
This is bad news for any number of reasons, least of which are the potential football-related implications: according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Steelers linebacker James Harrison was charged earlier today with "slapping his girlfriend across the face and breaking her cell phone in half."
The couple had argued and Tibbott locked herself in the bedroom, the affidavit stated. She was attempting to call 911, when Harrison broke through the door, took her phone, slapped her in the face and knocked off her glasses. Police said she had red marks on her left cheek. Tibbott told police she was afraid of Harrison, the affidavit said.Harrison, who was also part of the Super Bowl XL winning team, admitted that he had argued with his girlfriend and went all "Hulk" on her bedroom door before slapping her. Obviously, it's never a good idea for a man to put his hands on a woman -- no matter what she does -- and in addition to the legal issues, Harrison will have to face consequences not only from the Steelers, known for maintaining a squeaky-clean image (Dan Rooney used his mulligan on Bam Morris), but from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has shown very little tolerance for law breakers.
Harrison is charged with one count each of simple assault and criminal mischief. He was arraigned yesterday before District Judge Carla Swearingen and released with a nonmonetary bond.
Harrison replaced Joey Porter last season and made his first Pro Bowl appearance in February. The former undrafted free agent was cut on four previous occasions before finally sticking in Pittsburgh for good in 2004.
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3-09-2008 @ 5:12AM
Jay Lundry said...
I guess that's were you and I disagree Wilson. If some bitch tries hurting me in ANY way, I have no problem knocking her into a wall. Is it the first option, no, but it's still an option.
However, as for Harrison, he has too much to lose and should try walking away and working out the problem later after he cools down.
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3-09-2008 @ 6:13AM
silkeyna said...
This is just one more reason why I have no more respect for our "fine" athletes. They think they can do anything they want to and get away with it. She was locked in the bedroom, he should have LEFT!
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3-09-2008 @ 6:46AM
Beverly said...
JAY LUNDRY, YOU ARE A PIECE OF GARBAGE! "KNOCKING A WOMAN INTO A WALL?" YOU DESERVE TO SPEND YOUR LIFE ALONE WITH NO WOMAN WHO REALLY LOVES YOU. PLEASE DO NOT EVER INFLICT YOURSELF ON ANY WOMAN. YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP BEFORE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN JAIL FOR "KNOCKING A WOMAN INTO A WALL," OR WORSE. WHAT A SHAMEFUL, DISHONORABLE, COWARDLY EXCUSE FOR A "MAN" YOU ARE! WHEN YOU BEGIN TO GROW OLD, YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY STRANGERS TO TAKE CARE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE A WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE WHO LOVES YOU ENOUGH TO DEVOTE HERSELF TO YOUR CARE. IT WILL BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESERVE: TO GROW OLD WITH NO SOULMATE IN THE TWILIGHT OF YOUR LIFE, TO BE LONELY WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE. SO, JUST KEEP ON WITH THE ATTITUDE YOU HAVE NOW ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK BEING A "MAN" IS, AND YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE COLD, GRAY, LONELY YEARS AHEAD OF YOU.
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3-09-2008 @ 6:53AM
c said...
I disagree with his actions, but I also think we need to remember that athletes are still people too. I'm a female and I've done my share of domestic disputes, some were my fault, some were not. I know he has money and some people think he has no worries, but how would u know if ur not in the same situation? I agree that violence is wrong in any way, and think they should get him involved in anger management or something that could help him. We just need to stop putting our athletes and other icons in this state of Godliness and remember that they r just one of us, just publicised.
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3-09-2008 @ 6:53AM
Jendarme said...
YOu're BOTH right and wrong above. But guys are NEVER "innocent until proven guilty" in THOSE situations, even if they're striking BACK, unfortunately. He shoulda walked away BECAUSE he had too much to lose, not necessarily because she didn't deserve it. I once had a chick kick in my bedroom door when I tried to "walk away" and then found she hAd ALSO thrown a pair of scissors at a table where my two cats were lying under. I never wanted to snap a chick's neck so much before in my life. But then SHE's in a win-win situation and I can only lose. Simply called the boys in blue (or tan out here) and they scared her with a threatened ride downtown in cuffs if they had to be called back. The next day, I sent her packing, while she begged to stay. THAT's win-win! (Though I really woulda enjoyed putting that scissor where the sun don't shine...where it woulda ended up IF she had HIT one of the cats!)
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3-09-2008 @ 7:11AM
Patricia Payne said...
You know there are very desturbing behaviors in our young men of today . They lack the ablilty of judging right from wrong and especially in the black race they are constantly using mother in front of the F. word which shows how they feel altomatically about their own mothers whose bore them so how can they respect women with that attitude and white men are just as bad cause they aren't taking up responcibility of making sure the family is brought up with a God fearing Father and that could be said of all races we as Americans should go back to our roots of our for fathers and then we might as a nation know how to treat one another
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3-09-2008 @ 7:32AM
DAVID said...
Was this a "bitch slap??
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3-09-2008 @ 7:32AM
Ricky whitten said...
Harrison got caught slapping his monkey last year also.
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3-09-2008 @ 7:34AM
Jendarme said...
Hey Bwana...re-read my post...I called the cops, instead of hitting her...or do you just think the woman is ALWAYS Right and the guy is always wrong--as I said--your stupidity is dangerous!!! And PEATA agrees with me, also...and thinks you're a blind/read half the post, moron!
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3-09-2008 @ 7:39AM
Jendarme said...
Oh yeah,Patrica, just men have some strange behaviors today...men like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Courtney Love, Lindsey Lohan, Amy Winehouse (and those are just some of the celebs). Oh yeah, their are no misfits among the women of the world.
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3-09-2008 @ 7:47AM
JRoche said...
I am shocked to say the least that any of the "men" here say or think that it is acceptable to hit a woman. You should be ashamed of yourself to even think something like that. Would you sit back and allow your mother to be treated that way? Would you laugh about it as you obviously are sitting back and laughing about this? I think instead of spending time answering posts like these, you should spend time in a therapists chair finding out what it is that makes you hate women.
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3-09-2008 @ 7:53AM
Jendarme said...
Women like YOU JRoche!!!
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3-09-2008 @ 8:00AM
jbt6903 said...
a womans words can hurt ten fold over a mere bitch-slap. congrats to him for holding back. ever see the guy...he could have really put a hurtin' on her!
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3-09-2008 @ 8:01AM
BeatlesCrzy69 said...
Jay Lundry--I hope someday you become some dudes' prison bitch!
Jendarme--Very good for walking away, takes a REAL man to do so! :)
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3-09-2008 @ 8:07AM
CAROL said...
HEY LUNDRY, U MUST FEEL GOOOOOOOD@@@@ WHEN U BEAT UP ON A WOMEN!ARE U A RETARD, DO U HAVE A JOB, DID U GRADUATE, WITH A DIPLOMA?? U DON"T SOUND TOO SMART, WHAT DOES IT PROVE WHEN U BEAT UP ON A WOMEN? HOW STUPID U ARE, HOW U DON"T THINK MUCH OF UR SELF? DON"T THINK U WILL AMOUNT TO MUCH? MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAID, ONLY A PUNK HIT WOMEN. GOT IT??????
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3-09-2008 @ 8:16AM
TOM said...
I WILL BET IT WAS A WHITE WOMEN BLACK WOMEN DON'T PUT UP WITH THAT CRAP. THAT IS WHY BLACK MEN LIKE WHITE WOMEN. WHITE WOMEN ARE FOOLS.
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3-09-2008 @ 8:17AM
Don said...
Hey what's the big deal, he probably only out weighs her by 150 pounds. Jeez is he brave, must be the Wheaties he has been injecting, oops eating.
Just another NFL thug. Lock them all up.
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3-09-2008 @ 8:21AM
jbt6903 said...
think she would be schtuppin' him if he was an average joe?? women can be evil...they cant help it, they were born that way!
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3-09-2008 @ 8:21AM
Txjim1953 said...
When somebody has as much physical superiority over somebody else as pro football player obviously must have over his girlfriend, if his girlfriend gave him an overpowering emotional impulse to smack her those who have never had to deal with testosterone boiling their brain will never understand, he should have slapped her butt instead of her face because hitting somebody in the head can cause a serious injury.
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3-09-2008 @ 8:24AM
Sandie said...
NOOOOOOO, he should not have hit her or broken her phone. But how about maybe she is a drama queen and screamed and yelled like a Banshee? Then said to him.....I'll get you. Do you think she would be the first little girl, notice I didn't say woman, to play this game with a pro player?
NOOOOOOOOO I don't agree with what he did, but there is more to the story.
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