Friday, May 13, 2011

Daily Douchebag, Yesterday's Papers

We were dying to link to this yesterday. And this.
Former sports commentator and columnist Jay Mariotti pleaded not guilty to three counts of felony on Wednesday for allegedy stalking and assaulting an ex-girlfriend. It's the same woman who had Mariotti on the ropes in the first place, according to the L.A. County District Attorney's office. He had been on probation ever since pleading "no contest" to multiple misdemeanor charges filed by the same woman after a domestic violence incident that began at a Santa Monica restaurant last August.

The latest charges stem from an incident that occurred around midnight on April 15, when Mariotti, 51, allegedly pulled a chunk of the woman's hair out and grabbed her cell phone away from her while shouting at her, according to the DA. Not unlike last year's incident, in which Mariotti reportedly "ripped something out of her ear and shoved her around."

The widely disliked former sports columnist for the Chicago Sun Times and frequent talking head on ESPN's Around the Horn before his arrest last year, pleaded not guilty to one felony count each of stalking, corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, and two misdemeanor counts of disobeying a domestic court order on Wednesday.
Asshole.

6 comments:

Dr.KennethNoisewater said...

omg, I've seen him on "Around the Horn." Asshole is right.

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

The whole stalker thing escapes me... dude, she's not into you, let her go and move on!

Glennis said...

Inquiring minds want to know what restaurant.

M. Bouffant said...

Metro Desk Editor Offers:

We gave it a shot; no police report from the restaurant (also referred to as a "Santa Monica club") so ...

One of the beach-front hotels south of the pier has a bar/club that has a lot of pro/college athletes hanging out, which would be my immediate suspicion.

And certainly once a woman dumps us (odd how they're always the dumpers ...) she's off our radar until she comes back. (More a sad commentary on the desperate types we prey on, or vice versa, than anything especially worthy about us, obviously.)

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

M.B., you obviously go out too much.
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M. Bouffant said...

Sports Editor Denies All:

We are inside watching ATH. Do not believe otherwise.