Cooked Crack Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Suit: NBA Player Watching Porn, Drunk Before Crash Claim Targets Minnesota Timberwolves' Eddie Griffin (CBS) MINNEAPOLIS On March 30, Minnesota Timberwolves center Eddie Griffin was drunk and masturbating when he crashed his luxury SUV into a parked Suburban outside a store in Minneapolis, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the man whose Suburban was hit in the crash. WCCO-TV obtained copies of 911 calls and store surveillance video of the incident, along with an accident report the police submitted to the state, reports WCCO-TV's Caroline Lowe. Several of the 911 callers that night said Griffin was drunk. One witness said Griffin told him he was watching pornography in a DVD player mounted on the dashboard of his Cadillac Escalade SUV when he struck a Chevy Suburban parked on University Avenue Southeast. The location where Griffin crashed is located a couple miles from the Target Center where Griffin had played with his team several hours earlier. Abed Hassuneh, who is the brother of the victim, said Griffin told him, "That he was masturbating himself going down that street. That's how the accident happened because he was not paying attention. He's paying attention to that video and all of a sudden he's shoveled somebody's car on the top of the sidewalk." Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan ordered an internal affairs investigation of the conduct of the two officers who responded to the scene, after WCCO-TV made Dolan aware of allegations about the incident. Key questions are why Griffin wasn't tested for alcohol and why the officers drove him out of the city to his home in St. Paul. Griffin also received tickets for not having a license and inattentive driving. Griffin's damaged SUV was towed to the Minneapolis impound lot. Dolan told WCCO-TV he expects impartial policing. Dolan also said officers must get permission to leave the city. "Obviously, if somebody is drunk and they are driving we want that dealt with by the police officers of Minneapolis," Dolan said. In the video, Griffin can be heard pleading with witnesses to not call police saying, "I can't go to jail." The video also shows Griffin admitting he is drunk and doesn't have a driver's license. The video shows him struggling for minutes to put on his sweatshirt and offering to buy a car for the man who's SUV he crashed into in front of Santana Foods. Griffin was not available for comment. When he was interviewed by reporters after the crash happened, he said he had dropped his cell phone as he drove. The two officers involved in the incident, Daniel Anderson and Matthew Lindquist, have been with the Minneapolis Police Department since October 2001. The officers remain on duty pending the outcome of the internal investigation. http://wfrv.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_180174619.html (article) http://wfrv.com/video/?id=18021@wcco.dayport.com (video news story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 What a tool. Everyone knows you can't be drunk when masturbating on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: and.......... :jerk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I'm kinda' curious what movie it was... :paranoid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 :laugh: An NBA baller cant find a nice honey to take care of him so he can concentrate on the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Proposed Man Law: Similar to how being caught in a theatre engaging in auto-eroticism is referred to as "Pulling a Pee Wee," henceforth, getting into traffic-related difficulties (whether under the influence or not) while engaging in auto-eroticism shall be dubbed "Pulling a Griffin." Second? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz89 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Proposed Man Law:Similar to how being caught in a theatre engaging in auto-eroticism is referred to as "Pulling a Pee Wee," henceforth, getting into traffic-related difficulties (whether under the influence or not) while engaging in auto-eroticism shall be dubbed "Pulling a Griffin." Second? :laugh: :laugh: nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Similar to how being caught in a theatre engaging in auto-eroticism is referred to as "Pulling a Pee Wee," henceforth, getting into traffic-related difficulties (whether under the influence or not) while engaging in auto-eroticism shall be dubbed "Pulling a Griffin." No pun intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Two, actually. And they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsOrlando Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Guess he don't know how to drive "stick" shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Talk about multi-tasking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassow Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I heard it was gay porn he was watching. ok im kidding, but it would have made the story even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I thought Eddie Griffin was a comic :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 This is just an allegation in a lawsuit. We don't know it's true. I kind of hope for Griffin's sake that it is true, though, because no one's going to believe him anyway, and it'd probably be worse to be falsely accused of something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Ever since they started putting monitors in cars, I've thought its only a matter of time before something like this happens. :laugh: Its hilarious that it was a high-profile athlete that did it though...aren't these guys drowning in poonanny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TODD Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Raise your hand if you thought this was about A.C. Green before you read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Om, your priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-eight Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 :laugh::laugh::laugh: He should have gone for the trifecta, a couple pounds of coke or pot in the trunk would have sealed the deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Star Skin Fan Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 That guy is an idiot for not taking the free car offer. What a moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooka Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Wow, I was shocked at the headline till I saw it was Eddie Griffin. Just a normal night for Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Wow, I was shocked at the headline till I saw it was Eddie Griffin.Just a normal night for Eddie. Sad but true. Dude has serious problems. Thought he was going to turn it around after all that went down in Houston but I guess not. Another wasted life, another wasted talent. It's not too late for him to save his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyfar Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Raise your hand if you thought this was about A.C. Green before you read it. *raises hand* LMAO I kinda feel bad for Eddie, he had so much potential coming out of UConn, he should have stuck around long and matured a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I'm kinda' curious what movie it was... :paranoid: Miami Spice II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome2 Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 I kinda feel bad for Eddie, he had so much potential coming out of UConn, he should have stuck around long and matured a bit. He went to Seton Hall, not UCONN. That is an insane story though. Out of all the players in the NBA, I think Griffin and Tyson Chandler are the two that piss me off the most. If I had Griffin's size/athleticism I would be an all-star in the NBA. Same goes for Tyson Chandler. The best part of that whole thing is "I'll buy you any car you want............not a Bently". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte51Coleman Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 This will undoubtedly be the precursor for a soon to be announced MUI law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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