<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Former NBA star Jayson Williams, acquitted earlier this year of aggravated manslaughter, now faces an animal cruelty complaint over the killing of his dog three years ago. The state Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed a civil charge last week over an incident that allegedly took place at Williams' home in August 2001. Because the statute of limitations on criminal charges has expired, the SPCA filed civil charges, which carry a maximum fine of $250. "There should be some penalty, some recognition, for the fact that he did kill this dog," said Stuart Rhodes, the president of the state SPCA. Judy Smith, a spokeswoman for Williams, said the charges are an effort to focus more negative attention on her client. "This is a blatant attempt to pile on and create publicity about an issue that a judge has already ruled has no place in the trial," Smith said yesterday.</div> Full Article <font color="DarkRed">Registration Required</font> Courtesy of the Associated Press If he wasn't in enough trouble, the guy just likes to kill I guess.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sasha:</div><div class="quote_post">If he wasn't in enough trouble, the guy just likes to kill I guess. </div> Normally, I would say that this is an ignorant statement since this guy has not been proven guilty yet, but all signs point to yes when it comes to this guy. For some reason, all of his stories never seem to match up and he hasn't been able to prove his innocence in the eyes of anyone from what I have seen. But to bring this up in the midst of a legitimate manslaughter case seems like poor timing to me, especially since it happened three years ago. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that right now, the time should be spent on getting to the bottom of the manslaughter case, not the death of some dog three years ago.
Weather he's a cold blooded killer or an innocent man. Jason Williams likes to play with guns and thats trouble. Thats the only opinion I have on this
I'm not going to read the article, because I read about this on MSN the other day...but didn't he also hold the gun up to his former teammate? I read he shot his dog, and then held it up to his teammate and told him to pick up his remains, or "he's next" or something like that...
I dont understand how a guy could give up being an NBA-Star for killing people. You basically are living the American Dream playin in the NBA. Playin sports for a LIVING! and making big money too! Even on the BENCH! I never understood why sports stars screw their lives over with stupid things like this
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting trenchteam:</div><div class="quote_post">I dont understand how a guy could give up being an NBA-Star for killing people. You basically are living the American Dream playin in the NBA. Playin sports for a LIVING! and making big money too! Even on the BENCH! I never understood why sports stars screw their lives over with stupid things like this</div> He wasnt on the bench. He was retired from the nets for a couple years because of a collision with at the time teammate stephon marbury that fu**** up his knee and forced him into retirement the very summer he finished signing a 6 year something million dollar contract with the nets.
i never knew his name was spelled jayson? ur talkin about the one on memphis? who was on sacramento? hmm thats crazy he is such a good player too dam
This guy is such a low life. If he wasn't a rich famous basketball player he would be in prison right now and would have never been acquitted on trivial BS.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting realdealbneal:</div><div class="quote_post">I'm not going to read the article, because I read about this on MSN the other day...but didn't he also hold the gun up to his former teammate? I read he shot his dog, and then held it up to his teammate and told him to pick up his remains, or "he's next" or something like that...</div> You are right. I read that also and lost all my respect to him. You know if he hasn't done anything wrong, he's not gonna get in trouble. Even though he got acquitted and not proven guilty, you never know what truly happened. If I'm correct, his wife is a lawyer and defended him in court too.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting WadeDynasty:</div><div class="quote_post">You are right. I read that also and lost all my respect to him. You know if he hasn't done anything wrong, he's not gonna get in trouble. Even though he got acquitted and not proven guilty, you never know what truly happened. If I'm correct, his wife is a lawyer and defended him in court too.</div> He admitted that he shot the gun in the face point blank with a shot gun, but he still got acquitted on some BS technicalities because he has good lawyers.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting allstar44:</div><div class="quote_post">i never knew his name was spelled jayson? ur talkin about the one on memphis? who was on sacramento? hmm thats crazy he is such a good player too dam</div> Wrong Jayson...the Memphis PG Jason Williams isn't the one we're talking about, although he's had his run-in with the law a few times also. This guy is an ex-New Jersey Nets forward.
You guys should read his book, "Loose Balls." Jayson's true Achilles heel is that he parties too freaking hard and is a nutcase like Rodman. He's not a bad guy at all and he's definitely not cold-blooded, but he needs to control himself.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting HoopsAvenue:</div><div class="quote_post">You guys should read his book, "Loose Balls." Jayson's true Achilles heel is that he parties too freaking hard and is a nutcase like Rodman. He's not a bad guy at all and he's definitely not cold-blooded, but he needs to control himself.</div> Anyone who takes a shotgun and shoots someone point blank in the face for no reason at all sounds pretty cold blooded to me.
I heard that he shot the dog and after that, he told his teamate (ex-teamate now), to clean "it" up or he was next.
