The Atlanta Braves have put pitching coach Roger McDowell on administrative leave after a news conference that accused him of hurling anti-gay slurs, making obscene sexual gestures, and threatening violence at a group of fans at a baseball game last Saturday. Superstar attorney Gloria Allred, representing Justin Quinn and his family, accused McDowell this week, and the Braves’ Coach apologized in a terse statement just hours later.
READ: Atlanta Braves Coach Accused Of Anti-Gay Slurs, Sexually Suggestive Motions
“I am deeply sorry that I responded to the heckling fans in San Francisco on Saturday. I apologize to everyone for my actions,” McDowell said in a statement issued only hours after Wednesday’s press conference.
There’s been little word from the Braves or the Major League Baseball Association other than a comment that the accusations against McDowell were “very troubling,” according to Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig.
“Although I do not yet have all the facts regarding this incident, the allegations are very troubling to me,” Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.
“The Atlanta Braves have assured my office that they will immediately investigate the allegations, and report the results of the investigation to me. After I have all the facts, I will make a determination of how to proceed.”
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) had reached out to the Atlanta Braves after news broke of McDowell’s outburst.
Superstar attorney Gloria Allred Wednesday afternoon held a press conference, surrounded by two nine-year old twin girls, their father, Justin Quinn and his wife. Allred read from a statement, in which she accused McDowell of saying to a group of men, “Are you guys a homo couple or a threesome?”
“Then the coach allegedly grabbed a baseball bat and started shoving the small end through a circle formed by his finger and thumb, simulating sex,” Allred said, adding that when McDowell was told there were children within earshot, he stated, “kids don’t belong at the f***ing ballpark.”
Recently, Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 for hurling a homophobic, anti-gay epithet at a referee.
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No should be fired. Peiord.
If I did this at work I WOULD BE FIRED! Better yet, Sued! If they do anything less to this guy there idiots. I hope lesson learned all around, and I am glad to see a straight man stood up to hate and let his voice be heard. MORE people should be as brave s this man!
Let's be clear. He didn't get suspended for calling "heckling" fans "homos." He got suspended for threatening to break a straight guy's teeth, with the guy's kids beside him. Should we wait for Quinn's lawsuit for pain and suffering. You should cite the source who wrote the Giants, the Braves and MLB complaining about McDowell's behavior and making it clear he wasn't seeking anything.
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