ESPN's Phillips in "Fatal Attraction" Sex Scandal

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  • Nickdfresh
    SUPER MODERATOR

    • Oct 2004
    • 49330

    ESPN's Phillips in "Fatal Attraction" Sex Scandal

    ESPN's Phillips on leave amid bizarre sex scandal
    Associated Press

    Updated: October 21, 2009, 6:11 PM EDT

    HARTFORD, Conn. - ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips acknowledged having an affair with an assistant at the cable network and has taken a leave of absence during the playoffs.

    Phillips said Wednesday in a statement released by ESPN that he requested the leave "to address this with my family and to avoid any unnecessary distractions through the balance of the baseball playoffs."

    ESPN said it took "appropriate disciplinary action" when this happened in August, but would not comment further.

    Police say 22-year-old ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley began calling Phillips' wife, Marni, on Aug. 5 after he broke off the affair and sent her a letter graphically describing their relationship and Phillips' birthmarks. She allegedly told Phillips' wife that "we both can't have him," according to a Wilton, Conn., police report.

    "I'm a real person in his life and I care deeply about his happiness," reads the letter police said is from Hundley. "I'm coming out now because I'm sick of hiding and sneaking around behind your back."

    The police report was first reported Wednesday by the New York Post.

    The 46-year-old Phillips is a former general manager of the New York Mets. In 1998, Phillips admitted having sex with a team employee, who sued for sexual harassment. That case was settled out of court.

    Marni Phillips called police Aug. 19 when she came home to find Hundley in her driveway. "I knew instinctively that this was the woman Steve was involved with and I was terrified," she wrote in a statement to police.

    Hundley's car smashed into a stone column as she backed out of the driveway and she escaped by driving across the lawn. Marni Phillips said she discovered a note describing her husband's relationship with Hundley attached to her front door.

    Later that evening, the Phillips' 16-year-old son told his parents that Hundley had posed as a high school classmate and sent repeated instant messages asking personal questions about his family and his parents' marriage, according to the police report. She also posed as a second friend, contacting him through the son's Facebook account, the report said.

    "This woman has clearly displayed erratic behavior and delusional tendencies," Phillips said in a statement to police. " She has shown up at our house. She has taken on the identity of at least two people (minors) to violate our son (a minor). I have extreme concerns about the health and safety of my kids and myself."

    Phillips also signed a statement to police that he would not press charges. The status of the police investigation was unclear Wednesday. The report indicated a detective planned to interview Hundley next week when she returned from vacation.

    Neither Phillips, Hundley nor Wilton police immediately returned calls Wednedsay from the AP. ESPN said Hundley is still employed at the network.

    According to the Wilton police report, Phillips told police and his wife about the affair after being pressed to do so by Hundley. He said the affair was three meetings that all took place in July. Marni Phillips told police she had received "harassing phone calls and text messages" from a woman who claimed to have information about her husband.

    Marni Phillips filed for divorce Sept. 14, according to court records.

    Phillips is the latest ESPN personality entangled in workplace issues involving alleged misconduct. In 2006, baseball analyst Harold Reynolds was fired after a female intern complained about what he called a "brief and innocuous hug." Reynolds sued and settled with the network last year.

    Last year, a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a makeup artist who accused hosts Jay Crawford and sports writer Woody Paige of groping and propositioning her on the set of the now-defunct show "Cold Pizza."

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  • standin
    Veteran
    • Apr 2009
    • 2274

    #2
    You really shouldn't fuck the help.
    You don't need a PhD to figure that out.
    To put it simply, we need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and much more about what our actions communicate.
    MICHAEL G. MULLEN

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    • Kristy
      DIAMOND STATUS
      • Aug 2004
      • 16471

      #3
      I have absolutely no sympathy for Phillips. His wife and kids maybe, but not him. Appears he liked to get his dick wet behind his spouse's back more than once and even if his latest encounter is a bit Glenn Close...

      "This woman has clearly displayed erratic behavior and delusional tendencies," Phillips said in a statement to police. " She has shown up at our house. She has taken on the identity of at least two people (minors) to violate our son (a minor). I have extreme concerns about the health and safety of my kids and myself."

      Phillips also signed a statement to police that he would not press charges. The status of the police investigation was unclear Wednesday. The report indicated a detective planned to interview Hundley next week when she returned from vacation."


      Nice try, Phillips. Chances are you were playing her and she caught you at your game. Why not press charges? Might bring out the ugly truth? Fuck you and your marriage infidelity.

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      • Nickdfresh
        SUPER MODERATOR

        • Oct 2004
        • 49330

        #4
        Well, no matter what he did, if she's fucking around with his kids, the little cunt should be ramrodded too. After all, she was fucking a married man with a family. So it goes both ways...

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        • Kristy
          DIAMOND STATUS
          • Aug 2004
          • 16471

          #5
          I'm not arguing this as being one-sided. If she knew he was married and continually decided to have an affair with him then yes, she has what's coming to her, too. It's the previous behavior of Phillips that gets me in that he pulled this shit once before on his wife family and now (allegedly) pulled it again.

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          • standin
            Veteran
            • Apr 2009
            • 2274

            #6
            It was his dick. He choose to put it there.
            She did not rape him. He chose that addition to his family's personal life.
            To put it simply, we need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and much more about what our actions communicate.
            MICHAEL G. MULLEN

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            • damngoodtimes
              Sniper
              • Jan 2004
              • 827

              #7
              never liked that guy, wasn't sure why.

              now, he's given me a reason.

              and the Hundley girl is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Phillips is lucky she didn't go all Kazemi on him.
              David Lee Roth's the greatest motherfucker who ever lived!
              — Brian Moore (@brianpmoore666) June 26, 2012

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              • Va Beach VH Fan
                ROTH ARMY FOUNDER
                • Dec 2003
                • 17913

                #8
                In addition all that, have you seen this girl ?? An absolute skank !!
                Eat Us And Smile - The Originals

                "I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth

                "We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth

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                • Seshmeister
                  ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                  • Oct 2003
                  • 35385

                  #9

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                  • binnie
                    DIAMOND STATUS
                    • May 2006
                    • 19145

                    #10
                    Don't shit in your own backyard.
                    The Power Of The Riff Compels Me

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                    • letsrock
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                      • Mar 2007
                      • 1595

                      #11
                      Originally posted by binnie
                      Don't shit in your own backyard.
                      But dogs do.

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                      • Little Texan
                        Full Member Status

                        • Jan 2004
                        • 4579

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Seshmeister
                        Is that "her"? It looks like a guy!

                        No wonder it didn't know how to let go...

                        It couldn't find anyone else blind enough that would fuck it's ugly ass!
                        Last edited by Little Texan; 10-22-2009, 02:09 PM.

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                        • Little Texan
                          Full Member Status

                          • Jan 2004
                          • 4579

                          #13
                          If you're going to fuck around on your wife, at least fuck someone that looks female and is HOT.

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                          • Va Beach VH Fan
                            ROTH ARMY FOUNDER
                            • Dec 2003
                            • 17913

                            #14
                            Originally posted by binnie
                            Don't shit in your own backyard.
                            Or, as Tony Soprano said so eloquently, "Don't shit where you eat".....
                            Eat Us And Smile - The Originals

                            "I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth

                            "We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth

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                            • letsrock
                              Veteran
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 1595

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Little Texan
                              Is that "her"? It looks like a guy!

                              No wonder it didn't know how to let go...

                              It couldn't find anyone else blind enough that would fuck it's ugly ass!
                              Isnt that Artie Lang?

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