Suit: NBA Player Watching Porn, Drunk Before Crash

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Suit: NBA Player Watching Porn, Drunk Before Crash
Claim Targets Minnesota Timberwolves' Eddie Griffin
(CBS) MINNEAPOLIS On March 30, Minnesota Timberwolves center Eddie Griffin was drunk and masturbating when he crashed his luxury SUV into a parked Suburban outside a store in Minneapolis, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the man whose Suburban was hit in the crash.

WCCO-TV obtained copies of 911 calls and store surveillance video of the incident, along with an accident report the police submitted to the state, reports WCCO-TV's Caroline Lowe.

Several of the 911 callers that night said Griffin was drunk. One witness said Griffin told him he was watching pornography in a DVD player mounted on the dashboard of his Cadillac Escalade SUV when he struck a Chevy Suburban parked on University Avenue Southeast.

The location where Griffin crashed is located a couple miles from the Target Center where Griffin had played with his team several hours earlier.

Abed Hassuneh, who is the brother of the victim, said Griffin told him, "That he was masturbating himself going down that street. That's how the accident happened because he was not paying attention. He's paying attention to that video and all of a sudden he's shoveled somebody's car on the top of the sidewalk."

Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan ordered an internal affairs investigation of the conduct of the two officers who responded to the scene, after WCCO-TV made Dolan aware of allegations about the incident.

Key questions are why Griffin wasn't tested for alcohol and why the officers drove him out of the city to his home in St. Paul. Griffin also received tickets for not having a license and inattentive driving.

Griffin's damaged SUV was towed to the Minneapolis impound lot.

Dolan told WCCO-TV he expects impartial policing. Dolan also said officers must get permission to leave the city.

"Obviously, if somebody is drunk and they are driving we want that dealt with by the police officers of Minneapolis," Dolan said.

In the video, Griffin can be heard pleading with witnesses to not call police saying, "I can't go to jail."

The video also shows Griffin admitting he is drunk and doesn't have a driver's license.

The video shows him struggling for minutes to put on his sweatshirt and offering to buy a car for the man who's SUV he crashed into in front of Santana Foods.

Griffin was not available for comment. When he was interviewed by reporters after the crash happened, he said he had dropped his cell phone as he drove.

The two officers involved in the incident, Daniel Anderson and Matthew Lindquist, have been with the Minneapolis Police Department since October 2001. The officers remain on duty pending the outcome of the internal investigation.

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[MichiganMat]

Amature.

[Joeaksa]

Another sports figure who feels that he can do anything he wants. Unfortunately he just messed up the two cops lives and records, not to mention the car he totaled...

[stomachmonkey]

The cops are not free thinking individuals?

Someone held a gun to thier heads?

They are not responsible for their actions/decisions?

C'mon Joe

[MRM]

Minneapolis cops are well known for this kind of petty corruption.

[kaisen]

Old story here in Minneapolis. There is footage from the convenience store security camera of his white Escalade absolutley plowing into a parked car and then of him inside the store trying to talk (and bribe) them into not calling the cops.

What a tool.

The fact that the cops didn't charge DUI is ridiculous.

[Neilk]

Originally posted by Joeaksa
...Unfortunately he just messed up the two cops lives and records, not to mention the car he totaled...

Come on Joe, Mr. Law and Order, what kind of BS is that? He messed up two cops' lives? What about arresting the guy for drunk driving?

What's the lawsuit about? Getting a new car? I hope it's not one of those pain and suffering lawsuits because the guy's car was damaged.

[Jim Richards]

Hmmm, I wonder what you charge a guy with when he's driving while spanking the monkey.

[72doug2,2S]

Hmmm, let's see, do we blame Clinton or Bush? Obviously, it can't be Eddie's fault, after all the Gov allows you to by a car, porn, and a car dvd player. It only stands to reason they expect you to multitask.

[azasadny]

Another driving distraction even worse than a cell phone!!

[Craig 930 RS]

Geez, these young dudes sure can't multitask like the we could in the old dayz...

[widgeon13]

Originally posted by azasadny
Another driving distraction even worse than a cell phone!!

No, no, he actually had a porno call going as well, ya know a little oral sex. It's only money.

What a great example for the yutes of today.

[gassy]

Too bad he wasn't in a Jag.

[KFC911]

Originally posted by Jim Richards
Hmmm, I wonder what you charge a guy with when he's driving while spanking the monkey.

Cruelty to animals?

[onewhippedpuppy]

You just can't make this stuff up.

[126coupe]

I wonder who cleans up after him?

[Craig 930 RS]

Come on baby, finish what ya started
That aint no way to treat the broken hearted
If you wanna see other guys
Baby, I could let it slide
You wanna lover, you want a friend
Mama, I can be both of them
I got the tools to satisfy
Just walk away, if I fall shy at all
Come on baby, finish what you started
Im incomplete
That aint no way to treat the broken hearted
I need some sympathy
I like to take each step, one by one
Right on time, you will arrive
By keepin the dream alive
Its alive and its kicking
Inside of me
So come on baby, please
Come on baby, finish what you started
Im incomplete
That aint no way to treat the broken hearted
Come on and finish me
Come on baby, finish what you started
That aint no way to treat the broken hearted
Come on baby, finish what you started
That aint no way to treat the broken hearted
Baby, come on
Baby, come on