Day 8 Updates
Update #1: Investigators: Vikes Flew in High Priced Escorts From Out of State - Now they're REALLY in trouble! Looks like the Vikings, in addition to insulting fans and lawmakers with their actions, have actually managed to disrespect local strippers and prostitutes. Minnesota police haven't said much about the charges of lewd behavior against Viking players and their guests aboard a charter cruise boat last week, except that the female "entertainment" was not local. According to police, after--I'm not making this up!--exhaustively cruising local strip clubs for witnesses, they believe that the boat babes were from Atlanta, Florida and elsewhere and apparently they worked for a high-class escort or call girl service that caters to professional athletes. Their investigation also mentions that many of the teenaged crewmembers originally thought the young ladies with large chests were players' wives and girlfriends and were completely caught off-guard when the sex-scapades started. (KRT)
Update #2: Were Are the Pictures???? Crewmembers of the SS Horndog say that passengers took pictures of at least two sex acts as other partygoers "watched and cheered." Also in at least one instance, while two strippers were performing with a sex toy, other passengers were "shouting directions as to what things they wanted to see." (Star Tribune) Do you have copies of the Vikings "Love Boat" Cruise? BadJocks is willing to pay $10.00 (American) for EACH picture, no questions asked. Drop us an email and we'll talk . . . right after we talk to our lawyers.
Update #2: Too Little, Too Late? Coach Tice says he will be cracking down on tardiness, rule breakers. Sure you are Mike . . . right after you win that Super Bowl.
Update #3: A Three Hour Cruise? BadJocks has not one, but TWO parody songs about this incident sung to the famous "Gilligan's Island" theme. The first one is from our buddies Gomez and Dave at WTKW in Syracuse. Click to hear that one. (both are MP3s) The other one is from morning team of Greg & Cheryl at KS95 in Minneapolis Click to hear that one. Anyone else got one they'd like to post?
Update #4: Smoot's Agent Said He Had Nothing to Do With Arranging Event - Despite the fact that Stephen Doyle, an attorney representing the boats' owners, has said repeatedly that cornerback Fred Smoot paid for one of the cruises last Thursday on Lake Minnetonka, Smoot's agent, Bus Cook, refuted Doyle's claims. "Fred Smoot did not pay for this boat trip in any way," Cook said. "He didn't write a check for it. He didn't put it on his credit card. He did not pay money in any regard for this trip." Yet, despite numerous complaints about being named as the ringleader of this mess, Smoot still has not hired an attorney to clear his name, only that he is "looking into it." Any legal eagles out there what to represent Mr. Smoot in his slander lawsuit? Anyone think you'd have a case? (ABC News)
EARLIER STORIES ABOUT THE VIKINGS SEX SCANDAL BELOW

Mascot Madness: Lamest Mascot You've Ever Seen Banned From Match After Scratching Referee With Real Antlers - Rory the Stag, a mascot for the New Zealand town of Wairarapa-Bush's rugby team was banned after an on-field antler incident. According to team officials (who should be more concerned that putting a dead animal head on over a pair of sweatpants looks more like a drunken frat party prank than an a professional mascot) Rory's antlers "accidentally" caught an official in the face during a heated semifinal against Buller, leaving the poor referee to seek medical attention for several scratches. And, to make matters worse, as Rory left the field he was seen making an obscene gesture with one of his hooves. (NZ Herald)

Naughty Cheerleader Update: HS Cheerleaders Suspended for Season After Drunken Party in the Woods - Kids: Rule #1 if you're going to have a drunken tent party in the woods: If you take pictures of the event, be sure to take the camera with you when you're done! Late last week we mentioned that ten cheerleaders at Masconomet Regional High School in Boxford have been suspended from cheering for the football team. Now we know why: a Boxford resident was walking in the woods last week came upon the tent and discovered a camera that was left behind. On the camera were pictures of a night filled with " booze-fueled hijinks" according to local police who added, "Some of the pictures apparently (showed) a party at someone's house and alcohol cans are visible. Some of the girls in the pictures are cheerleaders and were disciplined.'' (Boston Herald) Thanks to Flatbed for the link!

Pictures of Drunk Kyle Orton? A new sports website claims to have pictures of the Chicago Bears starting QB boozing it up at a local bar when he went back to Iowa during the team's bye week last week. Apparently, if it is Kyle, he likes Jack Daniels and also seems to have a little bit of a problem keeping the booze in his mouth. Oh, and there's also a picture of him giving the bird. No NFL rules against that, right? (DeadSpin)

Vikings "Love Boat" Scandal Update #1: Naughty Vikings Thought They Were in "International Waters" - One source is telling BadJocks that a Vikings player aboard the boat thought they would be immune from legal prosecution for their actions because the boat was, "In international waters." When told that Lake Minnetonka was nowhere near international waters (12 miles out into the ocean) the player's response was reportedly one word: "Sh*t!" (Thanks to our buddies Karlson and McKenzie for the tip!)
Update #2: Source Says Misdemeanor Charges of Lewd Behavior Could Be Filed Against Players Within a Week! - How bad was it about the SS Horndog? The captain had to step around people who were having sex on the floor of the boat and at that point decided it wouldn't be safe out in the middle of the lake like that, so they turned back. Stephen Doyle, the company's attorney said, "It was a petrifying scene.'' Doyle went on to say that the investigation into the party is now focused on finding dozens of pictures taken on board. Said Doyle, "Members of the entourage that were on both boats took enormously detailed photographs of a variety of sexual acts." According to sources, many of the Viking star players attended the party, including quarterback Daunte Culpepper. Ironically, while this incident was going on, team owners and upper management were at a two-day retreat in Chaska, Minn and spent a great deal of time talking about team conduct. Has anyone seen the list of involved players names online? Drop us an email at BadJocks@Yahoo.com. (Sun Times, WCCO-TV)
BONUS: Top 10 Vikings-Related Puns/Double Entendres You'll See This Week
Update #3: Actions of Players Could Threaten Stadium Deal - Public funding for a new $780 million stadium for the NFL franchise could be in trouble now if allegations of player nautical sex-scapades turn out to be true. According to one local political science professor, "When you think of supplicants for public money, you don't think of yacht orgy-ists as having a good argument." (Pioneer Press)
Earlier: Coach Tice 'Not Happy' With Sex Party Report, Players Deny Allegations But Cops Still Investigating - The Minnesota Vikings were having enough trouble on the field this season that they didn't need an off-the-field incident like what has been brewing over the past few days, and Coach Mike Tice is not happy at all adding "It doesn't make things any simpler." Closer to the epicenter of the storm is cornerback Fred Smoot, who was named by Stephen Doyle, an attorney representing the boats' owners, as one of two players who paid for the rentals . . . and he's looking to sue someone's ass. Said Smoot, "They're killing my name. Point blank. Somebody's going to have to pay for it." Meanwhile a TV reporter claims to have gotten his hands on a list of names of the 16 or so other Vikings who were in attendance at the party that included free safety Darren Sharper's name on it. When asked, all Sharper would say is, "Somebody must have lied." When asked about allegations of sex on the cruise, running back Mewelde Moore, who was also allegedly onboard one of the boats, responded, "Sex? What are you talking about, is that what? Man, what are you talking about? That's crazy. Sex?" More bad news: even if the cops don't find anything illegal that went on, the way the NFL's personal conduct policy is written, the players involved could face fines or other punishments even if they didn't break the law. (WCCO) At right, a picture of one of the ships allegedly rented by Viking players from Al and Alma's on Lake Minnetonka. 
EARLIER: Lawyer Claims Minnesota Vikings Boat Cruise Featured Nudity, Lap Dances, and "Sexual Acts With Toys in the Middle of the Floor" - Either the Vikings really know how to throw a party or the owners of a lake cruise company have some pretty wild imaginations. Details are just now surfacing about an alleged "traditional team event" that took place last Thursday night on Lake Minnetonka aboard two boats chartered from a place called Al and Alma's, by cornerback Fred Smoot and another Vikings player. According to Stephen Doyle, a lawyer representing the the charter company, the cruise quickly evolved from a simple event with 16 to 17 players in attendance to an out-of-control party that included lap dances and sexual acts. In fact, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department is investigating allegations of criminal sexual conduct by several Vikings players after a woman--who claimed she was working as a hostess on the ship--called police making allegations of "possible prostitution, drugs and live sex acts" on the two boats. Doyle got more specific than that: 
"They were out for a bit, and then the crew was serving drinks and hors d'oeuvres and stuff. I think the first thing they noticed was some of the women that were on board seemed to be either changing clothes or undressing. And then they went into a galley, and there were three of them in the nude that were changing clothes. That was followed by them coming out and some of them doing lap dances.... That's where it started, and then it just progressed to just bizarre."
At that point Doyle claimed the crew reported what was happening to the captain of each boat who called the home base and were told to come back in. That's when things got really out of hand:
"Some of the Vikings are yelling at the waiters and waitresses... and wanting drinks faster and trying to take over parts of the bar, trying to pour their own drinks.... It's just really bizarre, bad, terrible behavior. Like I said, these kids are petrified. They're afraid for their own safety. There are people doing sexual acts with toys in the middle of the floor. They're on a boat here, having to walk around and serve a drink, afraid to stop serving drinks because they're afraid that people will hurt them. It's just really unacceptable what they did -- the arrogance and the rudeness and all of those things combined. They get them into the dock and eventually get off the boat. We're talking about a scene with used condoms on the boats laying around, handy wipes used by the women laying around, drinks thrown and poured in places. It's amazing."
When contacted, Smoot not only denied the charges but went on to say that "It's slanderous. If (Doyle is) bringing my name up like this, I'm going to sue them. Other than that, I ain't got nothing else to say." We really expect things to start heating up for the Vikes when the names of some of the other players start popping up. (Monterey Herald) Thanks to James Hudson for the link!
BADJOCKS FLASHBACK - Anyone else remember the allegations of sexual assault against several former Vikings at a team charity event in 2003 called the Artic Blast? One of those accused, former Viking Ted Brown, is just now going to trial!

BadJocks Mentioned in Sports Illustrated Column - Columnist Mark Bechtel mentioned this site in Wednesday's column for our story about the HS kid accused of streaking who had pictures of his naked hinder taken to have an expert prove he didn't do it. Who took the evidence pictures? His mom, of course. (see full story below.) Bechtel calls it "the funniest thing I read all week" and says the kid should have just taken his three days suspension. Glad we could bring a smile to your face Mark!

HS QB's Father Punches Student After Kid Runs Across Field During Game Wearing Nothing But a Cape and Purple Underwear - Alex Grunenwald missed an extra point during D.C. Everest High School's homecoming game against Merrill last weekend and his father, Bobby thought it may have had something to do with a student running out onto the field during the kick wearing nothing but a cape, shoes and purple underwear. So, dad did what most parents would do in that situation, he ran over and allegedly grabbed the semi-streaker and punched him in the mouth. Bobby Grunenwald spent the weekend in jail and faces charges of child abuse and disorderly conduct. (Wausau Daily)

#148! Female B-Ball Coach Accused of Lesbian Relationship With 14-Year-Old Player - Lauren Stewart, 29, head coach of the Nazareth Area High School (PA) freshman girls' basketball team has been arrested after allegedly having an intimate relationship with a 14-year-old member of her team.(6ABC)

Youth Football Coach Had Hit List? During a football game on October 3, 11-year-old James Morris shattered his wrist after scoring a touchdown and then being intentionally tripped by an opposing player. Poor sportsmanship or something more sinister? Some parents are now claiming that one of the coaches in the Leesburg, Florida league, Jeff Bennett, has reportedly put together a hit list of players he wants his team to knock out of games. According to a league report, some parents claim to have seen the coach's hit list while others claim to have heard Bennett give an order to target James. The charges are so serious that all league games have been cancelled until the investigation is over. For his part, Bennett denies the allegations adding, "I don't know where that came from. I have never said that. My son plays on my team. I teach my son good ethics. I teach all of our kids good ethics. I just don't know where they are getting that from." (Local 6)

New Mexico State Cheerleader Charged With Breaking Into Home, Beating Up Ex-boyfriend - That's one mean little cheerleader! Police are saying that Lindsay Tibbs, 20, went to an apartment looking for a man she had been dating for several months. He apparently didn't want to see Tibbs (or maybe he knew what was coming?) because he hid in a closet after claiming he recently ending his relationship with her. That wasn't a good idea because Tibbs allegedly entered the home anyway and attacked him, yelling and kicking, leaving scratches on his stomach, according to police. At that point, the ex-boyfriend convinced Tibbs to go outside with him--and you guessed it!--tricked her and ran back inside and locked the door. But that didn't stop Tibbs who allegedly broke a window and re-entered the apartment, at which point someone called 911. When officers arrived they found the ex yelling at Tibbs to leave him alone and she tried to run away before officers grabbed her. According to officers, Tibbs told them the guy was still her boyfriend and that she did not attack anyone, but only tripped and fell on him in the closet, and couldn't remember breaking a window. Tibb has been charged with breaking and entering, battery against a household member and resisting arrest and also has been suspended from the cheerleading squad by the university. (Las Cruces Sun News) Thanks to Mike in Memphis for the link!
College Cheerleaders Suspended for Alleged Hazing - According to a published report, the entire cheerleading squad at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was suspended this week while the school investigates allegations of hazing against the girls. Details are scarce, but the squad's co-captain, Lydia Zavala, told a local newspaper, "We are being accused of hazing and obviously alcohol was involved as well." Obviously, Lydia? According to a school spokesman, their punishment could include revoking the university's recognition of the squad, which would mean the cheerleaders would not be able to participate in university events, programs or projects. Or probably haze each other. (NEPA News)
HS Cheerleader Charged as Terrorist for Leaving Notes in Bathroom Threatening to Kill Other Students - Amy Jo Ayers, 15, seemed like a typical HS sophomore at Waukee High School in Iowa this week until the cheerleader was arrested for intimidation and threat of terrorism after she allegedly left notes in the girls' restroom threatening to shoot students and teachers. A total of three notes were left in the two girls' restrooms over a period of a few days last week and they threatened all students and specific groups including sophomores and cheerleaders. A tip led authorities to Ayers and a handwriting expert confirmed she had written the notes, although a family attorney is disputing that result and denies her involvement in the incident. (Des Moines Register)
HS Cheerleaders Suspended Two Weeks - Ten Masconomet Regional High School (MA) cheerleaders have been suspended from cheering for up to two weeks. The school refuses to say why, but it must be pretty bad, huh? Let your imaginations go wild! (Salem News Online)

Creep of the Week: Pizza Deliver Man Accused of Taking Sexy Pictures of Underage Girls at Football Games - It's not unusual to see people on the sidelines and in the stands at HS football games taking pictures. But usually, they're focusing on the action on the field, not the underage girls in the stands. Police in San Antonio arrested Robert Thompson, 35, after a 13-year-old girl in the stands told her mother she thought he was taking pictures of her, uh, private parts. Mom told a security guard who confronted Thompson and asked to see the pictures on his digital camera . . . the one with the long lens on it. There they allegedly found pictures of young women's breasts, buttocks and genital areas . . . and not pictures of the game. But it gets worse: officers then searched Thompson's car in the parking lot and provocative pictures of girls, rope, a knife, stuffed animals and his business card promoting a porn website and magazine. It also turns out that Thompson's full time job is delivering pizzas and apparently he has a habit of writing down sexually explicit comments on receipts about the physical attributes of his female customers. (WAOI) Thanks to Artie Bigley for the link!

Mom Takes Naked Picture of Teenaged Son's Hinder to Prove He's Not Powder Puff Football Game Streaker - Not sure how we missed this story back in September, but it's such a classic we had to report on it! During the annual girls powder puff football game between the juniors and seniors at Amador Valley High School (California) last year someone streaked the nighttime event, running across the field with what appeared to be pantyhose on his head. After a lengthy investigation, the district decided just this month that senior Garrett Aziz was the naked runner and suspended him for three days from school and banned him from any extra curricular activities for 30 days. But Aziz insists he didn't do it (he was at the game but left early with a friend) and his parents went so far as to hire a forensic analyst to compare home video of the game to naked pictures of Garrett's buttocks taken by--who else?--his mother. Suzanne Aziz admitted, "My son was very uncomfortable. He kept telling me mom this is just wrong. And I said I know it's wrong honey, but we have to do it to prove that it's not you." Once that unpleasantness was over, the expert, Rob Sanderson, told the parents that he was able to determine that "the person in the video has a significantly different upper to lower body length ratio than your son ... I conclude that your son was not the streaker." Garrett also points out that "That guy's thighs are huge. I have chicken legs," and his always helpful mother added, "That's not my son's butt and legs. A mother knows that." The school district wasn't buying any of it and went ahead with the punishment anyway. (KGO-TV)

HS Football Players Benefit From Interesting Timing, Fail to Miss Games After Getting Caught Hazing - Two football players from Chickasha High School in Oklahoma (seemingly the center of the HS hazing universe lately) were caught hazing eight-grade players by hitting them with weight belts during the junior high games. That took place Thursday, Sept. 29, but for some reason was not reported until AFTER school on the Friday the 30th, so the boys got to play in that night's game. The school quickly investigated on Monday October 3, the boys served the standard three days suspension (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and--guess what?--they were still eligible to play in the game Friday, October 7. But I'm sure they learned their lesson. (Chickasha News)

"Urine and Vomit" Hazing Update: Judge Bitch Slaps District, Puts Players Back in School But Not on Team - An Oklahoma judge has ruled that two football players from Moore High School, accused of hazing a younger player (see earlier story here), can return to school immediately, but said it was up to their coach if they would be allowed to return to the team. In his ruling Judge William Heatherington went even further, issuing a permanent injunction against the Moore School District, barring it from suspending any student for more than three days without a thorough investigation and without a detailed written statement as to why the student is being suspended. The pair were among several players who were suspended for allegedly forcing a younger player to lick up urine and eat some vomit . . . although the alleged hazers claimed he did it willingly to try and impress them and imitate various TV reality shows like MTV's JackAss and others. Chance Hoss and Victor Perez had filed the lawsuit against the school after they were suspended for the rest of the semester, claiming that doing so without a formal review, damaged their chances to get into college. (Channel Okahoma)
Read the PDF version of the lawsuit here
Original report of hazing incident here.
Statement from the Moore School District here.

BadJocks Record? 70 HS Jocks Suspended for Boozing - While we can't speak for every high school in America, but after checking our own records over the past five years we didn't come across a story where more athletes from a single school district were suspended for underage drinking at the same time. According to School District 211 in Schaumburg, Illinois, at least 70 student athletes will be suspended for all or part of upcoming sports seasons after some genius posted pictures at the website MySpace.com, that shows them drinking at various parties at private residences last year. School reps found out about it, downloaded the pictures and the students, from Schaumburg High School and Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, are being punished as a result. (NBC5 - link includes video clip) Thanks to Ronnie for the link!

BadJocks Update: HS Coach Sex Scandal #19 of 2005 - Sex charges have been dismissed against Frank "Sonny" Perez Jr., the former volleyball coach at Fresno's Memorial High School, and his friend, William "Bill" Bimat, after a judge said the alleged victim had no credibility.

BadJocks First: NASCAR Crew Chief Banned for Substance Abuse - Do coaches in the NFL or NBA get drug tested? Seems strange to us that they would test a NASCAR crew chief, but apparently they do and on Thursday the racing league suspended Glenn Darrow indefinitely for violating its substance abuse policy. Garrow is the crew chief for Tony Raines' Nextel Cup car and he tested positive for an unidentified banned substances (Steroids? Weed? Gasoline?) last Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway which lead to an automatic suspension. In September, NASCAR fined Darrow $2,500 for using an unapproved rear end gear ratio on the No. 37 Nextel Cup Dodge of Tony Raines at the California Speedway (Free Press)

Cheerleading Coach Steals $10,000 From Squad - Julia A. Whiteside, 51, a former Boone Grove High School, Indiana, cheerleading coach allegedly pilfered more than $10,000 from the school’s cheerleading program. Whiteside is accused of converting portions of money from four cheerleading-sponsored fund-raisers for her own use in 2002 and now faces four felony counts of theft.  (Post Tribune)

More Boozing Cheerleaders - It's our second story this week and it seems like those long losing seasons of HS football are taking a toll on the cheerleaders. According to school officials, five Elba High School (Alabama) cheerleaders were booted off the squad and suspended from school after getting caught drinking during a football game last Friday night. A Elba teacher turned the girls in when she was told that five of the nine cheerleaders at the game had an alcoholic beverage in their plastic water bottles. (WTVY)

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