Earlier this year, Pat Mahomes Sr. was arrested for violating the terms of his probation after he consumed alcohol. But now, he is back in front of a Texas court because of the pain he has been experiencing after he had to wear an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet.

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Patrick Mahomes‘ father has developed an irritation on his ankle because of the bracelet. There is swelling and discoloration on his ankle, but the medicated cream prescribed to treat the issue isn’t helping either.

The probation officer had asked Mahomes to share a hair-follicle test and a blood test. It was submitted on July 1 and July 2, and as per reports available, the results were negative for alcohol.

His probation officer also noted that his ankle was swollen to the point that the bracelet wouldn’t move on his ankle. They had moved the monitor to Mahomes’ other ankle, but the same issue returned. 

Further, a doctor’s note in the filing confirms real damage from what’s described as the “shackle.”

Owing to this issue, Mahomes Sr. is now asking the court for an in-home portable alcohol monitor instead. If approved, he can still stay compliant without having to wear the monitor. 

Mahomes Sr. was arrested in February 2024 in Tyler, Texas, on a felony DWI charge, his third such offense. Blood tests that night showed a 0.23 alcohol content. That arrest occurred just over a week before his son led Kansas City to a Super Bowl win.

Mahomes Sr. pleaded guilty that August and was sentenced that September to five years on probation. He also had his license suspended, was ordered to install a mandatory breathalyzer device in his car, perform community service, and participate in a DWI repeat offender program.

“It kind of hit home before the Super Bowl last year, when I got in trouble,” the elder Mahomes said in ESPN’s Chiefs Kingdom docuseries in 2025. “For him to have to answer questions about me, you know, was probably the most embarrassing thing that I’ve ever been through in my life.”

Patrick Mahomes also addressed it.

“It became a story, and so, I had to answer questions about it,” Patrick Mahomes said. “I think just knowing that it hurt me woke him up to know that, like, you can’t keep doing the same things.”

He was referring to that public attention, not the arrest itself, as what pushed his father to make real changes.

Where things stand with Pat Mahomes’ probation today

Things got messier again this past February. Mahomes Sr. was arrested a second time, this time for a probation violation. His ankle monitor had flagged a high alcohol reading on New Year’s Day, prompting the arrest.

TMZ reported that Patrick’s father had been booked into jail and he was without bond. Urine tests taken days later, on January 5 and January 9, came back negative for alcohol.

Texas initially tried to revoke his probation entirely over that violation, but later backed off that request. A judge then extended his probation by two more years this past March. He was ordered into outpatient treatment and more community service. His jail time was credited as time served.

What happens next is now up to the court. It’s one more chapter in a legal story that’s followed the Mahomes family for years, one that keeps circling back around some of the biggest moments in his son’s career.