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Quote : | "LOS ANGELES -- ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti has been arrested on a felony charge in Los Angeles.
Officer Norma Eisenman says the 51-year-old Mariotti was arrested early Saturday in the police department's Pacific Division following a "domestic incident." Eisenman declined to provide further details.
The Sheriff's Department website confirms Mariotti was booked on an undisclosed felony charge at 5:45 a.m.
He was released on $50,000 bail just after noon Saturday.
ESPN spokesperson Josh Krulewitz said, "We've just learned of it and are looking into it," declining further comment.
Mariotti lives in Los Angeles. He is a panelist on the ESPN show "Around the Horn" and writes a regular column for the sports website Fanhouse.com, which is owned by AOL.
He was a longtime columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.
FanHouse editor-in-chief Scott Ridge said, "We are in the process of gathering the facts, and we have no further comment at this time."" |
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5481872
Didn't even know about this until ATH just took him to the woodshed for it. I'm surprised they talked about it, but no one (Blackistone, Ryan, and obviously Paige) had a kind word to say about him. Hopefully this will keep him off ESPN and out of the media for good. What a tool.
[Edited on August 30, 2010 at 5:34 PM. Reason : link] 8/30/2010 5:34:29 PM
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Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Førte arrested for posting a story nine days old 8/30/2010 5:35:32 PM
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Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
^
[Edited on August 30, 2010 at 5:36 PM. Reason : x] 8/30/2010 5:36:17 PM
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vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
ebert ripped him apart over it
even more than when he ripped him apart for quitting the sun-times 8/30/2010 5:44:21 PM
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V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
i hated that overconfident assclown anyhow
good riddance 8/30/2010 5:49:29 PM
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Sweden All American 12283 Posts user info edit post |
fuck him
keep his ass locked up 8/30/2010 5:53:47 PM
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ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy bigger asshat. 8/30/2010 5:56:00 PM
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Konami All American 10855 Posts user info edit post |
damn. would've liked to catch ATH today to hear what was said 8/30/2010 6:32:42 PM
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ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
I just listened to today's ATH podcast and I don't think they ripped him that bad. They each said they were sad/sorry it happened but they also each said they weren't surprised at all the negative reaction from people. 8/30/2010 6:32:50 PM
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BJCaudill21 Not an alcoholic 8015 Posts user info edit post |
how the fuck is AOL still a company 8/30/2010 9:31:35 PM
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V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
old people 8/31/2010 2:58:40 PM
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daddywill88 All American 710 Posts user info edit post |
I keep hearing about this story but I haven't heard any facts on the "domestic indecent." Where are the juicy details TWW? 8/31/2010 3:10:11 PM
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jocristian All American 7524 Posts user info edit post |
Here's to Greg Doyel being next. Real life trolls are even less funny than internet ones. 8/31/2010 3:12:44 PM
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Turnip All American 5425 Posts user info edit post |
^^ http://deadspin.com/5619582/jay-mariotti-domestic-dispute-witness-he-grabbed-her-by-the-hair
![](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2010/08/500x_jaymar_01.jpg)
Quote : | "The woman, seen in this photo taken last May at a bar in Santa Monica, is Jay Mariotti's girlfriend, the one involved in the alleged domestic disturbance early Saturday morning. The eyewitness who called the cops on Mariotti gives us his report.
This individual, who wishes not to be identified, was parked in his car, picking up his girlfriend outside the Air apartment complex on the corner of Rose Avenue and Ocean Front Walk. He made the call to the cops at 3:13 a.m. Saturday. This is a summary of the details he told them, which he shared with us.
"I was down there, outside across the street in my car picking up a girl at the end of the night. While i waited i saw a couple having an argument. I first thought it was a bad blind date that was having a kiss goodbye stalemate...but as i watched it unfold I could tell something bad was going to go down. It got heated fast. He was boxing her out every time she tried to get around him. He was d-ing her up like Gary Payton. He mirrored every side step she made. When my girl got in the car i told her we had to wait to make sure he didn't do anything to the woman. I honked my horn at one point as to say "Hey someone is here watching you" as an escalation deterrent and once that didn't work i was pretty sure the cops were going to be needed.
"She punched her code to get into the lobby of her building...and when she did that he fired the door open and followed her in..and that's when it began. Lucky for me her lobby was a giant glass one so i could continue to see everything that was going on when they went inside."
This is the lobby:
![](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2010/08/thumb160x_airscreen.jpg)
"She sat on a couch and he grabbed her by the hair and whipped her around a bit — ripped something out of her ear and shoved her around. With those actions I told my girl to call the cops and i went to the trunk of my cart to get my black wiffle ball bat to try and put the fear of god in him...but before i could do so he fired her into the elevator and they disappeared. Being the resourceful guy I am, I went up to the door and found out what floor they stopped at so i could relay that info to the cops. I'll tell you this much. the guy has a serious rage problem...[H]e was ripping stuff off the walls and firing it in the lobby too. some papers or something. i guess to show how macho he was."
Oh and there's this: Around The Horn is not filming this week, but ESPN is currently reviewing the situation before they make a formal announcement. But, as both Sports By Brooks and SI have already told you, word out of Bristol is that he's gone. Chances are probably good that he's written his last Fanhouse column as well — but maybe they'll let him do a farewell one to condemn his own actions as stridently as he's written about others in similar situations." |
8/31/2010 7:13:45 PM
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Wolfman Tim All American 9654 Posts user info edit post |
-2 pts 8/31/2010 8:34:56 PM
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kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
^winner 8/31/2010 8:40:43 PM
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j_sun All American 9198 Posts user info edit post |
sure, this oughta scare em...
![](http://www.learntocatchcatfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Whiffle-Ball-Bat.jpg) 8/31/2010 11:31:15 PM
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bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Mariotti is 51? That is news! 8/31/2010 11:41:09 PM
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timbo All American 1003 Posts user info edit post |
And just like that, my TV commentator career was over. 9/2/2010 5:51:11 PM
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Førte All American 23525 Posts user info edit post |
3 years probation according to the bottom line for the prissy little bitch 9/30/2010 11:11:50 PM
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justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27566 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "He was d-ing her up like Gary Payton" |
LOL 10/1/2010 10:02:42 PM
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dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
BTTT http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/espn-personality-jay-mariotti-charged-with-felony-stalking-and-assault-after-allegedly-confronting-ex-girlfriend.html
ahaha 5/11/2011 7:46:29 PM
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Førte All American 23525 Posts user info edit post |
dont drop the soap! 5/11/2011 7:54:35 PM
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fenway All American 3135 Posts user info edit post |
That's an insanely old picture on that article. 5/11/2011 8:00:00 PM
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dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
what's kellerman up to these days 5/11/2011 8:02:36 PM
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AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I never actually saw ATH with Kellerman. Just seen it on Youtube a few times.
Reali is way better. 5/12/2011 1:19:43 AM
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thegoodlife3 All American 39108 Posts user info edit post |
^^ HBO Boxing 5/12/2011 1:32:48 AM
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Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35773 Posts user info edit post |
i dont make it home in time to watch ATH anymore. Did Mariotti ever return after the first arrest? 5/12/2011 8:39:29 AM
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Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
the few times I've watched it this year, I haven't seen him on there- which I thought was weird...
then again, this is the first I'm hearing of this arrest too ![](images/beatup.gif) 5/12/2011 8:55:43 AM
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Jabbo All American 1285 Posts user info edit post |
^^ ESPN announced he would not be on anymore after he was arrested. 5/12/2011 9:39:14 AM
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AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
The other hosts killed him too when news of the arrest was announced. It would be pretty awkward. 5/12/2011 11:24:32 AM
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V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy bigger asshat." |
[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 10:23 AM. Reason : .] 5/17/2011 10:22:36 AM
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