Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin was served with a civil suit accusing him of crashing his Escalade into a parked car in front of a supermarket because he was drunk and watching a pornographic DVD.
Griffin said a day after the accident (which occurred in May) that he crashed his car because he was reaching for a cell phone that had fallen off his lap. The complaint alleges the crash occurred because he was "under the influence of alcohol" and masturbating while watching pornography on a TV set in his dashboard.
The suit alleges "Defendant Griffin was under the influence of alcohol and negligently not paying attention to the direction of travel ahead of him due in part to the fact he was watching a pornographic DVD which was displayed on a mounted in-dash DVD player, located near the steering column, in his Escalade video. He was manually manipulating his genitals which he described to a witness, after the accident, as “jacking off.” DVD jackets with pornographic titles “Anal Action” and “Privates” were seen in the driver/passenger area of the vehicle. The items were viewed by the officers at the scene, whereupon they laughed."
The plaintiffs claim the cops didn't conduct a sobriety test even though Griffin was visibly drunk. He can allegedly be heard and seen on the store's video and audio recorders saying "I'm drunk" and "I'm fucked up" and saying "whatever" 69 times in 24 minutes. He also put his sweatshirt on inside out.
The plaintiffs also blame the Timberwolves claiming they tried to get his Escalade out of impound to remove to the porn.
Friday, July 07, 2006
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