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Holmes speaks for the first time since altercation on airplane

May 23, 2010 /

Jets receiver Santonio Holmes spoke to the media for the first time since he was involved in an incident aboard a plane last month in which he feels he was unfairly treated by a flight attendant.

From the New York Post:

“I just felt like I was being scrutinized just for who I am,” Holmes said. “The stewardess was not working in the back of the airplane where I was sitting. She came to the back and addressed me to take my iPod off and turn it off. I turned it off, but as she walked away she said she still heard music.

“I took my headphones off and put them to the lady next to me’s ear and said, ‘Ma’am, do you hear any music?’ She addressed, ‘No sir.’ I put my headphones back on and went to sleep and when I got off the airplane the police were standing outside waiting for me.”

Asked, because the incident occurred in Pittsburgh, where he used to play, that was why he was treated that way, Holmes said, “I honestly think it was — flying back to Pittsburgh for the first time since being here in New Jersey. She definitely was just trying to make a name for herself, because she actually was the one that went to media and reported it. Nobody else did.”

Holmes could have been completely innocent in this situation, but because of the choices he has made in the past, it’s hard to believe his side of the story. Since May of 2006, he’s been arrested for disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana, and also had a lawsuit filed against him for an incident in which he allegedly threw a glass at a woman in an Orlando nightclub.

Maybe this flight attendant did have it out for him and Holmes was a victim. But he can’t act surprised that he was scrutinized when he has been in the headlines multiple times for the wrong reasons. Sorry, but you make the bed you lie in.


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Investigators re-activate case against Holmes

April 2, 2010 /

The woman suing Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes over an incident that occurred in a nightclub in early March has changed her mind and now wants him to face criminal charges.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Anshonae Mills informed police Wednesday that she now wants the Pittsburgh Steelers receiver charged with throwing a liquor glass at her face March 7 and causing a minor injury during a dispute over a seat at the club’s VIP lounge.

“Ms. Mills came to the Orlando Police Department yesterday and wants to prosecute, and the case has been re-activated,” Orlando police Sgt. Barbara Jones said Thursday in an e-mail.

No further information was available about how investigators plan to proceed.

Police announced Tuesday that the criminal investigation had been closed because Ms. Mills would not cooperate.

Ms. Mills, 21, a senior at the University of Central Florida, filled out a handwritten statement to police on the morning of the incident refusing to prosecute the football player.

Well, if Holmes was hoping this incident would be swept under the rug, he can think again. He was probably able to sweet talk her at the scene, but there’s no doubt that somebody (a family member maybe?) talked to her afterwards and encouraged her to go through with the charges.

This seems like a he said, she said case, so Holmes may wind up avoiding any criminal action. Nevertheless, the damage has already been done, as the Steelers and the NFL can’t be thrilled that yet another player has been accused of assaulting a woman.


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Holmes’ police report doesn’t mesh with victim’s story

March 31, 2010 /

Santonio Holmes, who is facing a civil lawsuit in Florida after a woman accused him of throwing a drink at her, gave the police a different account of what happened the night he was charged than the victim did.

From ESPN.com:

Holmes told an Orlando Police Department officer that the alleged victim, Anshonae Mills, grabbed his wrist, got in his face and called him a racial name after he asked for his seat back in the VIP section of Club Rain earlier this month.

Mills, 21, told a different story in a civil lawsuit she filed last week against 26-year-old Holmes. In the lawsuit, she claimed that the Super Bowl MVP got in her face and then hit her with the glass after she refused to give up her seat.

Mills had a quarter-inch abrasion above her right eye but refused medical attention, the police report said.

Holmes denied touching Mills and said another woman threw the glass that hit Mills in the face. After both Mills and Holmes were escorted out of the nightclub, Mills asked the police officer if she could speak to Holmes alone, the police report said.

Holmes agreed to speak with her and they walked several feet away. The police officer saw Mills smiling and rubbing Holmes’ face, according to the police report.

Ever notice that when an athlete gets in trouble, they always have a fall person to take the blame? When Braylon Edwards allegedly punched a Cleveland nightclub owner last year, he claimed that somebody else in his party did it. Now that Holmes is being accused of throwing a drink on this woman, he’s claiming that somebody else did it.

I’m not saying that Holmes is guilty of anything, but it is interesting that it was always somebody else’s fault in these situations. Maybe Holmes is completely innocent, but you can smell the stink on this story from a mile away.


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Santonio Holmes also facing legal trouble

March 29, 2010 /

Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes is facing a civil lawsuit for assault and battery, according to NBC Sports.com.

The civil complaint contends that Holmes confronted plaintiff Anshonoe Mills after she refused to leave the arm of a couch in the VIP area of the Rain nightclub. Holmes allegedly “put his hand” in Mills’ face while attempting to remove her from the couch. Holmes then allegedly “threw his entire glass cup of liquor” at Mills’ face, allegedly causing a laceration below her eyebrow and “blinding her temporarily.”

She claims that, outside the club, she asked a police office to “reprimand” Holmes for his conduct. The complaint then alleges that “he” (it’s unclear whether the pronoun refers to the officer or Holmes) “proceeded to inform the plaintiff that he was an NFL football player and that he could not face criminal charges.” Mills also alleges that Holmes then “offered to give [her] money because he was a [sic] NFL star and could not get into trouble.”

Mills claims that she “felt pressure from [Holmes] and the Orlando Police Department not to press chargers,” and that while under said pressure he 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.” She claims that the Orlando Police Department failed to write a police report.

Holmes faces claims of assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The owner of the club at which the incident occurred also faces a claim for negligent failure to provide adequate protection. (Hopefully, the security tapes haven’t been covered up with new footage.) Mills seeks unspecified damages in excess of the jurisdictional minimum of $15,000.

The only thing missing here is a sentence about Holmes asking the officers, “Don’t you know who I am?” I always love when athletes say that, because it proves that some of them truly believe that they’re untouchable.

As always, let’s wait until more details emerge before we make accusations. That said, this is the absolute last thing the Steelers need with Ben Roethlisberger already steeped in controversy himself. Dan Rooney must be beside himself given that the Steelers are starting to resemble the new Bengals in terms of their players getting into legal trouble.


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