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  • CMH
    Making you famous
    • Oct 2002
    • 26203

    #16
    Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

    Originally posted by chilli311
    If it was roid rage, wouldn't he be hitting more than a dozen HR's a year?
    Well, one: steroids doesn't make you a 40 homerun hitter, and two: he plays in Petco Park.
    "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

    "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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    • stewaat

      #17
      Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

      I liked Giles until this. Now I have lost all respect.

      Sadly he still has his millions of dollars and this won't phase him.

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      • bkrich83
        Has Been
        • Jul 2002
        • 71582

        #18
        Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

        Another black eye for the Padres.

        They have deserved everyone of them.
        Tracking my NCAA Coach Career

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        • chilli311
          Fear the Friar
          • Feb 2008
          • 2475

          #19
          Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

          Originally posted by stewaat
          I liked Giles until this. Now I have lost all respect.

          Sadly he still has his millions of dollars and this won't phase him.
          I agree. The saddest part is, this probably won't even go to court. She's asking for $10 million, but I have a feeling that they will settle for $5-7 million before the trial even starts, and it'll never be mentioned again.
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          • keRplunK
            MVP
            • Jul 2002
            • 4080

            #20
            Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

            "beating pregnant GF" = worst human. I think that should be an automatic ban from professional sports.

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            • snepp
              We'll waste him too.
              • Apr 2003
              • 10007

              #21
              Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

              Originally posted by keRplunK
              "beating pregnant GF" = worst human. I think that should be an automatic ban from <s>professional sports</s> life.
              Fixed.
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              • chilli311
                Fear the Friar
                • Feb 2008
                • 2475

                #22
                Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                Padres outfielder Brian Giles has countersued the former girlfriend who has accused him of domestic violence, saying it was she who abused him.

                He also seeks the return of a diamond engagement ring he said he gave to her on Christmas Eve 2005 that is valued at $107,952.

                In his countersuit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, Giles accuses Cheri Olvera of striking him, pulling his hair, slapping him, hitting him with a car and kicking him. He also states Olvera disparaged him in front of other people, calling him profane names and screaming at him.

                Olvera's attorney, Cary Goldstein, said Giles is trying to justify what he did to her. They claim in her palimony suit against him, filed late last year, that he battered her, including while she was pregnant, causing a miscarriage. She seeks more than $10 million.

                “There is nothing Cheri Olvera has ever done during the course of her relationship with Brian Giles that justifies his physical and emotional abuse of Cheri,” Goldstein said.

                Giles has denied her allegations and said it was “all about money.” His attorney, James D. Scott, said he has witnesses who verify Giles' claims and said Olvera was long after Giles' money. Giles also has hired a publicist to help explain his version of the story.

                In December 2007, Giles states he stepped in front of the car she was driving and told her she should not drive because of her intoxicated condition. He states Olvera swore at him and drove forward, trying to run him over. “Olvera struck Giles in the legs,” the countersuit states. “In shock at what she had just done, Olvera stopped the car.”

                Another time, in 2005, Giles stated the two were arguing as he went to get something from his refrigerator at his home in Poway. “Olvera took off her spiked high heel shoe and took a swing at him saying 'I'm going to stab you in the face,' ” the countersuit states. “She missed and swung at Giles again, whereupon he caught her hand,” the countersuit states. “Olvera then launched into a stream of profanities.”

                In spring 2008, Giles states Olvera wrongfully entered his residence in Del Mar and took several blank checks that she used to misappropriate approximately $20,000 from his account.

                Giles entered into a plea agreement for a misdemeanor domestic violence charge involving Olvera at a Phoenix bar in 2006. He was required to complete anger-management counseling as part of the deal in exchange for the case being dropped.

                Giles said in a statement in December, “There was an incident in Phoenix which I regret.”

                The incident was partially captured on security video at the bar and was corroborated by statements from witnesses who said he struck her on the way out of the bar.

                Giles stated Olvera refused to enter a prenuptial agreement in November 2007. Last month, Giles and his attorney demanded return of the ring.

                Giles is to make $9 million in 2009, the final season of his contract with the Padres.

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                • BatsareBugs
                  LVP
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 12553

                  #23
                  Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                  Dammit Giles, don't compound our upcoming 162 loss season with this stuff... we're already bound to get enough attention for futility this season.

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                  • chilli311
                    Fear the Friar
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 2475

                    #24
                    Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                    Originally posted by Rag3vsW0rld
                    Dammit Giles, don't compound our upcoming 162 loss season with this stuff... we're already bound to get enough attention for futility this season.
                    lol... 0 and 162? Have a LITTLE faith.
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                    • Brandon13
                      All Star
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 8915

                      #25
                      Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                      Another thug athlete.

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                      • Lordcledus
                        Pro
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 574

                        #26
                        Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                        Sounds like he found a real winner to hook up with.
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                        • Kelverin
                          MVP
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 1479

                          #27
                          Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                          Originally posted by Lordcledus
                          Sounds like he found a real winner to hook up with.
                          Sounds like they were made for each other. Can't wait for this guy to be an ex-padre
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                          • BatsareBugs
                            LVP
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 12553

                            #28
                            Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                            Originally posted by chilli311
                            lol... 0 and 162? Have a LITTLE faith.
                            Hey on a positive note, we would automatically get the number one pick to get the next Matt Bush!

                            Oh wait... nevermind.

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                            • chilli311
                              Fear the Friar
                              • Feb 2008
                              • 2475

                              #29
                              Re: Brian Giles charged with beating pregnant GF...

                              Originally posted by Rag3vsW0rld
                              Hey on a positive note, we would automatically get the number one pick to get the next Matt Bush!

                              Oh wait... nevermind.
                              Bush, Leaf... It's just a matter of time.
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