Reserve Carolina Panthers Guard Jeremy Bridges was arrested late Sunday evening on assault charges.Apparently he ordered a bottle of Dom Perignon at a North Carolina restaurant and then proceeded to shake it up and spray it all over the place. He was asked to leave by the management and agreed, but a female patron who took exception to her unwanted champagne shower followed him "complaining loudly."
Bridges took offense and was restrained by the bouncer. He then shoved the bouncer, but did not strike anyone else. Bridges was expected to be released after posting $2,500 bail. His attorney, George Laughrun, expects him to plead not guilty.
It is unclear what disciplinary action - if any - Carolina is likely to take before their Monday Night game against Tampa Bay.
If this were an isolated incident it wouldn't be anything to worry about, but Bridges was also arrested about a year-and-a-half ago for pulling a gun on a woman outside of a strip club. This is the beginning of a disturbing pattern of violence against women.
I'm sick of the growing prevalence of "thug culture" in professional sports, whether it's Bridges hosing a restaurant full of people with champagne, Plaxico carrying an unlicensed firearm in a club, Michael Vick dogfighting or the myriad of strip club shootings (or weapon brandishings) we've witnessed the last two or three years. I sense an upcoming article.
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