Steve McNair and side pieces are still in the news…Damn, can’t you let a dead dude rest?
October 6, 2009
Don’t people know that it’s wrong to speak ill of the dead?
By Kate Howard, The Tennessean
A property management company has filed a claim against former Titan Steve McNair’s estate for back rent on a West End apartment he began leasing in October.
McNair was the co-signer for a condo on Parthenon Avenue near Centennial Park, with his cousin, Raymond White, as the primary renter. But once the 12-month lease was finalized, the electricity was turned on in the name of a young woman, according to public records from Nashville Electric Service.
Mail and utility bills for the condo had been going to 26-year-old Adrianne Hobbs. Gianikas Property Management has asked McNair’s estate for $1,750 in rent, late fees and pet damages for the condo, which was vacated last month.
Rent was late in June and was never paid in July, according to court filings.
McNair was shot and killed July 4 in a condo off Second Avenue. Police have ruled that McNair was murdered by 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi, who then killed herself. The two had been dating, and police said Kazemi was distraught over catching McNair, who was married, with another woman.
Side piece Sahel Kazemi, who murdered McNair and took her own life...obviously during happier times...
Steve, Steve, Steve…if other people learn from this horrible tragedy, then while we would have lost a great leader (and not so great husband) but gained something from his death. DON’T BUY YOUR SIDE PIECES ANYTHING! This is where it started (that and keeping it in his pants) to go sideways for him. had he just been clear that this was some late-night smash time, then she would not have gotten so clingy. It is a lot easier to separate from that, then it is to make a commitment to someone by buying them things…
She told friends she had seen another woman leave the condo off Second Avenue and followed her home. That woman was not Hobbs, Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said.
“The person who I am aware of, who believes that she was followed by (Kazemi’s) Escalade, is a different individual and lives elsewhere,” Aaron said.
This sounds like it could have gotten worse. If Sahel “Shooter” Kazemi KNEW OF this other person, I am glad that she didn’t shoot her up too. Suicide after killing someone else is such the cowards way out…
A former employee at the property management company says McNair had been coming to the office each month and paying the $1,000-a-month rent personally for the Parthenon Avenue residence.
The electricity in Hobbs’ name was disconnected Aug. 7, according to records from the Nashville Electric Service. It is unclear how she knew McNair.
Before we go jumping to conclusions, what if the woman was the side piece of the cousin (or even better yet, what if she was the girlfriend?) yeah, she would have come forward, but maybe all the notoriety scared her off. Now, they have your name too…
“As far as we knew, McNair gave (White) the keys, and we thought (White) moved in,” said Stephanie Burch-McMahan, who managed the apartments until earlier this year. “It wasn’t until a couple months later, we discovered there’s no male person living in the apartment.”
Phone numbers for White have been disconnected, and he could not be reached for comment. A call to his attorney was not returned Tuesday.
‘We let it go’
Someone saw a woman walking a puppy in the pet-free condo, and the manager said she sent a letter to White. There appeared to be only women’s items in the apartment, Burch-McMahan said, and other residents of the apartment complex told management they’d seen only McNair and a blonde woman coming and going.
“If there had not been for (McNair’s) celebrity status, we would have called and said, ‘Who is this person living here?’ ” she said. “We knew if we confronted him about it, it would create a lot of awkwardness, so we let it go.”
That is what being famous gets you…a lot less questions. Steve and others need to know that handling your business out in the open will get you caught up, even if some people are willing to hide it. All these people thought that they were bulletproof….
Burch-McMahan, a fan of McNair, said she was at first disheartened at the circumstances of McNair’s death, but she considers him a kind and generous person and doesn’t want to judge him now.
“Maybe losing an icon like Steve means we are being asked to re-evaluate what we will accept and expect from relationships, and be conscious of the pain and destructiveness that infidelity causes,” she said.
Sound a lot like Joey, doesn’t it?
The smile seems forced, but i bet he loves his job!
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Hobbs could not be reached Tuesday. A reporter spoke with her in July at the West End condo, but she said she didn’t know McNair and she had no comment.
Her friend Valerie Skelton identified herself as White’s girlfriend and said she herself lived in the condo. She said she had moved in a few months before McNair’s death. Skelton also did not return a phone call or e-mail Tuesday.
Valerie on the left, Adrienne on the right
Steve, please tell me (through a dream or however the dead contact the living) that you were not smashing either of these two women. I am hoping that it really was your cousin, his girl and her friend…
Gary Rubenstein, the attorney representing Gianikas Property Management, said mail had been coming in Hobbs’ name, and Skelton applied to be added to the lease nine days after McNair’s death. Rubenstein wasn’t sure who was living there.
Because White was the primary lessee, the company intends to pursue payment from him. But they still filed a claim against McNair’s estate because there is only a limited amount of time to do so, Rubenstein said.
Sharks smell blood in the water. You are going after the dead for your money? Let the man rest.
He said he has been in touch with White’s attorney and any payment they get from White will be deducted from their claim against McNair.
Rose Palermo, who represents Mechelle McNair in the probate case, said she has no information about the claim and can’t comment. Steve McNair did not leave a will.
American Express also has filed a claim against his estate for $44,000, and Magee General Hospital in Mississippi has filed for about $287.
Crime case officially isn’t closed
Though Metro investigators ruled the deaths of McNair and Kazemi a murder-suicide on July 8, they have not officially closed the case or made the case file public. It’s unlikely they will do so until the conclusion of the federal case against the man who sold Kazemi the gun, Aaron said.
Adrian Gilliam Jr. has been charged with being a felon in possession of a handgun after the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms traced the gun that killed the pair back to him. He told Metro police he sold Kazemi the gun for $100.
“The Metro Police Department’s investigation is parallel with the investigation by the federal authorities,” Aaron said. “In fact our officers have been very much involved in the federal case as well as the murder-suicide investigation. As far as the very thick case file, I suspect that is going to be not made public until the federal matter is resolved.”
I still feel sorry for the poor sap who thought he was doing some woman a favor by getting here a gun for protection and not he is caught up too…
Rockies pull sleight of hand to beat Cardinals
September 30, 2009
the definition of a motley crue
This was first said by the famous French poet Baudelaire in an unusual short story about meeting the Devil and having a grand old time.
Elle ne se plaignit en aucune façon de la mauvaise réputation dont elle jouit dans toutes les parties du monde, m’assura qu’elle était, elle-même, la personne la plus intéressée à la destruction de la superstition, et m’avoua qu’elle n’avait eu peur, relativement à son propre pouvoir, qu’une seule fois, c’était le jour où elle avait entendu un prédicateur, plus subtil que ses confrères, s’écrier en chaire:
«Mes chers frères, n’oubliez jamais, quand vous entendrez vanter le progrès des lumières, que la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu’il n’existe pas!»
He did not complain in any way about the bad reputation he enjoyed all over the world, assured me that he himself was the person the most interested in the destruction of superstition, and admitted to me that he had only been afraid for his own power one time, and that was the day when he had heard a preacher, more subtle than his colleagues, shout out from the pulpit:“My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil’s best trick is to persuade you that he doesn’t exist!“
“Le Joueur généreux,” pub. February 7, 1864; translation by Cat Nilan, 1999¹ (emphasis mine)
Still, we shouldn't use instant replay
http://rockiesphotos.blogspot.com/2009/09/amazing-catch.html
Is the blog of a pretty hard core Rockies fan. They have pictures shot of the game detailing the “catch” made by Clint Barmes to end the game.
DENVER — The Catch might not have been a catch after all.
Clint Barmes returned from a day off in the mountains with his family Tuesday to learn that doubt had been cast upon his sensational game-ending grab that cinched the Colorado Rockies‘ victory over the St. Louis Cardinals 48 hours earlier.
Barmes
The second baseman’s tumbling catch of Ryan Ludwick’s one-out flare to shallow right field, followed by his strike to first base to double up Albert Pujols and seal the NL wild-card leading Rockies’ 4-3 win was immediately termed “the defensive play of the year” by manager Jim Tracy.
However, a fan, Craig Welling, posted images on his photo blog from his vantage point in right field, and one of the shots clearly showed the ball on the grass for a split second as Barmes rolled over.
Craig, some people are questioning whether you are a Rockies fan, but if they actually look at your blog, there is no question to where your loyalties are placed. I bet that you just uploaded your pictures with no further thought on what you saw.
Barmes’ body blocked television angles as well as those of professional photographers.
So, did he make the catch or not?
“When I popped to my feet, the ball was in my hand,” Barmes said. “I never said I caught it clean.”
After the game, Barmes said he thought he made the catch but that it happened so fast, he wasn’t sure.
Barmes said Tuesday that all he knows for sure is that the ball bobbled around his body as he tumbled.
“Once I was heading down, the ball bounced off my glove,” he said. “I felt it hit my chest. I’m reaching for it, trying to battle to catch it before it hits the ground. At that point, it happened so fast, my knee hit [the ground], I flipped, I knocked my hat and my glasses off, scratched my forehead. I come up and the ball’s in my hand.”
Now Barmes knows he didn’t make the catch. After the game, when faced with evidence, just man up and point out the obvious that you didn’t make the catch, but put forth full effort to make it happen.
Right fielder Ryan Spilborghs immediately hollered at him to throw to first base to double up Pujols, who, like Julio Lugo at third base, had run on contact.
First-base umpire Sam Holbrook ruled it a catch, and the throw to first ended the game.
“It’s not like I’m sitting here trying to play it off and try to cheat them out of an out or whatever,” Barmes said. “I honestly thought that I caught the ball at the time. … I wish I could say I’m good enough, my hand-eye coordination is good enough, as I’m rolling that fast and I’m in full-speed and I hit the ground rolling that I can react and try to pick a ball up on the ground.”
Spilborghs, who had the best view of the play, was coy when asked Tuesday whether the Rockies got away with one.
“It was a good play, that’s all it was,” he said. “It doesn’t really matter because the play’s over.”
But did he see the ball hit the ground?
“It’s more fun not to say whether I did or I didn’t,” Spilborghs retorted.
Bullshit. I call bullshit on you Ryan. IF you saw he made the catch, then come out and verify it and don’t leave him hanging. But, if you know he didn’t make the catch, there is no reason to carry on with the facade of the catch.
Barmes even held a news conference Tuesday before the Rockies faced the Milwaukee Brewers so that he didn’t have to talk about the play over and over with individual reporters.
“You look at my quotes on Sunday, I never once said I for sure caught the ball. I said, ‘All I know is whenever I hit, I rolled, the ball was not in my glove, it somehow was in my throwing hand when I came up and I finished the play out of reaction,’” Barmes said. “I went and looked at the replays and I saw two, slowing it down frame by frame and I couldn’t tell. And so, I just assumed it worked out great — the ball, I caught it clean.
“And obviously today showing up, the picture showed that I didn’t.”
Even if baseball had instant replay for these types of situations, the call wouldn’t have been reversed because there was no video angle that conclusively showed the ball had hit the grass.
“The bottom line, like a lot of the guys in [the clubhouse] said, we got the win and that’s all that matters,” Barmes said.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
I guess this is like the old racing adage, if you aren’t rubbin, it aint racin…
Where is that damn AFLAC duck when I need it?
Swiss Police detain Roman Polanski…attempting to curry favor with the United States?
September 27, 2009
YOU! Bring me all your young women...
People have a strange fascination with Roman Polanski. We almost seem forgetful of the fact that this dude was is a criminal and a criminal that should be forced to serve his time. But, because of his talent, we want to give him a pass. well, fate finally kept up with him. E!Online explains here what happened.
Accepting a lifetime achievement award may have been the blunder of a lifetime for director Roman Polanski. Relatively speaking, of course.
Upon arriving in Switzerland to receive an honorary award at the Zurich Film Festival, the 76-year-old director was taken into custody by local authorities on a U.S. warrant related to his 1977 statutory rape conviction, and is in custody at the Swiss Justice Ministry while plans take shape for an extradition hearing.
The girl was thirteen…shouldn’t that be enough said? Here is the wiki entry which explains the crime.
In 1977, Polanski, then aged 44, became embroiled in a scandal involving 13-year-old Samantha Gailey (now known as Samantha Geimer). It ultimately led to Polanski’s guilty plea to the charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.[25]
According to Geimer, Polanski asked Geimer’s mother if he could photograph the girl for the French edition of Vogue, which Polanski had been invited to guest-edit. Her mother allowed a private photo shoot. According to Geimer in a 2003 interview, “Everything was going fine; then he asked me to change, well, in front of him.” She added, “It didn’t feel right, and I didn’t want to go back to the second shoot.”
Geimer later agreed to a second session, which took place on March 10, 1977 at the Mulholland area home of actor Jack Nicholson in Los Angeles. “We did photos with me drinking champagne,” Geimer says. “Toward the end it got a little scary, and I realized he had other intentions and I knew I was not where I should be. I just didn’t quite know how to get myself out of there.” She recalled in a 2003 interview that she began to feel uncomfortable after he asked her to lie down on a bed, and how she attempted to resist. “I said, ‘No, no. I don’t want to go in there. No, I don’t want to do this. No!”, and then I didn’t know what else to do,” she stated.[26]
Geimer testified that Polanski performed various sexual acts on her, including oral sex, vaginal intercourse, and anal sex.[27][28][29] after giving her a combination of champagne and quaaludes, a sedative drug.[30]
All I can think of when I read and her this is to think about the ending of the movie KIDS.
These were some buckwild kids....
If you have not seen this movie, it was one that changed my behavior and reinforced smart thinking. (Plot summary here)The E!Online story continues…
“We were unaware of any extradition being sought and separate counsel will be retained for those proceedings,” Polanski attorneys Bart Dalton, Doug Dalton and Chad Hummel said in a statement.
Swiss officials say they will not release Polanski, a French citizen, until the extradition process is complete (or has been firmly denied). The Chinatown director fled the United States in 1978 before he could be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in California.
Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful intercourse with a minor and was told he would be credited for time served and avoid further jail time. Apparently fearing the judge would renege on the plea bargain, he fled the country in 1978 and has technically been a fugitive from justice ever since.
Polanksi’s camp filed a motion this year to have the decades-old case dismissed, a motion that his now fortysomething victim supported, but L.A. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza insisted Polanksi appear in person to make his case. The filmmaker said he had no plans to return to these shores, ever.
Switzerland has a limited extradition treaty with the U.S., so…we’ll see.
L.A. District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said that her office learned of Polanski’s travel plans last week and alerted Swiss authorities, who picked him up at the airport.
(Originally published Sept. 27, 2009, at 9:16 a.m. PT)
a classic beauty whose life was ended too early....
Now, this dude had a traumatic experience happen to him with the death of his wife Sharon Tate and many others at their home while he was out of town, but this doesn’t excuse him. I am fine with him coming back over here to at least stand trial for the crime/finish his sentencing. Polanski married Emmanuelle Seigner in 1989 and had kids. What would he think if someone tried to have sex with his daughter when she was 13? Hopefully, he comes quietly and does the right thing….
Vince Young steps up for Steve McNair’s kids….this is why I rep BLACK QB’s!
September 17, 2009
Vince celebrating....and the way we should celebrate hom now, even if you are a Trojan fan...
Vince,
All people want to hear about is your failures. I want to big up you for your actions…It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day matters in your own personal life. Vince, your personal life has been in the news too much.
Shirtless, sweaty with a bunch of dudes throwing back the bottle of Patron is not a good look Vince...
Lord knows you have problems. Remember when people thought that you were suicidal?
Don't let the stress of life and work get to you....
It was just work….and you were eating wings. Just because you don’t have your phone, people got spooked. This became another story that people fed on. You might even state that it is the curse of this…
At least you got paid for this.....I have it for the 360 too...
But, like any normal black man, you persevered. You are still getting paid and the racist formerly known as Kerry Collins will either say something that we get him mangled, or will just get old. You will be a starting QB in the league again, if not for the Titans, then another team.
People are not talking about Steve McNair anymore. (except us) We use this tragic loss of life to get advice to others, including President Obama. They should talk about him more….he did a ton to help the communities that where he lived. Once the story died and people moved on, there was still his family to think about. They lost a father and a provider.
Vince, if only for a day, good job stepping in…
ESPN.com: NFL [Print without images] Thursday, September 17, 2009 Young surprises McNair’s sons
ESPN.com news services For one day at least, Vince Young stepped up to try to fill the void for the late Steve McNair’s two young sons, the Tennessean reported Thursday. Young surprised 11-year-old Trenton and 5-year-old Tyler on Wednesday by showing up at their house and taking them to their school’s “Dear Dads Breakfast” at a local restaurant.“
Those are my boys. I wouldn’t say it was to pay anyone back; it was just out of love. Steve would do it for me. He pretty much did it for me when I was growing up. I have a history with the boys and I want to do anything I can. I am their big brother. ” – Vince Young
“Those are my boys,” Young told the Tennessean. “I wouldn’t say it was to pay anyone back; it was just out of love. Steve would do it for me. He pretty much did it for me when I was growing up. I have a history with the boys and I want to do anything I can. I am their big brother.” Julie Dilworth, admissions director at St. Paul Christian Academy, lauded Young’s actions. “It was a great, great gesture,” Dilworth told the Tennessean. “All the kids had been talking about the dads’ breakfast and [Trenton and Tyler] were wondering what was going to happen with them. “They were thrilled … the boys came to school with huge smiles on their faces.” Young had a close relationship with Steve McNair, even before the latter was drafted by the Titans four years ago. He attended McNair’s football camps when he was young. McNair was shot and killed July 4. Besides being there for McNair’s sons, Young gave other kids at the school jerseys and autographs. “It was a surprise, and just to see the excitement on their faces, it’s a great feeling,” Young told the Tennessean. “We had a good time eating pancakes. I had an omelet. “Overall they are doing cool, doing good. Just talking to their mom, I think they are going to be all right. I am always going to be here for them, always.” McNair also had two older teenage sons.
I see you Vince and I know it was out of love. The same love he showed you coming into the league.
Just like black actors, black QB’s have to stick together. Who will be the one to reach out to Nate Davis?
Tongue in, you are not Jordan...
DJ AM takes the long PM, as in dirt nap…R.I.P. Adam G.
August 29, 2009
amazing that they walked away from that
Sometimes you are the boot, and other times your the ass the boot is kicking….
DJ AM might have felt invincible after walking away from a plane crash that killed everyone but he and Travis Barker from Blink 182. But, we are flesh and blood, susceptible to all types of injuries.
Adam Goldstein, ‘DJ AM’
can't run from the grim reaper
Associated Press
NEW YORK – DJ AM, a Philadelphia native and sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity in his own right with a glamorous lifestyle, was found dead yesterday at his apartment, which had drug paraphernalia in it, a law enforcement official said. There was no evidence of foul play.DJ AM, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, 36, was famous for past relationships with the reality TV star Nicole Richie and the actress-singer Mandy Moore.He died nearly a year after surviving a South Carolina plane crash that killed four people.
In what may have been his last interview, Mr. Goldstein answered questions from Phrequency.com, Philly.com’s music spin-off Web site. The interview was posted Wednesday.
“I am incredibly excited to be involved in the evolution with Dusk at Caesars,” Mr. Goldstein said, referring to the new nightclub at Caesars Atlantic City, where his last appearance was Tuesday.
Mr. Goldstein grew up in Rittenhouse Square and told Phrequency.com that he visited Philadelphia often.
Dusk released a statement last night: “We are devastated by the loss of Adam Goldstein, our dear friend and valued member of the Dusk family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones. He was a true talent who will be greatly missed.”
Celebrities and fans instantly shared their reactions on Twitter, where “RIP DJ AM” was the No. 1 topic yesterday. His Twitter page is http://twitter.com/DJ_AM
Now, I am not going to tell you to run out to his Twitter page, since he is dead, there are no updates. Some are speculating on the drugs that they found. But, why worry about that? He is gone, and it is a cautionary tale for others…as Whitney Houston said,,,,Crack is wack. NBC New York goes into more detail…
DJ AM, the celebrity disc jockey who publicly acknowledged his history of drug addiction and had filmed a reality show in which he offered to help other addicts, was found dead in his SoHo apartment Friday afternoon. He was 36.
DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, was found on his stomach in his bed wearing sweatpants and no shirt. When cops rolled him over, they found a near-empty bag of crack stuck to his chest, a police source told the Daily News today. Police would not confirm to NBCNewYork that the bag of crack was stuck to Goldstein’s body, however.
The New York Medical Examiner’s Office has begun to perform an autopsy on DJ AM, but it’s not known when results will be released, according to TMZ.com. The details of his demise are still unclear, but police sources said investigators are looking into the possibility of a drug overdose, as drug paraphernalia was found nearby.
A crack pipe and multiple bottles of prescription pills, including anti-anxiety drug Xanax, were found in his apartment, law-enforcement sources told the News. Officially, there is no criminaility suspected.
Fighting drug addiction is no shit…people get caught up in that quick….too bad he was like pookie…
It be callin me mann....! That Rock aint nothing to fool around with...
The Taoism (Daoism) of R. Kelly: How Rihanna, Chris Brown and Aaliyah share a connection
August 26, 2009
I was driving home last night after a long first day with the students and a coaches meeting after school at 6. The meeting was scheduled just enough to not really allow me to go home and spend any significant time, without having to leave to come back for the meeting. The meeting was actually okay, because they served dinner (which was just pasta, salad and desert, but it was really good and the desert, which I didn’t have looked outstanding) and they gave us some free gear, which I like, except the part that it looks like we are (New coaching shirt, T-shirts and mock turtlenecks) repping Adidas this year from Nike last year. But, free is free and the gear looks good.
On my way back, I was listening to a mixtape (on CD of course, as who still has a tape player?….even though I still have some actual mixtapes) and on this tape it had the remix of Every Girl, featuring R. Kelly. Here is a sample of his lines… (flip the script for more) Read the rest of this entry »
Shopping can KILL! Woman dies under piles of purchases
July 29, 2009
With this economy, you have heard of the various excuses. People are robbing because of stress. You know that we have talked about the stress that led to the death of Steve McNair by Sahel Kazemi. She felt the crunch of money woes and made the decision to end it all. We also talked about Octo-hole, who is pimping her kids to make ends meet.
Each of us has a mechanism that we use to get away from the pressures of life. Whether we rob banks, or smoke crack, there is some method that will allow us to get through the tough times. For this woman, she used shopping to fulfill her needs. I think that she more than met her needs…she is proof that its possible to have too much of a good thing…
Shopaholic died under purchases
Miss Cunnane’s friend said she had been a compulsive shopper for yearsThe body of an elderly shopaholic was found underneath a pile of clothing and other items after she died of natural causes, an inquest heard.
Joan Cunnane’s bungalow was so crammed with purchases it took five visits to the house before she was found.
She had refused to let her friends into the house in Heaton Mersey, Stockport Magistrates’ Court was told.
Her friend Roy Moran said the 77-year-old started shopping to escape youths who once plagued her home.
Mr Moran told the court: “She said it gave her pleasure to buy things, she only bought things she really liked.”
Mr Moran last saw his friend on Christmas Day 2008 when they had lunch together.
‘Substantial pile’
He visited her bungalow in Rosgill Close four days later and found the side door ajar, but the premises was stacked from floor to ceiling with “bric-a-brac”.
“He couldn’t see her anywhere and got no response,” said coroner John Pollard.
Mr Moran said he visited Miss Cunnane’s house on three occasions without seeing her.
Concerned neighbours called police on 6 January but the first search of her bungalow was unsuccessful because of “the large amount of personal property and papers within”, Det Insp Kevin Dolan said in a statement.
Police returned the next day with a truck and a skip to clear it out and conduct a second search.
Det Insp Dolan said Ms Cunnane’s body was found in a bedroom “under a substantial pile of clothing and other items”.
Pathologist Philip Lumb said Miss Cunnane died as a result of bronchial pneumonia, and also had cancer.
Coroner Mr Pollard recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
Can her rightful aires take some of the things back and get full credit? Too soon…” The grim reaper mande his visit.
Amanda Rodrigues kills Arturo Gatti: Is this a message to stay away from the young box?
July 13, 2009
Arturo,
I wish you read the blog. I tried to warn you. This was the most recent warning. Now, you are not the president, but you are famous, and for some reason, fame makes some young women go crazy. Ask Steve McNair about that.
Now you are dead, which is why you can ask Steve about it and compare notes. Where did you go wrong? How could it have been avoided? Those are the questions I am left wondering. ESPN.com gives the sobering news about a crazy young woman who killed Gotti. Making the story worse is that its his wife who is the prime suspect.
SAO PAULO — Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.
Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions in her interrogation and presented a formal accusation against her. Prosecutors will later decide whether she will be charged.
However, various media reports said Rodrigues had already been charged with the murder.
Rodrigues, who denies any involvement in her husband’s death, was the first to find the slain boxer’s body early Saturday inside the vacation apartment they were renting at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil, police said.
The former junior welterweight champion was apparently strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found at the scene with blood stains, said Milena Saraiva, a spokeswoman for the Pernambuco state civil police. She told The Associated Press that the Canadian also sustained a head injury.
Police said Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours inside the residence without noticing that Gatti was already dead.
Now, this is where I blame Keith Norfleet, since he didn’t do the Sahel Kazemi murder, but with Facebook you’re everywhere in no time….
But, with further reflections, I remember the fact that some Brazilians are crazy. Remember Ugueth Urbina? He was a relief pitcher in MLB from 1995 to 2005. Wikipedia explains why he is kinda relevent…
On November 7, 2005, Urbina was arrested by Venezuelan authorities on a charge of attempted murder for an incident that occurred a few weeks earlier, on October 16.[1] Urbina attacked five farm workers on his property whom he had accused of stealing a gun. The pitcher tried to injure them both with a machete and also attempted to pour gasoline on them. On March 28, 2007, Urbina was convicted of attempted murder.[2] Additional charges included illegal deprivation of liberty and violating a prohibition against taking justice into his own hands. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison.[2]
Yeah, he is Venezuelan, but the bigger point is some of those South Americans are crazy…he knows how to do things big. Machetes and gas is gangsta…I bet the help won’t be bathing in his pool again…
Relationship problems are intrinsic to marriage. the key is finding a way to work it out. If you can’t, then get a divorce. Move on. That is life as we know it, where 50 percent of marriages end up in divorce. But, you don’t have to kill the person to make it happen. Just leave…walk away.
See, that is how you send a message. She might be mad as hell, but you can get away and laugh...
This is why you get up and leave, knowing you are going to be taken care of.
Rodrigues told police she had a fight with Gatti after dinner Friday night and he pushed her to the ground during the altercation, causing her to sustain minor injuries to her elbow and chin. She told authorities Gatti was drunk and that a third party likely committed the crime after he went to the apartment by himself.
Witnesses had reported to police that the couple fought and that Gatti was drunk.
Authorities were told the couple was extremely jealous of each other and that Gatti constantly complained about her clothing when she traveled to Brazil, Saraiva said.
Acelino “Popo” Freitas, a four-time world champion Brazilian boxer, told Globo TV’s Web site on Saturday that he was a close friend of Gatti and his wife and that he “knew they were having some sort of problem and were about to separate.”
They had planned to spend one month in Brazil on vacation.
When others on the outside see that things are not going well, it’s time to start working on the parachute plan. The writing is on the wall. Why go on vacation with someone you are about to separate from?
This is why you will be missed. You were a bleeder, but that never got into the way of you throwing hammers. You fought valiantly, in the face of long odds, where other boxers would have given up long ago.
Clearly, in much better times...
Some people, like TJ Simers point to the bloodlust that we get from the fights. There is something primitive that the fights tapped into. The blood represented the amount of pain and suffering that Gatti was willing to go though to give it his all.
See TJ, I respect this. He is willing to go hell or high water to get the job done. A paper cut would put you out for writing your article, but the blood doesnt stop Arturo...
John Gotti was the Telfon Don, but Arturo Gatti really proved toughness in the ring. The only thing sticking to Gatti is a legacy of big fights…
Now we have people drawing cartoons making fun of the "look"
You know that black men are about to become an endangered species if we don’t learn to keep our hands to ourselves…
niggas have been killed for less President....while you are not Emmitt Till, they still want to hang you
Now, I know it’s not like that, but lets keep it that way.
Where are the jumpoffs like this?
Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby... He was 60 and she was 26
JFK and Judith Exner...Mafia gal...
Even this chick…
Remember, it wasn't her, it was Linda Tripp who spilled the beans...Cigar anyone?
or this? (NSFW) picture of Marilyn Monroe after the jump
While the answer can be both, the Steve McNair tragedy proves that pimping aint easy. When you are trying to balance a business, a family man persona to the media and fans and pimp, something has to give. Usually is it the family first, as happened in this situation. The Associated Press is reporting that Mechelle McNair had zero clue that Steve was carrying on an affair behind her back.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An associate said Wednesday that the wife of ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair didn’t know about Sahel Kazemi before the 20-year-old woman was found dead alongside her husband on the Fourth of July.
McNair, 36, was shot four times in what the medical examiner has said is likely a murder-suicide, though police haven’t confirmed that Kazemi was responsible.
Mike Mu, who has worked with McNair’s charitable foundation for years, said Mechelle McNair “didn’t know who this girl is.”
Mechelle McNair, who has not spoken publicly since the shooting, has been described by people close to her as being very upset and distraught. Agent Bus Cook said McNair’s wife was “in and out” of it in the hours after the shooting.
Now, not to sound callous, but when done correctly, the spouse or supposed loved one is the last to know about these things. To hide the affair had to be a lot of work and strain on Steve McNair. History has to count of something and some of the reason behind the motive might have been that things were not progressing fast enough for Sahel Kazemi.
First, we have the initial reports that the gun was hers, purchased on Thursday, the same day that she was popped for DUI. Second, we have a story in the Seattle Times that the facts all line up to a murder/suicide.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s state medical examiner said Tuesday that investigators have been hesitant to conclude Steve McNair’s girlfriend killed the former quarterback and herself because she didn’t appear to have a motive. But he added that murder-suicide is the most likely scenario.
After the couple was discovered shot to death Saturday, police were quick to label McNair’s death a homicide. McNair, 36, had been shot twice in the head and twice in the chest.
Meanwhile, 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi was dead from a single gunshot to the head. Under her body was a gun police say she purchased Thursday.
Investigators were waiting on ballistics tests on the weapon before issuing a ruling on Kazemi’s death, which medical examiner Bruce Levy said could come in the next few days.
Kazemi’s gun purchase, revealed Monday, is a strong indication she was responsible, Levy said.
Let me help with the motive, the one thing that seems to be slowing up the case. Steve McNair is a successful community and national icon that took an interest in a 19-20 year old young woman. He took her on vacations and bought her an Escalade. She told people that she was in love and that Steve was going to divorce his wife.
Then, the dream starts to die, piece by piece. On LiveSteez, today they write that Steve stood her up in Las Vegas.
As days pass, details of the murder/suicide of the former Tennessee Titan quarterback, Steve McNair, and his mistress Sahel Kazemi, continue to surface. The latest speculation is, McNair seemed to have wanted to pull away from the affair.
Just two weeks ago, Kazemi and McNair planned a trip to Las Vegas. Kazemi, 20, flew from Tennessee to Nevada to meet McNair, but he never arrived, reports Florida Times Union.
Soheyla Kazemi, sister of McNair’s mistress, said she was concerned about the age difference between her sister and the former quarterback but “she never listened to nobody.”
As you know, what happens in Vegas, is supposed to stay in Vegas. But, what happens if that time never happens? Anger and resentment start to build. The anger continues later when you are out drinking with Steve (illegally, might I add since the drinking age is 21 in the U.S.) and he asks you to drive.
You get pulled over and arrested for DUI. Now, I am not sure if you really were smoking marijuana, but for some inexplicable reason, you feel the need to tell the police officer that you were doing that. Forgive me for getting off topic, but why cop to something that is illegal to try to get out of something that is illegal too? Its called Driving under the Influence….which includes driving under the influence of weed, or other drugs. I went to FindLaw to research the law in Tennessee.
| Code Section | 39-17-401, et seq. |
| Possession | Possession or casual exchange of: Less than .5 oz.: Class A misdemeanor and attendance at drug offender school and minimum $250 fine; Casual exchange to a minor from an adult 2 yrs. his senior and adult knows minor is a minor: felony; Subsequent offense: $500 minimum; Third: $750 minimum; Two or more prior convictions, then Class E felony; 20 plants to 99 plants: Class C felony, fined up to $100,000. |
So, according to the law, you were in trouble regardless. After watching Steve drive off in a taxi, and you in a black and white, you start to stew. You see your carefully planned future going down the drain. Even though he comes to bail you out, see feel some distance in his behavior towards you.
Time passes. You get antsy. Steve hasn’t called you back and you begin to worry that he is going to stay with his wife and not go through the divorce. Sahel thought that they were going to get married. The NY Post explains the Adulterer’s Playbook, used by many men and women. Here, they give the way that Steve tailored it to his liking.
The two met at a local Dave & Buster’s restaurant — where Kazemi worked and McNair often took his family.
“He started to talk to her a little,” Salmani said. “They exchanged phone numbers and started dating from there.
“That’s why she was like, ‘OK, now you’re divorcing. We can date,’ ” Salmani said.
Aaron said yesterday that McNair and Kazemi had had a “dating relationship” for months.
Kazemi had been arrested Thursday night for allegedly driving intoxicated in Nashville. She was pulled over in a 2007 Cadillac Escalade registered to her and McNair, who also was in the SUV.
He bailed out Kazemi — who had told cops she was high, not drunk.
She was mad and there is proof of that. A neighbor of Sahel tells the Post that the last time she was seen, she was storming off in the Escalade.
One of Kazemi’s neighbors told The Post that McNair “wasn’t hiding” his relationship with the petite beauty, who openly called him her “boyfriend.”
She said Kazemi occasionally would be dropped off at her residence at 3 a.m. by a limo. Debra Bacher, who moved into the apartment directly below Kazemi’s on Wednesday, said, “I saw her Thursday night when she left out of here between 9 and 10 [o'clock]. It’s like she was mad, and she just slammed off in that” Escalade.
Bacher said she never again saw the Escalade, which cops said was sitting outside McNair’s condo when he got home early Saturday.
Police said they know that before he arrived home that morning, he had visited two local watering holes: the Blue Moon Lagoon and Loser’s Bar and Grill.
Clearly, Steve needed some time to think. He might have ducked some of her calls, leading to the frustration that she might have felt. The gun was a way to keep them together. It probably was an impulse buy. You do have to be rather cold blooded or really emotionally wounded to put two in the dome and two in the chest to anyone who is not directly attacking you. When he finally went back to the condo after a night of drinking with friends, there was hell to pay. (unfortunately he literally had to pay)
The reason why people have affairs in the first place is to escape their current situation. The fantasy in the other relationship makes the grass seem greener on the other side. For Steve McNair, it was green enough for him to make the decision to step outside his marital bounds. But, when faced with grief from another source, you can see why he might have wanted to break it off. Hell, if I am going to get yelled at, why not get it at home?
Breaking up is hard to do; in this case, it might have cost Steve McNair his life.
