Every couple of months, the media breaks on a story about the latest scandal involving an athlete. Each story recreates the classic battle between the hometown favorite and the visiting loser! We’ve seen just about everything when it comes to sport scandals, and a lot of times it involves more than a couple porn stars revealing that they had sex with a star. There was Michael Vick, OJ Simpson, and thousands of domestic violence and DUI arrests, but today we’re going to take a look the sex scandals of sports stars:
Rick Pitino: The head coach of the University of Louisville basketball team was outed over an extra marital affair with the estranged wife of his longtime aid and the teams equipment manager. He impregnated her, which lead to an abortion. Then, the woman demanded a $10 million settlement.
Kobe Bryant: In 2003, the LA LAkers basketball star was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 10 year old woman. After two years and more of media hype, the charges were thrown out because the victim wouldn’t testify.
Marv Albert: The popular sports broadcaster was accused of sexual assault in 1997. The headlines that came out during his trial exposed his sexual lifestyle including his interest in cross dressing.
Mark Chmura: In April 2000, the tight end for the Green Bay Packers was arrested for sexual assault and child enticement. His child’s former babysitter claimed he raped her in the bathroom at a prom after party.
Richard Seigler: The former Pittsburgh Steeler and San Francisco 49er linebacker was busted as a pimp in 2007.
Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich: In 1973, two New York Yankee left-handers introduces wife swapping to professional sports. They were best friends and lived near each other in New Jersey. The following spring, they showed up at training and announced that they has swapped wives over the winter.
Viking Love Boat: In 2005, seventeen members of the Minnesota Vikings football team attended an all day party on Lake Minnetonka where prostitutes were flown in and some of the players performed sexual acts in from of the whole crew.
Tiger Woods: His wife attacked him with his own golf clubs after she found out he was having an affair with a number of women. As soon as the story leaked to the media, the numbers of women keep getting higher and higher.
Jack Johnson: In a celebrated match in 1910, the black boxer knocked out James Jeffries, the former world champion. The victory led to the Bureau of INvestigation to probe Johnson’s sexual relations with white women, often prostitutes. He was convicted, fled the country, returned, and then served his time.