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Two more Georgia players arrested on battery charge
Staff reports
Issue date: 7/1/08 Section: Sports
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Georgia offensive linemen Trinton Sturdivant and Justin Anderson were arrested and charged with misdemeanor simple battery Monday night according to the Athens Clarke County Jail booking report.
The charges were a result of a female alleging individuals unknown to her in the breezeway of East Campus Village "touched her person without her consent" on June 27 according to the University Police incident report.
Two affidavits filed with the Athens Clarke County Court stated the two "did intentionally make physical contact of an insulting nature with (the alleged victim), who he does not know, when he approached her and touched her stomach."
Sturdivant, 19, was booked at 9:56 p.m. and released at 10:56 p.m. Anderson, 20, was booked at 9:49 p.m. and released at 11:07 p.m. Both were released on a $1,500 bond.
This marks the fifth and sixth arrest of a Georgia football player since the start of the offseason. Michael Lemon, a defensive end, is a suspect in a battery incident that sent a man to the hospital during the weekend.
Football head coach Mark Richt is out of town and unavailable to comment.
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kmh
posted 7/01/08 @ 12:52 PM EST
I think this story is pretty crazy. it was her stomach im sure other people was touching it. i think she just wanted to make a scene. good luck with the baby
CoastalDawg
posted 7/01/08 @ 1:39 PM EST
This charge might turn out to be much ado about nothing; however do these players not understand that wearing the uniform of the University of Georgia Bulldogs carries with it certain responsibilities? Like true celebrities, they are subject to public scrutiny, like it or not. (Continued…)
just wondering
posted 7/01/08 @ 8:47 PM EST
so... how do you suppose the scouts could find out if the prospect has 'an alcohol problem?' Ask them? Ask their friends? Ask for their probation officer's home phone number?
That is kind of a ridiculous statement. (Continued…)
umpa lumpa
posted 7/02/08 @ 1:15 AM EST
imma give yall boys some pub....everybody on the lemon story. we need more comments on this one to. lets start wit trinton's hair!!
"LET YOUR SOULLLLLLL GLOWWWWW lookin boy"
CoastalDawg
posted 7/02/08 @ 3:55 PM EST
The statement about trying to determine if an athlete has an alcohol problem is nowhere ridiculous. I would venture an assessment that an alcohol problem would surface way before college if there is one. (Continued…)
confused
posted 7/02/08 @ 5:06 PM EST
this girl was obviously looking for attention. I feel sorry for the two men that got put in jail for such a lame and pointless reason.
just another desperate girl in a sad attempt to get people to talk to her and show her sympathy. (Continued…)
C Dawg
posted 7/03/08 @ 10:23 AM EST
CoastalDawg: You seem to have all the answers. Why don't you write CMR and ask if you can work for him, as a moral guide for these young men. I mean, clearly you have never done anything wrong in your life so you would be an expert. (Continued…)
L
posted 7/05/08 @ 11:07 PM EST
There's a difference between doing something wrong that's a matter of momentary stupidity and doing something wrong that is malicious. Intimidating or humiliating a pregnant woman is malicious. (Continued…)
BT34
posted 7/07/08 @ 11:34 AM EST
where in the story does it say that they were making sexual comments? this whole situation was exaggerated and blown out of proportion. she wanted attention. (Continued…)
A
posted 7/07/08 @ 1:42 PM EST
No, sorry, that's not enough said.
The ABH story stated that the comments were lewd. If you look that up you'll see that it means sexual.
The truth is neither you nor I know what happened. (Continued…)
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