Thursday, October 03, 2002

BISON DELE UPDATE: Dele Shot With Own Handgun NEW YORK -- ESPN reports Bison Dele's girlfriend, Serena Karlan, was knocked to the deck and killed instantly while breaking up a fight between Dele and his brother, Miles Dabord, as the three and a ship's captain sailed near Tahiti in early July. That's the story Erica Wiese, Dabord's former girlfriend, told ESPN The Magazine's Tim Keown and the Los Angeles Times, based on her conversations with Dabord. The stories are in the Oct. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine and Thursday's Los Angeles Times. Dele then killed the captain, Bertrand Saldo, with a wrench, because Saldo wanted to report Karlan's death to authorities. As the fight continued, Dabord killed Dele in self-defense, using Dele's own handgun. And Dabord weighted the bodies and dumped them overboard from the Hakuna Matata, Dele's boat. 4:16:34 PM

KURT THOMAS UPDATE: Charges Don't Bother Him At All CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Associated Press reports New York Kincks Kurt Thomas says his arrest on domestic violence "doesn't bother me at all." On his way to the team's practice facility for media day Monday, Thomas received a call from Connecticut police asking him to return. He was arrested upon his arrival, posted $1,000 bail and then was arraigned on charges of third-degree assault and risking injury to a minor. After leaving court, Thomas caught a flight to Charleston in time to make it to Tuesday night's practice. Thomas is under court order to stay away from his wife, Amber, and the couple's home. Lawyers said they are getting a divorce after about two years of marriage. "The thing that is going to be tough for me is not being able to see my (2-year-old) kid. Other than that, it doesn't bother me at all," said Thomas, a self-described laid-back Texan. "No one wants to go through something like this, especially when it's in the public eye. But I have to take that with my profession and deal with it." 3:55:24 PM

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