The NY Times is reporting that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth. Stallworth is suspended for the entire 2009 season without pay and will not return until after the 2010 Super Bowl. This suspension is due to Stallworth’s conviction of DUI, manslaughter and other charges, after he killed a pedestrian while driving drunk, the day after he received a multi-million dollar bonus.

Because the pedestrian was not using a crosswalk at the time, Stallworth received a lighter sentence of less than a month in prison, plus suspension of his driver’s license and other requirements. Stallworth also reached a private settlement with the victim’s family. As part of Stallworth’s suspension, he loses the remainder of his 2009 contract, totalling nearly $750K. Stallworth signed a 7-year contract for $35M in 2008.