Posted on 11/10/2005 8:33:13 AM PST by Roberts
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An ex-Carolina Panthers cheerleader charged with giving police a false name during her arrest at a bar has denied accounts that she was having sex with another cheerleader in a restroom stall.
Renee Thomas, 20, also accused of hitting a bar patron, is charged with giving a false name and causing harm to another, a third-degree felony punishable by probation or a jail term of up to five years. The second cheerleader, Angela Keathley, 26, is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
The two members of the Panthers TopCats were arrested early Sunday at a bar in Tampa, Fla., hours before Carolina played Tampa Bay. Some witnesses told police the two angered patrons waiting in a restroom line by having sex in a stall.
Another witness discounted the sex story, telling The Tampa Tribune that Thomas was drunk.
In a written statement, Thomas' attorney said his client wanted to apologize "to everyone affected by the incident."
"This was an unfortunate incident which has generated numerous rumors and inaccurate facts," attorney Peter Anderson wrote. "Miss Thomas denies all allegations of any sexual conduct."
The statement did not specifically address the criminal charges, but said Thomas is cooperating with authorities in Florida.
Anderson declined to make any additional comment when reached by telephone Wednesday.
Repeated attempts to reach the women have been unsuccessful.
Thomas was released before police learned she had given them a driver's license belonging to another Panthers cheerleader, who was not in Tampa. Detectives are trying to determine how Thomas got the license.
Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said Tuesday the allegations of sexual conduct "have nothing to do with the charges," McElroy said.
"The charge is that she [Thomas] punched someone in the face and then she chose to give police a fake ID," McElroy said.
The cheerleaders were not in town to perform at the game, and the team said both were fired from the TopCats squad for violating a signed code that bans conduct embarrassing to the Panthers.
And nice ones at that.
Stop ruining my fantasy!
Using the Bill Clinton definition..."I did not have sex with..."
The Clintoon Defense?
To be honest, I find it more believable they were taking drugs in the stall than having sex.
Regards, Ivan
I never thought they were having sex. My guess has been they were snorting a few lines.
Under Clinton's definition, they were not having sex, even if they did what they were accused of doing....
Such charming ladies
If they weren't hving sex it occurs to me that the other thing people hide in bathroom stalls to do (besides the obvious) is to imbibe illicit substances.
So I think if they weren't cavortin' they were snortin'.
A few of us here agree. Of course, the salaciousness of the sex charge makes it much more "believable" to many red-blooded males here..
Yep.
Typically, this type of "classy" woman would only make out with another woman in public, so as to draw attention to herself.
A stall is far to private for the real purpose.
But there was cannibalism, right?
/don't interrupt the toilet tooters. They become belligerent if their hoovering get's interrupted!
were they demoted to the 'BottomCats' ?
Does she understand that there is more money to be made, if she admits they were having sex whether that is the truth or not? She needs to go to bimbo school with Donna Rice, Elizabeth Hayes, and Gennifer Flowers.
Just Damn. I was holdin' on to that image.
There's a difference between fantasy and truth. I seem to recall that trips of that kind to the bathroom used to imply cocaine use rather than lesbianism.
Regards, Ivan
I agree. Despite any evidence to the contrary, I prefer to believe, and will continue to believe, that they were engaged in hot lesbian sex.
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