Post by HardcoreHeroes on Dec 7, 2005 1:37:13 GMT -5
NFL team yanks public service announcement featuring wrestler
The Associated Press
Published: Dec 6, 2005
Modified: Dec 6, 2005 11:20 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charges that pro wrestler Ric Flair assaulted a fellow motorist caused the NFL's Carolina Panthers to yank his public service message off the scoreboard at Sunday's home game.
Flair is free on $1,000 bond after being charged with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors, during an alleged altercation with another driver last month.
A 29-year-old driver said Flair left bruises when the wrestler grabbed him by the neck and left a large dent by kicking the side of his sport utility vehicle, according to a police report.
Flair was arrested and posted bond on Nov. 29.
The 56-year-old platinum-blond wrestler, who is a well-known local celebrity, normally appears in a taped message on the video scoreboard at Panthers home games urging fans to behave responsibly. But at Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons, a public address announcer read the message instead.
"We didn't want the message to be lost because of the circumstances of last week," Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said.
The Associated Press
Published: Dec 6, 2005
Modified: Dec 6, 2005 11:20 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charges that pro wrestler Ric Flair assaulted a fellow motorist caused the NFL's Carolina Panthers to yank his public service message off the scoreboard at Sunday's home game.
Flair is free on $1,000 bond after being charged with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors, during an alleged altercation with another driver last month.
A 29-year-old driver said Flair left bruises when the wrestler grabbed him by the neck and left a large dent by kicking the side of his sport utility vehicle, according to a police report.
Flair was arrested and posted bond on Nov. 29.
The 56-year-old platinum-blond wrestler, who is a well-known local celebrity, normally appears in a taped message on the video scoreboard at Panthers home games urging fans to behave responsibly. But at Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons, a public address announcer read the message instead.
"We didn't want the message to be lost because of the circumstances of last week," Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said.
