Chargers' Merriman looking at four-game suspension?

San Diego Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman(notes) may need to take a break from playing football pretty soon and it won't be because he wants to. The San Diego Sheriff's Department has apparently turned over all the info it has about Merriman's arrest late Saturday night to the San Diego District Attorney's office, which will soon advise on whether Merriman should be charged or not, according to the Associated Press.Merriman is in a war of words with former girlfriend Tila Tequila about just what the heck he was doing when he supposedly choked Tequila and threw her to the ground on Saturday night when she was trying to leave his house. Merriman is saying he "in no way caused any harm" to Tequila, who was checked over by paramedics on the scene. Tequila, of course, says otherwise. But the word is that if Merriman gets charged a

t all, the league is ready to suspend him for four games.

Source: ESPN/Associated Press

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Roethlisberger accuser wants full list of his sex partners

The other day, the lawyers for the woman who is accusing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger(notes) of sexual assault told the world that it was willing to settle the case if Roethlisberger gave her a public apology and took back all the names he and his lawyers have called her.
Now word is coming out that the lawyers also asked for a full list of all of the sexual partners Roethlisberger has had, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. They also want to know if any of those partners has accused Roethlisberger of sexual misconduct as well.Also on the list of things the lawyers would like are Roethlisberger's telephone and e-mail records as well as for the big fella to get physical and psychiatric examinations. His lawyers apparently wouldn't mind the accuser going under for the same kinds of examinations.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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