The Cowboys announced their intention to release Lucky Whitehead on Monday, just hours after accusations that Whitehead shoplifted in June.

As it turns out, Whitehead didn’t do it. He wasn’t in Virginia at the time. But he still is (going to be) unemployed, per reports.

Not surprisingly, Whitehead isn’t happy that the Cowboys didn’t believe his side of the story. (Read about it at Pro Football Talk)

“As far as the whole situation went down, I was blindsided,” Whitehead said. “I didn’t know about a warrant that came about in the first place clearly because I wasn’t the person arrested. The head person [in the Cowboys organization] I told, no one backed me up. No one had my back in the whole situation. I knew about it at what? 12:45. By 2:30, I’m released.”

Seems like Lucky Whitehead caught a pretty “unlucky” break. It’s been a rough stretch, considering he was without his dog Blitz for a while last week.

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