D-Bag of the Week for 31/05/09

There were a few more choices than normal for the Douchebag of the Week this week.  I could’ve gone with the umpire who threw out both managers and both catchers in the Red Sox/Twins game the other night.  Or Sergio Garcia and his broken heart.

Hell, I could’ve chosen LeBron James for his post game sulking after getting bounced from the NBA playoffs.

But the person I chose this week is way, way worse than those guys combined–and I have Twitter to thank for pointing out this asshole.

Specifically, Jimmy Traina, writer of Hot Clicks on Sports Illustrated’s website, posted a tweet about today’s episode of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.”  So I checked it out.

So, without further adieu, I hereby decree Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall our latest Douchebag of the Week–and if he keeps going the way he is, we may have to rename the award in his honor.

Before reading further, head over to ESPN and watch the video yourself…but come back.  Please.  I’ll buy you a kitten.

Now that you’re back…I was lying about the kitten.

Marshall was a fourth round draft pick, 119th overall by the Denver Broncos.

Even before being drafted, D-Bag Marshall had his run-ins with the law while attending the University of Central Florida.  Twice he was arrested and charged with numerous misdemeanors, but both times the charges were dismissed.

It was shortly after the draft that the numerous “incidents” between Brandon and his girlfriend Rasheedah Watley started to occur–and the list of events is a long and sordid one.

The police were called 11 times to respond to confrontations between Marshall and Watley.  The latter told “OTL” that Marshall had, on various occasions, assaulted her and choked her.  Many of the police reports state the same, as well as times that Watley struck Marshall.

Twice in this time period, from June 17, 2006 to May 5, 2008, Watley obtained a temporary protective order against Marshall.

Add in a DUI, a confrontation with his father (complete with shots fired), and the fact that an argument Marshall and his cousin got into at the “Shelter,” a nightclub in Denver, that ultimately led to the death of Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams (this according to former Broncos receiver Javon Walker, the person in who’s lap Williams died) made my decision for Douchebag of the Week a helluva lot easier.

Let’s just hope that commisioner Roger Goodell watched this episode of “Outside the Lines” too, and that he does something about this scumbag–and soon.  [ESPN]