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Warren Sapp Charged With Domestic Battery

Former NFL great loses Super Bowl announcing gig after arrest

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 7, 2010 3:30 PM CST

(Newser) – Warren Sapp has made bail but won't be analyzing the Super Bowl for the NFL Network after being arrested and charged with domestic battery in the alleged choking of his girlfriend in a Miami Beach hotel. Sapp, a defensive lineman who starred at the University of Miami before playing 13 years in the NFL, posted a $1,500 bond on the misdemeanor charge, the AP reports.

The couple fought early yesterday before Sapp pushed the unidentified woman into the hall and sent her a text message saying, "You whore," according to the police report. The onetime Dancing With the Stars contestant, who played for the Buccaneers and Raiders before retiring in 2008, told officers the woman fell while getting off the couch and hurt her leg, the Miami Herald reports.

In this image released by ABC, Warren Sapp and his dance partner Kym Johnson perform on Dancing with the Stars, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, in Los Angeles.
In this image released by ABC, Warren Sapp and his dance partner Kym Johnson perform on "Dancing with the Stars," Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/ABC, Kelsey McNeal)
Former Buccaneers and Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp answers a question during an interview on radio row at the Super Bowl XLIV media center Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Former Buccaneers and Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp answers a question during an interview on radio row at the Super Bowl XLIV media center Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Former football player Warren Sapp laughs during the Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy at the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, Calif. on Sunday, March 1, 2009.
Former football player Warren Sapp laughs during the Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy at the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, Calif. on Sunday, March 1, 2009.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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GeminiMishy
Feb 8, 2010 10:29 AM CST
"If you've NEVER encountered a woman that emasculates men, then you are missing a real 'treat." Right, because its soooo much easier to simply choke her and "react in a physical manner" as your lovely counterpart seems to think then to simply leave their asses. Because NO man has ever tried to put a woman in her place, put her beneath him...oh wait, that is EXACTLY what assholes like you, ramstar, and this douche who felt like choking the women are doing. But damnit, if they do it back, strangle them. Where the fuck is the logic in that? She made me do it...bitch please...
wwwonderer
Feb 8, 2010 7:32 AM CST
AND FYI. I haven't been in relationships like this per se. BUt I have KNOWN women that don't believe their man really loves them until hep uts his hands on them. As if making them so crazy is reflective of how much they care.
wwwonderer
Feb 8, 2010 7:31 AM CST
I understand what ramstar is saying. If you haven't been there then you can't say a thing. If you've NEVER encountered a woman that emasculates men, then you are missing a real 'treat'. The nasty 'bitchy' attitude of today's women is alive and well. Acting like it's not is suspicious. If a cop says "yeah, I hate corrupt police, although I'm not one." That's very different from "Corrupt police don't exist."

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