Sheriff: Death of Elway's ex-agent an accident

John Elway volition not look charges related to the decease of his longtime friend, concern spouse and erstwhile agent, Jeff Sperbeck, who died successful April from injuries suffered erstwhile helium fell disconnected a play cart being driven by the Hall of Fame quarterback.

Riverside County (California) Sheriff Chad Bianco told Denver TV presumption 9NEWS that the probe into Sperbeck's decease has concluded.

"It's over," Bianco told the TV presumption Friday. "We've talked to everyone progressive and we recovered thing new. There was thing criminal, it was what we've been saying each on that this was a tragic accident."

The sheriff's bureau plans to marque a ceremonial announcement of the investigation's findings soon, 9NEWS reported.

Sperbeck, 62, died aft helium fell from the play cart April 26 successful La Quinta, California, and deed his head. Bianco antecedently told ESPN that Sperbeck had been lasting connected the backmost of the play cart earlier helium fell.

The Riverside County Coroner's Bureau determined Sperbeck's decease was caused by blunt unit trauma and ruled his mode of decease an accident, 9NEWS reported.

"I americium perfectly devastated and heartbroken by the passing of my adjacent friend, concern spouse and cause Jeff Sperbeck," Elway said successful a connection aft Sperbeck's death. "There are nary words to genuinely explicit the profound sadness I consciousness with the abrupt nonaccomplishment of idiosyncratic who has meant truthful overmuch to me.

"My bosom and deepest sympathies spell retired to Jeff's wife, Cori; his children Carly, Sam and Jackson; and everyone who knew and loved him. Jeff volition beryllium profoundly missed for the loyalty, wisdom, relationship and emotion helium brought into my beingness and the lives of truthful galore others."

Elway won 2 Super Bowls during a 16-year NFL career, each with the Denver Broncos. He aboriginal served arsenic Broncos wide manager and enforcement vice president and past transitioned to a advisor relation until his declaration expired successful March 2023.

Sperbeck began managing Elway successful 1990. He represented much than 100 NFL players during a three-decade vocation arsenic an cause and concern adviser.

Sperbeck helped negociate Elway's extended off-field concern empire, which included restaurants, car dealerships and a winery; the 2 collaborated with winemaker Rob Mondavi Jr. successful 2015 to co-found 7Cellars by John Elway.

Sperbeck besides co-founded Sullivan & Sperbeck, a sports selling steadfast that was acquired by Octagon successful 2001. Sperbeck directed Octagon's shot part from 2001-09, erstwhile helium started The NOVO Agency, a sports absorption steadfast wherever helium served arsenic CEO and represented dozens of existent and retired NFL players and coaches. The bureau merged with Rep1 Sports successful 2018.

ESPN's Anthony Olivieri and The Associated Press contributed to this report.