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Santonio Holmes in trouble with the law


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"Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes was accused of attacking a woman with a glass in a Florida nightclub before "pressuring" her not to press charges, reports said Monday.

 

A lawsuit filed last week alleges that Holmes got into an argument with a woman at Rain Nightclub in Orlando and threw a glass of liquor at the woman’s face, causing a laceration near her eye.

 

TMZ and Courthouse News reported the woman, Anshonoe Mills, claimed Holmes and Orlando police “pressured” her not to press charges against Holmes, and he offered her money to avoid trouble.

 

"When confronted with the possibility of incarceration, defendant (Holmes) asked to speak with the plaintiff (Mills)," court documents reported by Courthouse News said. "He proceeded to inform the plaintiff that he was an NFL football player and that he could not face criminal charges.

 

"Subsequently, defendant offered to give the plaintiff money because he was an NFL star and could not get into trouble.

 

"Plaintiff felt pressure from the defendant and the Orlando Police Department not to press charges. Plaintiff, feeling pressured, made a short victim statement incoherently stating that she was hit in the face and bleeding near her eyes, however, intended not to press charges."

 

The statement added: "The Orlando Police Department failed to write a police report."

 

The Pittsburgh Steelers did not return TMZ’s call for comment."

 

- Foxsports.com

 

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Wait....so if she refused to press charges, and no police report was filed...

 

how is he in trouble with the law?

 

I read a lawsuit has been filed - even through it's been dropped (for now), I have a feeling that this isn't the last we'll hear about this..

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The Rooneys probably have steam coming out of their ears by now. This is getting embarrassing..... :D

 

:wacko: Stop hanging out at nightclubs and being stupid you f'ng jackasses !!!!!! :D

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There seems to be a much higher risk of mental instability in WRs than in any other position in pro football. I wonder why that is?

 

I'd have to think it's for lack of anything else better to do...the avg. WR only accounts for 5-10 plays out of each game...each 'actual' game play averages out to be around 6 seconds long...so a WR is in on, even the high end of scale, roughly 60 seconds of being involved in a game...since there's only 16 games a season in the avg. WR's schedule...this equates to working a little more than 15 minutes out of every year... :wacko:

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I'd have to think it's for lack of anything else better to do...the avg. WR only accounts for 5-10 plays out of each game...each 'actual' game play averages out to be around 6 seconds long...so a WR is in on, even the high end of scale, roughly 60 seconds of being involved in a game...since there's only 16 games a season in the avg. WR's schedule...this equates to working a little more than 15 minutes out of every year... :wacko:

 

I'd have to disagree with that - just because a prima-donna WR isn't getting the ball thrown to him doesn't mean he isn't assigned to carry out a meaningful assignment during the play. Taking a good tackling CB downfield during a toss sweep, or sealing a LB or SS on an off-tackle run can mean the difference between a play going 7 yds or 70 yds.

 

Hell, the O-line does the larger amount of the heavy work on every offensive play, gets next to no recognition or highlight reel footage, and you don't hear about them getting caught up in stupid off-field behavior at anywhere near the rate that the WRs seem to.

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There seems to be a much higher risk of mental instability in WRs than in any other position in pro football. I wonder why that is?

 

Good question. Maybe it is because there job forces them to want constant attention (throw the ball to ME, call the play for ME). Perhaps they can't separate work from their personal life and seek attention in that phase as well.

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I'd have to disagree with that - just because a prima-donna WR isn't getting the ball thrown to him doesn't mean he isn't assigned to carry out a meaningful assignment during the play. Taking a good tackling CB downfield during a toss sweep, or sealing a LB or SS on an off-tackle run can mean the difference between a play going 7 yds or 70 yds.

 

Hell, the O-line does the larger amount of the heavy work on every offensive play, gets next to no recognition or highlight reel footage, and you don't hear about them getting caught up in stupid off-field behavior at anywhere near the rate that the WRs seem to.

 

Amen! Some of the best receivers today or historically have been marginal in the receiver catagory, but there other skills make them such valuable attributes to a team.

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Amen! Some of the best receivers today or historically have been marginal in the receiver catagory, but there other skills make them such valuable attributes to a team.

Which current receivers are you thinking about?

 

Fitz - he's better than marginal

Marshall - he's better than marginal

Wayne - again, better than marginal

Johnson - far beyond marginal

Moss - there's another one.

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Which current receivers are you thinking about?

 

Fitz - he's better than marginal

Marshall - he's better than marginal

Wayne - again, better than marginal

Johnson - far beyond marginal

Moss - there's another one.

ward is probably one

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  • 2 weeks later...
Sources: Santonio Holmes facing four-game suspension

Posted by Mike Florio on April 10, 2010 11:24 AM ET

 

Late Friday afternoon brought good news for the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the report from ESPN that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger won't be charged with sexual assault in Milledgeville, Georgia.

 

Now for the bad news.

 

Multiple sources have advised us that receiver Santonio Holmes is facing a four-game suspension under the league's substance-abuse policy. It's presently unknown whether Holmes tested positive for a prohibited substance or committed some other violation of the policy, such as missing a required test. It's our current understanding that the internal NFL appeals process has not been finalized.

 

Under the substance-abuse policy, a four-game suspension comes after multiple violations. The fact that Holmes, the MVP of Super Bowl XLIII, is facing a four-game suspension means that Holmes previously has paid a fine in the amount of three seventeenths of his base salary (i.e., three game checks).

 

Though we're not aware of the specific identity of the substance involved, Holmes has a history with Josh Gordon. In 2008, he was cited for Josh Gordon possession, prompting the Steelers to suspend him for one game with pay. Recently, he posted on Twitter a message indicating an intention to "wake n bake," slang for smoking Josh Gordon upon getting out of bed.

 

Holmes also has recently been accused of throwing a drink in the face of a woman at an Orlando nightclub. The alleged victim has both sued Holmes and pursued criminal liability, after indicating on the scene that she did not want to press charges. His lawyer has denied the accusations, recently claiming that a witness has signed a sworn statement taking responsibility for throwing the drink. The suspension Holmes faces arose independently of this alleged incident.

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