Posted on 04/25/2010 12:13:28 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
One of Ben Roethlisberger's two bodyguards, who was with him at a bar in Milledgeville, Ga., last month after which a 20-year-old college student accused Roethlisberger of sexual assault, is in danger of losing his job as a Coraopolis, Pa., police officer, a source close to the Coraopolis local government told ESPN on Sunday.
A majority vote of the Coraopolis City Council would be needed to dismiss Anthony Barravecchio, and according to the source, if a vote were taken today, it would be 8-0 for dismissing him from his position on the force. The source added that documents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are to be reviewed by the council, but based on the information available to date, termination is the expected result of a vote that would be taken within the next few weeks.
"That is the complete opposite of the information I have," Barravecchio's attorney, Michael Santicola, told ESPN Sunday. Santicola, who has maintained that Barravecchio did nothing wrong, said he does not expect his client to be dismissed.
Santicola added that Barravecchio is a union member and that if he's terminated, he would file a grievance and win, as there are "no grounds for dismissal."
Coraopolis mayor John Haberland, who only has a vote on the council in the event of a tie, told ESPN he expects the matter to be resolved within three to four weeks and perhaps as early as in a week.
Haberland said the borough solicitor is expected to present present findings on the GBI investigation this week and then the council would review it and hold a vote.
Council president Robert Barone didn't agree that it would be an 8-0 vote to dismiss Barravecchio, if a vote were taken today, and said he has not polled fellow council members.
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What need does a 240 lb football player have for *two* bodyguards when going out for a drink? Pathetic. Might as well put him back into Kindergarten.
Burg Bump, I live near this area.
Ah, I didn’t know that. Thanks.
to prtect him from himself
Because he’s a target for any whacko out there, male or female.
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