon in his mouth...

-Has he EVER held a job that his Daddy didn't give him/arrange????

It appears that he uses his riches to buy houses for floozies, using The Company to pay for it.

No wonder he is divorced!

Anonymous said...

Continue writing Star...That will make up for the FSSA/DCFS/Payne, bridges, roads, Wishard Ref, Tif's, Call Center Owners, nursing homes, murders not reported, corruption and violence and underhand deals in this state for years and years. Elections coming or under the microscope...Set yourself free and report the facts and ignore editors with an agenda, politicians too...Sleep at night...

Anonymous said...

I'm wondering,was Harvest Moon Garden a legitimate landscaping enterprise?


If not,why not?

Anonymous said...

Quid pro quo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the meaning and use of the Latin term. For other uses, see Quid pro quo (disambiguation).

Quid pro quo ("something for something" in Latin[1]) means an exchange of goods or services, where one transfer is contingent upon the other. English speakers often use the term to mean "a favour for a favour"; phrases with similar meaning include: "give and take", "tit for tat", and "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours."

Contents

1 In Common Law
1.1 United States
1.2 United Kingdom
1.3 India
2 In literature
3 Other meanings
4 See also
5 Notes

In Common Law

In common law, quid pro quo indicates that an item or a service has been traded in return for something of value, usually when the propriety or equity of the transaction is in question. A contract must involve consideration: that is, the exchange of something of value for something else of value. Turners too with Mainstreet Properties...and other allegiance's with this town...and council and more...

Anonymous said...

Did you catch the puff piece on Fox 59 Sunday night. Same info, but they tried to spin it as her drug addictions and death was the reason Irsay was off the wagon. As if her suspected OD was so hard on him that he went back to abusing drugs. He was just trying to help her and her death was the cause for his relapse. Another shill piece.

Gary R. Welsh said...

Please. He was so upset about her death that it didn't even warrant a mention on his busy Twitter account. His first post following her death was a reminder of the audition for Colts cheerleaders.

Anonymous said...

Excuse me...how dare you call her a floozie...did you know her?? Well I did ! She was my cousin, and she was a very sweet person and Mr Irsay and her had been friends for years! He was just being generous ....and all this is none of your business!!!

Anonymous said...

Yes it was a legitimate landscaping business !!! And its none of your business....you don't know anything...you're just guessing and you are wrong!
I happen to know for a fact it was real...so stop!!!