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Post by Head Booker on May 1, 2008 12:41:45 GMT -6
Mike Johnson of the Pro Wrestling Insider is reporting that Santino Marella was arrested at 2:57 AM EDT this morning and charged with Driving Under the Influence. According to Johnson, he was driving on Westshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida when he was pulled over. Marella is currently being held in police custody on $500 bond. We will post more on this developing story as it become available to us. credit: wrestlingexposed.com ~~ an article from TMZ with his mugshot: Santino Arrested |
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Post by Icon Lord Jon Kellar on May 1, 2008 13:00:16 GMT -6
Driving under the Influence? Dangerous driving? Maybe he was just getting into his Itallian character!
The only thing that's criminal about him is how he's one of the best talkers on Raw and yet they always squash him in his matches!
Boom boom!
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Post by Rob on May 1, 2008 13:09:08 GMT -6
DUI? That was fucking stupid
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Post by Icon Lord Sean "Magic" Fiery on May 1, 2008 14:30:15 GMT -6
Why do people have to do stupid shit? Is it THAT hard to call a fucking friend, a cab, or just not drive the damn car?! No, let's risk a lot of lives, including his own, and his future in his career and possible jail time and fines! WOOO! Sounds like a plan!
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Post by Rob on May 1, 2008 14:40:16 GMT -6
People should, by now, know why that's illegal. It seems Santino doesn't care that he might kill someone through it.
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Post by Icon Lord Jon Kellar on May 1, 2008 14:42:18 GMT -6
I made light earlier but can I just say that I agree about how fucking stupid that is.
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Post by Rob on May 1, 2008 14:55:12 GMT -6
At least his push is fucked.
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Post by Icon Sincere on May 1, 2008 15:05:00 GMT -6
They may take it easy on him considering he blew under the legal limit on the Breathalyzer test. Though they can still prosecute since it took so long to process him, I would expect he could afford a decent enough lawyer to make this go away. He'll probably still get a punishment from WWE, but I wouldn't expect it to lead to anything too serious. I could be wrong though if they want to make an example out of everyone that screws up.
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Post by Icon Lord Leon Corbin on May 1, 2008 15:09:03 GMT -6
Punished by WWE? What more can they do to the poor lad other than fire him now? It's not as if they treat him that well as it is...
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Post by Icon Sincere on May 1, 2008 15:14:52 GMT -6
According to and in accordance with the WWE Wellness Policy you are only given a warning for your first violation. Then upon getting caught doing something against the wellness/disciplinary plan a second time you receive 30 day suspension, then 90 for a third offense, and the fourth offense results in a release.
Many think that the Wellness/Disciplinary plan only has three steps due to the fact most people who get caught don't mention the first "warning" phase.
I would assume this is the first time that Santino has been caught for anything. From all accounts I've gotten and listening to one of Santino real life friend's talk (Rico Montana) he's not on the gas so he shouldn't have ever been in trouble for that either. That being said, I think this is probably his first time in trouble and he'll receive the "warning" only.
Or so I hope.
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