That Carl Johnson Thing Just Got Bigger
by mlmintampa on Feb 17, 2009 1:05 PM EST
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PrintIt's no longer following a girl off a bus. From the Orlando Sentinel;
The arrest Monday of Gators offensive lineman Carl Johnson stemmed from a petition from a former girlfriend who claimed Johnson "date-raped" her on three occasions from September to November of 2008.
In court documents obtained from the Orlando Sentinel, the petitioner said on Feb. 9 that her relationship with Johnson from July to December included “regular” physical and emotional abuse.
First of all, date rape is not good times. In Gainesville, this happens more often than you think. Often, it is a girlfriend who is the victim, not a random girl from the club. Secondly, the restraining order was issued February 9 with a court appearance scheduled for Feb. 24. At what point is Johnson notified of this? And what does UF do? Are they out of the loop? If this was a regular student, they might not be notified, unlike a DUI when Bernie Machen shows up at your house and kicks you out of school for a semester (frat houses not included).
Johnson is innocent until proven guilty, but he does not have that luxury on the football team.
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don’t think it could go further south unless he ate her.
"All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity." - Gordie Howe
Based on the statements that came out...
…it seems like he could be gone pretty quickly. What a weird story.
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by The Bull Gator on Feb 17, 2009 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
Haha our thugs are better than yours
Which isn’t saying much. But your football players are better than ours.
"You play to win the game, you don't just play to play" - Herm Edwards
This story...
…keeps getting weirder and weirder.
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Let's wait it out
There’s a lot of weird allegations tied to this story. Just because someone says them, doesn’t mean they are true. I hope that the girl is nuts because this doesn’t paint a pretty picture of Johnson, who was our most promising lineman.
I'm with you on that...
…some of it seems almost too weird to be true. Let’s hope it’s not how it really went down.
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by The Bull Gator on Feb 18, 2009 8:12 AM EST up reply actions
Seems to be like a “he said-she said” thing. Only one side ofthe story seems to be out in the news, but how ’bout what Carl has to say? I agree with Skigator; when both sides of the story are out in black and white then let the powers-that-be make a decision.
by O-town Gator on Feb 18, 2009 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
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