http://deadspin.com/bidding-is-now-o...life-799919077
On Sunday, Busted Coverage posted screencaps of text messages supposedly between a professional athlete and a college student/Hooters waitress. The story would not have been all that newsworthy had it not been for two factors: The athlete is Robert Griffin III, and the texts were sent on Griffin's wedding day.
Griffin, one of the NFL's most likable and marketable stars, has until now almost entirely avoided the kind of off-the-field attention that lands athletes on Busted Coverage and, well, here. But the offseason is long, and this latest story feels a little like the ceremonial bell-ringing at the opening of a stock exchange's trading session.
The backstory was fairly public. After the folks at Busted Coverage received iPhone screenshots dated July 6 showing someone listed in contacts as "RGIII" texting and sending a shirtless photo, they tracked down the woman. Her name is Meredith, and she's a VCU student and Redskins fan, and her social media history is filled with mentions of Griffin, as well as an October photo showing two Redskins tickets she claimed (but later denied) he sent her.
An anonymous "Jane Doe" sent along screenshots of Meredith and Griffin using FaceTime video chat on two separate occasions. Joe Kinsey, the editor of Busted Coverage, tells us the Jane Doe sent it in because she didn't want Meredith to profit.
When BC's post went up, Meredith contacted the site's editors, asking them to take down the story. In exchange, she offered to sell them "inappropriate pictures," as well as screenshots of chats and texts. As a sample, she sent a photo of a shirtless man she claims is Griffin and promised there are more, including "one with his out."
We also heard from another reader, who had originally contacted us back in January. He was offering a story about how Griffin had been "catfished" by an older woman posing as a college-age girl. She had supposedly received scores of texts and Facebook messages from Griffin, as well as " pics."![]()
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Charlie's Misplaced StapleUBarry Petchesky111
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Deadspin's 1st Annual -Pic Price Guide (excerpts)
Tim Tebow..... $22,000
Lebron James... $21,500
Nick Saban... $17,500
Brett Favre... $13,000
Any NHLer... $ 2,500
Serena Williams..$ Please inquire within
sup DeadlyDynasty. i figured you had pulled a Monteith.
I love how quickly this Monteithing joke is getting around
Seen it on many different forums/comment sections and it ain't even been a week
i didn't even know it was a meme, i'm usually pretty much behind on gifs or new jokes. I just figured DD had OD'd but good to see he's around.
JustTheTippingPointUBarry Petchesky1
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We should have seen this coming. It is clear that when RG3 drops back to try and score, if there isn't an opening right away, he scrambles around and immediately sends a -pic because he's so naturally gifted.
Andrew Luck, on the other hand, makes a proper read before he tries to score, he takes his time, dodges a few bullets, assesses his options and then gives it to the proper receiver when there's extremely minimal chance of being intercepted. Yesterday 1:57pm
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I'm going to predict RGIII is on the bench before the end of next season. Just a gut feeling.
Kind of sad he's doing this while he's getting married. Otherwise, I have no problem with it.
lmao no way. He didn't even get a chance to hit that before he got busted? Tsk Tsk Tsk.
Truth be told, RG3 is ugly as sin. Not Bosh ugly, but at least in the Birdman category.
Injuries?
I don't understand why any pro athlete would marry that young in the first place. They're guys, they don't have a biological clock. They should wait till their careers are over and they have all the screwing around out of their system.
Y'all still believe this? Its been disproven already
Even if he did, I don't care. What he's doing doesn't have any effect on my life. Get as much pussy as you can, you never know when you're going to go.
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