<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Two Vikings plead guilty in boat party case Click here to find out more!NFL.com wire reportsMINNEAPOLIS (May 26, 2006) -- Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot and left tackle Bryant McKinnie pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from the team's raucous boat party last October.Each agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and perform 48 hours of community service.Smoot and McKinnie pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and being a public nuisance on a watercraft. The second charge will be removed from their records if they stay out of trouble for a year.Smoot, through his lawyer, apologized to the family of Vikings owner Zygi Wilf, the team's coaches and fans, the people of Minnesota and the employees of Al and Alma's Restaurant and Cruises.Smoot had been scheduled to go on trial May 30 in Hennepin County District Court. McKinnie had been set for trial July 7.Smoot was charged with using a sex toy on two female dancers in front of crew members during the cruise on Lake Minnetonka on Oct. 5. McKinnie had been accused of performing oral sex on a dancer in a public area of the boat.Smoot and McKinnie were among four players charged. Former Viking Moe Williams was convicted of disorderly conduct last month. Former Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper had similar charges dismissed.</div>http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/MIN/9463494
I can't believe what a big deal they made out of this whole thing, any time a celebrity does something remotely unacceptable it turns into a CRISIS. All they are looking at are fines that wont make a dent in their finances and freaken community service...? Big deal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Johnny White Guy @ May 28 2006, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I can't believe what a big deal they made out of this whole thing, any time a celebrity does something remotely unacceptable it turns into a CRISIS. All they are looking at are fines that wont make a dent in their finances and freaken community service...? Big deal.</div>Yeah they're gonna get like misdemeanors. It's pathetic how people blow stuff out of proportion.
