Posted on 09/20/2013 1:23:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Several parents are reportedly considering lawsuits against the former Patriots and Raiders offensive lineman after he posted their children's names on a website created in the wake of the Labor Day weekend house party.
If Brian Holloway thought the hundreds of teenagers who destroyed his home were ruthless, wait until their families are through with him.
Several parents are reportedly considering lawsuits against the former NFL star after he posted their children's names on a website created in the wake of the Labor Day weekend house party. The website, www.helpmesave300.com, identifies over 100 of the estimated 300 house-crashers who trashed his upstate New York residence, and includes photos and tweets that documented the reckless destruction.
But rather than apologize to Holloway for their children's behavior, some parents have contacted their lawyers to see what legal action they can take against the former Patriots and Raiders offensive lineman, local affiliate ABC News 10 reported.
Holloway estimates the damage of his house to be in the $20,000 range.
"Parents have threatened me," Holloway, a three-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl XX veteran, told ABC News. "Your kids are in my house breaking and stealing my stuff and you are mad at me because I posted pictures that they took and posted themselves of them partying and tearing things up?"
Even more troubling for Holloway is the fact that he offered parents the chance to make amends for the estimated $20,000 in damage caused to his house, including smashed windows and glass doors, urinated carpets, holes in the ceilings, as well as a stolen eagle statue that was part of a memorial for his stillborn grandson.
The former grid iron star is holding a picnic for veterans at the home on Saturday, and invited the rowdy teens and their parents to help him clean the house.
"Come out and help set up, fix up, bring food, and picnic stuff, so we can honor these real HEROS," he wrote on his website. "I'm here. Come now. Take a stand for your future. This is called redemption."
Partygoers post plenty of pictures from Holloway's house on social media.
Partygoers post plenty of pictures from Holloway's house on social media. Holloway told CNN Friday he was coming to the situation as a father, not a punishing former offensive lineman.
"There are 300 lives at stake," Holloway said on the show "New Day." "I don't want to be standing over one of these kids' caskets 30 years from now." The invitation fell on deaf ears.
These tweets give a glimpse of the kind of party local teens threw at Brian Holloway's house. "I expected 100 parents to show. Only one showed up," he told ABC News.
Had more of them taken up Holloway on his offer, they would have seen evidence of illegal drug and alcohol use in addition to random acts of violence.
"You can see the scars on the floor from where the keggers were brought through. The carpet, there was beer liquor and everything else you can think of, so we had to remove the carpet." Holloway, who was in his primary residence in Lutz, Fl., at the time of the party, hasn't decided whether he'll press charges against the teenagers.
Holloway said he hoped the incident would motivate more parents to check what their kids are posting to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
"Parents need to step up and go old school," he told CNN.
This is exactly why the little b******s do this, because their mommies and daddys coddle them and tell them it’s not their fault. My kids would HOPE to be arrested, instead of what I would do to them.
Football players tend to fall into two groups:
Box-o-Rocks stupid
Einstein brilliant
You should have read the article!
On what grounds? He should sue them for the damage to his house.
I see.
They’re lucky they didn’t break into Aaron Hernandez’ house.
He was away on vacation.
A teen from my daughters’ private christian high school was house sitting and decided to throw a party, and the kids did thousands in damage to the house.
Anyone have any questions why these scumbag kids acted as they did?
Mom and Dad, you IDIOT children broke the law, many osf them, and THEY posted pictures and names of themselves breaking those laws on social media, thus the IDIOT tag.....
If I was this man I would sue each and everyone of you for the damages you spoiled brats did. That is after I saw to it that they were convicted of criminal charges and jailed.
I’m curious why there was no alarm system in the house.
Did Mr. Football player allow the party, was he aware of it, or did they all decide to break into his house and have a party without his permission ?
Did you actually read the article?
He was in Florida. The kids broke in and posted it. His son saw the posts on Facebook.
I SAID I SEE ABOVE.
NO MORE COMMENTS ON ME READING THE ARTICLE, PLEASE.
I guess I’m going to have 5,000 comments telling me to read the article when I’ve posted that I did, that I now understand that the youthful savages broke into the house.
You’re just getting what anyone who asked your question would have gotten in this thread. No big deal.
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