NFL team yanks public service announcement featuring wrestler
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charges that pro wrestler Ric Flair assaulted a fellow motorist caused the NFL's Carolina Panthers to yank his public service message off the scoreboard at Sunday's home game.
Flair is free on $1,000 bond after being charged with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors, during an alleged altercation with another driver last month.
A 29-year-old driver said Flair left bruises when the wrestler grabbed him by the neck and left a large dent by kicking the side of his sport utility vehicle, according to a police report.
Flair was arrested and posted bond on Nov. 29. Story Tools
The 56-year-old platinum-blond wrestler, who is a well-known local celebrity, normally appears in a taped message on the video scoreboard at Panthers home games urging fans to behave responsibly. But at Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons, a public address announcer read the message instead.
"We didn't want the message to be lost because of the circumstances of last week," Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said.
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The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charges that pro wrestler Ric Flair assaulted a fellow motorist caused the NFL's Carolina Panthers to yank his public service message off the scoreboard at Sunday's home game.
Flair is free on $1,000 bond after being charged with injury to personal property and simple assault and battery, both misdemeanors, during an alleged altercation with another driver last month.
A 29-year-old driver said Flair left bruises when the wrestler grabbed him by the neck and left a large dent by kicking the side of his sport utility vehicle, according to a police report.
Flair was arrested and posted bond on Nov. 29. Story Tools
The 56-year-old platinum-blond wrestler, who is a well-known local celebrity, normally appears in a taped message on the video scoreboard at Panthers home games urging fans to behave responsibly. But at Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons, a public address announcer read the message instead.
"We didn't want the message to be lost because of the circumstances of last week," Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said.
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