According to USA Today, 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 continue there, but it’s enough to get the blue collar fans of the Steel City upset. Word on the street is that star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will not be present at the team’s off-season workout program due to a pending case against him for alleged criminal sexual assault. Of course, star wide receiver Santonio Holmes’ drink-throwing action on Anshonoe Mills may appear tiny in comparison, but the Pittsburgh Steelers could certain fair better without these types of distractions.
Santonio Holmes passes catcher, becomes 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. According to Mills, Santonio Holmes threw his full drink in her face after what appeared to be a musical chairs-style tussle, and a piece of broken glass cut her. Whether Mills paid her ER bill using instant cash loans is uncertain at this time, but she is alleging that Holmes, along with the Orlando PD, tried to get her to not press any charges. Apparently, the famed wide receiver also tried to give her an undisclosed sum of cash in exchange for her silence, which could very much have alleviated the need to seek help from payday lenders.
A Super Bowl XLIII MVP to a man of trouble
This isn’t the first time Santonio Holmes has been involved with the law and caused the Pittsburgh Steelers embarrassment. Holmes has been charged with marijuana possession in the past, and just to contribute to the already bitter sweet taste, there were also the Santonio Holmes nude pictures that made the rounds on the internet in 2008. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, of the latest alleged incident between Holmes and Anshonoe Mills, no discussion has been released from the Holmes camp.
Steelers history – how will these men 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 when the on-the-field, take-no-prisoners war conducted by players like Jack Lambert was tolerated, it’s the kind of embarrassment that players like Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes have brought upon the team that’s particularly exasperating.
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 significantly different view of their sports heroes today. Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes have not yet been convicted for anything, but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re drowning in deep waters of bad decisions.
