Editing Nate Newton (section)

==Life after football==
On March 21, 1991, he was arrested at an illegal dog fight which he was a major contributor to. He himself owned 14 pit bulls.<ref>{{cite web|first=Richie |last=Whitt |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/03/24/Cowboys-Nate-Newton-arrested-at-dogfight/7795669790800/ |title=Cowboys' Nate Newton arrested at dogfight |date=March 24, 1991 |access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref>
On November 4, 2001, police in [[St. Martin Parish]], [[Louisiana]], arrested Newton after he was found to have 213 pounds of [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] during a traffic stop of Newton's white van.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-13-sp-14379-story.html |title=Ex-Cowboy Newton Is Arrested |work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 13, 2001 |access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref> Five weeks later, on December 12, 2001, Newton was again stopped in Texas and was arrested after a search of his vehicle revealed he possessed 175 pounds of marijuana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/2002/0814/1418021.html |title=Newton given 2½-year prison sentence |publisher=ESPN |date=August 14, 2002 |access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref> He was convicted and sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for drug trafficking. He has since reportedly gone straight, renouncing his past and turning his life around. He later spoke to children involved in athletics about his past.<ref>{{cite web|first=Richie |last=Whitt |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/pot-bellied-cowboy-6419373 |title=Pot-bellied Cowboy |publisher=Dallas Observer |date=November 17, 2005 |access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref>

In April 2010, Newton, who once weighed as much as 411 pounds, underwent "vertical [[gastrectomy]]", a surgical operation, by Dr. David Kim, that removes up to 75 percent of a patient's stomach and staples the remainder. He has lost 175 pounds and as of November 2010, weighed 220 pounds—his lightest weight since high school.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chase |first=Chris |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-chris-chase/former-cowboys-star-nate-newton-lost-175-pounds--nfl.html#:~:text=At%20his%20heaviest%2C%20Nate%20Newton,Kitchen%22%20because%20of%20it). |title=Former Cowboys star Nate Newton has lost 175 pounds |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref>

Newton has done radio broadcast work with [[KVDT|KESN]] in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]] and is a regular contributor to various podcasts broadcast by [[dallascowboys.com]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ben And Skin Part Ways With ESPN Dallas/Fort Worth 103.3 FM|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/115670/ben-and-skin-part-ways-with-espn-dallas-fort-worth|access-date=September 7, 2022|website=All Access|language=en}}</ref>