Sued Over Alleged Assault – Pittsburgh Steelers Santonio Holmes
As if the Pittsburgh Steelers needed more problems right now, USA Today reports: Santonio Holmes gets slapped with a civil suit for assault. True, it isn’t a criminal case, which could mean there was a lack of evidence to proceed there, but it’s enough to get the blue collar fans of the Steel City upset. Word is star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will not be taking part in the team’s offseason workout program as he is facing possible criminal sexual assault charges; star wide receiver Santonio Holmes throwing his drink at Anshonoe Mills may seem insignificant by contrast, but there’s no doubt the Pittsburgh Steelers could do better without any of these distractions.
Santonio Holmes – who needs a catcher when you’re a drink thrower?
According to Anshonoe Mills, on March 7, in the VIP area of the Rain Night Club in Orlando, Florida, Santonio Holmes “ordered her to get up” off couch. After what appeared to be a musical chairs-style scuffle, Santonio Holmes, according to Mills, then threw his drink right in her face and she received a cut from the broken glass. Whether she needed instant cash loans to pay an ER bill is unclear, but Mills does claim that Holmes and the Orlando PD tried to get her not to press charges. Santonio Holmes supposedly even offered Mills an undisclosed amount of money for her silence, which may have increased the potential need to obtain help from payday lenders.
A trouble man, from Super Bowl XLIII MVP
This is not the first Pittsburgh Steelers embarrassment Santonio Holmes has caused, neither is this the first time he’s gotten in trouble with the law. The wide receiver has been charged with marijuana possession in the past, and the cherry on the sundae is the Santonio Holmes nude photos that made the rounds online in 2008. Of the latest alleged incident between Holmes and Anshonoe Mills, no comment has been released from the Holmes camp, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
In the history of the Steelers – how will they be viewed?
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Rooney family have a long and storied history of success. The Rooney family is one of character, and while the on-the-field, take-no-prisoners war conducted by players like Jack Lambert was tolerated, it’s players like Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes that brings quite an embarrassing and galling feeling regarding the team.
Obviously, the media spotlight during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ heyday of the 1970s is quite different than what it is today. If Bleachers Report and TMZ were present then, maybe Pittsburgh fans would have a very different view of their sports heroes today. Neither Ben Roethlisberger nor Santonio Holmes has been convicted of late, but the air of bad decision-making plainly stinks.
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