In his freshman year of high school, Butler had several friends use his locker to put drugs in them. The next day, four police officers walked into Butler's classroom and arrested him. Along with the drugs, they found an ill-loaded pistol and $1,200 in cash on Butler. Butler was calm, and he didn't reveal who had put the drugs in his locker, but chose to carry it alone. This move is not all out of righteousness, but also for fear of offending people above. As a result, Butler was sentenced to 18 months in prison and transferred to a juvenile labor school in Wells.
In August 1996, Butler was released from the Labor School. The first thing he did when he came out was to find his girlfriend, Denisa Herrington, and his daughter, Carmari, who was born a month after he was sent to labor school. Butler has since had four more children with two women. His current wife is the one he met at the University of Connecticut, and the two have three daughters.
Butler played in the Aau Amateur League after leaving the Labor School and shined, playing back and forth with well-known high school rising stars such as Darius Miles. In order to enter college and change his destiny in the NBA, Butler must first go to Maine Preparatory School to finish his high school studies, but he simply can't come up with a $5,000 transfer fee. When Butler found James "j-fee" Harris, a big local drug lord he used to know, the drug lord stared at him for a long time, pulled out $5,000 and told him, "Go, get off the streets, and have a good life." ”
On January 22, 1998, Butler, who was about to graduate from high school, was suspected of drug trafficking after being drugged by police in his garage. But a white policeman named Rick Geller saw the burn marks on his hands and asked him in detail where he worked. Butler explained that the injury was left over from his french fries while working at Burger King. Coupled with the fact that only $11 was recovered from Butler, Geller dropped charges against the young man with the case. Geller is still in touch with Butler, who lives in Milwaukee and took his wife and children with him to watch the game when he was at home to the Bucks.
In 2002–03, Caron Butler won the Rookie of the Month award four times, becoming the sixth player to receive the award four times more since the 1981–82 award was set, after Duncan, O'Neal, David Robinson, Ralph Sampson and Terry Cummings. However, Butler only ranked third in the Best Rookie Selection, behind Stoudemire and Yao Ming, and eventually regretted becoming the first player in history to be crowned the Best Rookie of the Month four times but missed the Rookie of the Month.
Butler is a big fan of mounted dew, a carbonated drink that drinks 6 bottles a day. In the summer of 2009, Butler decided to quit this unhealthy drink in order to prolong his career, which seemed more difficult than quitting drugs. Butler said he fidgeted and sweated for two full weeks, and even woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. After a summer of persistence, Butler lost 11 pounds.
Butler knows he's a man who comes out of the street, so he does everything he can to give back to the community he's been in. In his hometown of Racine and in Washington, D.C., where he has been with a long time, Butler teamed up with Walmart and religious groups to create the "Bike Tour" program, which provides free bikes and helmets for local children. According to statistics, they have launched a total of 2500 bicycles in these two regions, which can be called the predecessor of the concept of contributing bicycles, and it is a true sense of sharing. In addition, Butler has set up other charity sharing programs to provide coats, hats and gloves for children in Racine and the D.C.
When playing for the Wizards, Butler often took too seriously in training, and his teammates complained. Butler responded, "You should be given some unpalatable juice." And the unpalatable juice has since become his nickname. In 2015, Caron Butler's autobiography "Bad Juice: From the Street to the NBA" was published, and the book was recommended by the famous filmmaker Mark Wahlberg, in addition to Wahlberg's intention to find the famous director Spike Lee to bring Butler's life experience to the screen.
Butler didn't have to worry about bankruptcy after retiring, and as early as 2010, he invested with several NFL stars to become a franchisee of "Burger King" fast food that is on par with McDonald's in the United States. Today, butler's fast-food chain has reached six. In addition, Butler did not forget to recharge his batteries during his NBA campaign, and he studied business administration at Duke University, which helped him start his own business.