Further Evidence Rick Pitino Has No Morals

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From ESPN.com (mainly...)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville basketball players Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings each will face only one charge stemming from their involvement in an altercation with off-duty police officers during the weekend.

The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum of one year in jail and a $5,000 fine. The police report initially asked the pair be charged with multiple counts.

Jennings, a 6-foot-10 sophomore from Sacramento, Calif., and Smith, a 6-foot-2 senior from Wauwatosa, Wis., are scheduled to appear Monday morning in Jeffersonville City Court.

Pitino told ESPN.com, "They will be punished and are being punished right now. But no, they will not miss game time. This is not a big deal. It's not like they raped a crazy, drunken coug and then paid for her abortion..."

The police report said several off-duty officers -- all of whom were wearing T-shirts with "Police" clearly marked on the front and back -- were working at the party when a fight broke out inside.

However, Jennings said he wasn't aware at the time he was being confronted by off-duty police. Teachers report Jennings is functionally illiterate.

Officers needed to strike Jennings twice with a Taser to subdue him, as Jennings screamed.

"I think Jerry saw a teammate on the ground and didn't want to abandon him," Pitino said. Adding, "I mean, in Jerry's defense, it's not like Jennings is a fetus. He can't just be abandoned."

"I think he saw a teammate taking some pretty good blows and tried to help." Pitino when on to say, "I wish my assistant had come to my aid that night at Porcini when he heard me taking some pretty good blows. You know, before I did something stupid in the kitchen..."


Dana O'Neil covers college basketball for ESPN.com and can be reached at espnoneil@live.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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