NFL Owner Relapsed and Got Ketamine from Doctor Before Death - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

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Aug. 28, 2025 – Colts owner Jim Irsay spent his final years suffering through a relapse that he and team executives hid from the public. This relapse, and his death, came as he was under the care of a “luxury” recovery doctor prescribing Irsay opioids — and, eventually, ketamine — at amounts that worried people close to him. The Post’s investigation is based on interviews with five people with direct knowledge of Irsay’s relapse, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation from the Colts, who are now owned by Irsay’s three daughters. All five said they witnessed Irsay consuming opioid pills. Four said they witnessed Irsay receiving ketamine injections.

Post reporters also interviewed several other people close to Irsay and obtained previously unreported prescription records, flight data and law enforcement records from California, Indiana and Florida.

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