Accusations of Violence Against Women For Tom Cable

Published on: 1st November, 2009 @ 12:34 pm by JeffG

Raiders coach Tom Cable may have dodged a bullet regarding the broken jaw of former assistant Randy Hanson, but he’s got even more serious accusations facing him.

On today’s episode of ESPN’s Outside the Lines, two women came forward to tell their story of physical abuse at the hands of Cable.

One, his ex-wife Sandy Cable, told of her obtaining an order of protection against the volatile coach in 1989,  after being hit on two separate occasions.  She also said that Cable ripped the phone out of the wall when she tried calling the cops.

A second woman, Marie Lutz, whom Cable dated before marrying his third wife, contends that Cable became violent with her after catching him with another woman at his house.  The other woman is Cable’s current wife, Carol.

Lutz claims Cable “grabbed her by the left arm, causing her to fall to the ground” and “eventually pick[ed] her up and pushed her out the front door.”  Lutz added that she had to receive treatment at a local emergency room after the incident.

Carol Cable issued a statement regarding Lutz’s claims, and for all intents and purposes, denies her husband was physically abusive to Marie Lutz during the confrontation.

Cable’s second wife, Glenda, would not speak to Outside the Lines, but refuted the allegations of abuse against her ex-husband, despite allegations in their divorce papers that she claimed Cable had been physically and verbally abusive to her during their marriage.

Tom Cable was lucky enough not to face charges for breaking Randy Hanson’s jaw, or any discipline from the NFL for the incident, however, if there’s even a hint of truth to these allegations, expect the league, and Roger Goodell, to be swift in their actions.

It’s one thing to break a man’s jaw…it’s a totally different scenario when violence against women is involved.

This whole thing stinks. [PFT]

UPDATE:  Apparently ESPN failed to give Tom Cable the opportunity to respond to the allegations.  Cable does admit to one instance of inappropriate touching of a woman in regards to his first wife.  But he totally refutes Lutz’s claims.

“The incident involving Ms. Lutz in which she came to my home uninvited was fully investigated by the Alameda police department and I cooperated fully with that investigation.  I never battered her in any way.  The police concluded correctly that I had done nothing wrong and that was the end of the matter.  It is most unfortunate that ESPN has given Miss Lutz this forum to revisit this incident when I did nothing wrong and . . . ESPN further chose not to provide me with an appropriate opportunity to respond.”

Like I said, this whole thing stinks.  By not allowing Cable to respond to these allegations, ESPN has crossed the line from objective journalism to biased reporting.  Chris Mortensen is reporting that the league will be issuing a statement later today after reviewing the allegations brought against Cable, to see if the Oakland coach violated the league’s Personal Conduct Policy.

Stay tuned. [PFT]

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