Chris Cook trial: Jury acquits Vikings cornerback of assaulting girlfriend

St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | March 15, 2012 | David Hanners

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As the court clerk rose to read the verdicts, the defendant, Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook, bowed his head. A man sitting in the gallery, a fan, clutched a football he'd brought into the Minneapolis courtroom.

Four times, the clerk read "not guilty," and four times the fan sighed in relief.

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"Misguided lie." Must be similar to "misguided yoots."

[Buckeye McFrog]

a move by the prosecutor to bring a jury in from Green Bay was denied...

[Cicero]

Moral of the story: Don’t hit a Viking cornerback on the head with a shoe.

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From the article (and he’s the one on trial):

But in a phone call to a police detective 20 days after the incident, Baker recanted her claim about the choking. She said she started the fight and had beaned Cook from behind with one of her shoes, cutting him behind the left ear.

The slap that knocked her into the wall was a reflex to that, she claimed.

She also acknowledged punching him and pulling out three of the shoulder-length dreadlocks he wore at the time. (She later testified she kept one of the dreadlocks.)

[DManA]

Or -

Don’t bring your girl friend to a strip club to propose.

[DManA]

The case ought to have stopped right there.

Baker recanted her claim about the choking.

[donna]

She told police that she was angry because he'd been "rude" by spending too much time with a stripper giving him a lap dance.

What kind of woman keeps a man who gets lap dances?

Answer: A slut!

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[NormsRevenge]

A man sitting in the gallery, a fan, clutched a football he’d brought into the Minneapolis courtroom ..

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probably his agent. he gonna need some dough to party.