Rey Maualuga arrested for DUI Friday morning. UPDATE: TMZ has photograph of crash scene
by Josh Kirkendall on Jan 29, 2010 1:19 PM EST
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Rey Maualuga spent Friday morning in a Kenton County jail after being arrested for "drunken driving and careless driving".
Maualuga was arrested at 1:45 a.m. after officers responded to 634 Scott Street for a report of a traffic accident, according to Covington Assistant Police Chief Spike Jones.
Police determined that Maualuga was the driver of a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire with Ohio plates that struck two vehicles and a parking meter, Jones said. Two female passengers who were with Maualuga were released without being charged.
Maualuga is expected to appear in Kenton County District Court for a video arraignment on Friday morning.
UPDATE: TMZ obtained a photograph of the crash Maualuga was involved in Friday morning.
According to the police report, Rey told cops he had "about six Captain and Coke drinks" earlier in the night. The report also states that Rey blew a .157 on the breathalyzer -- nearly twice the legal limit.
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Dude your in the NFL and your driving a 03 Sunfire? WTF!!
Hire a driver
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the team limo is also free.. way to break the streak Rey
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Jan 29, 2010 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
I know....we were doing so well
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
I know!
must be his undercover car
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
It was probably one of the girls' car
This is what sucks the most… Rey, when he was sober, probably made the smart decision not to drive and had someone else take him to the bar/club/party… then he hooks up with some girl(s) at the party and after he was drunk and had lost his judgement, insists on drving their car when they invite him back to their place. Same scenario happened to a former cooworker.
This is why NFL stars need body guards… to stay sober and protect them from their own mistakes. At the very least this is gonna cost him millions in endorsements.. at the most it could start a very bad trend to self-destruction.
I don't think he had millions in endorsements as a rookie that didn't even play the whole year
did he?
these things dont fade away all that easily.
I am not talking about endorsements right now but endorsements for the rest of his career. Take whatever figure he would have made had this never happened over the course of a career and i argue now that in sum it will be millions less.
beat me to it
…but he did have 2 women in that wack-ass ride before he sent it careening into two nicer (parked) cars.
Re: driving an 03 sunfire
The car he was driving wasn’t Rey’s. The two girls he was with are both in high school and its one of the girls cars actually.
oh sweet jesus..
cmon fellas..
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Jan 29, 2010 9:24 AM EST reply actions
just found this comment i didnt right it
While trying to justify driving under the influence with two teenage girls, Chris Hanson promptly responded, "Rey, let me show you what you wrote in this chat log."
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
write
epic fail
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
Deja Vu
Hmmm… stud linebacker coming from the exact same school as another stude linebacker already on the team… thought to be a first rounder but drops into the second round due to character issues where the Bengals gleefully grabbed him… has a very good rookie season based on agressiveness but may need to develop a better head for the game… everyone excited about his development for next year….
… and then the problems started. Mike Brown does not need to resign Thurman.. we may already have him.
Admit it… when you put all the parallels together it is very disturbing.
Didnt thurman play for goergia?
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
georgia epic fail
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
Oh I see what you mean im dumb
USC= Rivers Rey
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
Yep...
sorry not to be clearer, but it was supposed to be Thurman next to collegel teammate Pollack bolstering our LB Corps for a decade. First 2d rounder Thurman gets suspended for substance abuse, then 1st rounder Pollack’s career is ended in a game during the suspension.
Now, second rounder Rey has his own form of substance abuse and may be suspended for the start of the season, and former college teammate and 1st rounder Rivers (with whom he is supposed to bolster our LB Corps for a decade) better be sacrificing a chicken to Jobu before he suits up vs Cleveland if it happens during Rey’s suspension!
lol @ Jobu
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Jeez
I said yesterday that he wasn’t smart and look at what happens! Jeez Rey, this ain’t college THURSDAYS!
Carson needs to speak and set his fellow USC alums straight!
by sgiridharan1982 on Jan 29, 2010 10:44 AM EST reply actions
Man!
A DUI and an 03 Sunfire. This really sucks. While this is a serious crime from a safety perspective, I am hoping that this is just a one-time mistake. We need a post about Chad kicking in the Pro Bowl to lighten this up a bit! :)
ummmmmm
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
WTF was going on in Kenton?
First Chris Jericho and another wrestler and now Rey. What the hell is Kenton offering, exactly?
I don't know
that smirk on his face of his photo doesn’t look like someone too upset with what just happened.
I once defended the managerial styles of Jerry Narron after a Reds loss in a bar after a long night of drinking. I wish I could say that I don't remember doing that.
Kinda what I was thinking
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
Im Rey’s age, and when something like this happens. All you can do is smirk to play it off. He has to act like a bad ass. but when he goes home, or his mom calls him, it will be a different tune.
"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"
by Joe Goodberry on Jan 29, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
nice
you should use that for every bad thing that happens to the bengals this season, such as a loss, bad draft pick, etc….
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
Sensible Steeler Troll!
Hate the team, the Halloween colors,(adequate though seeing you mostly get tricked, never treated!), hate the way Mike Brown skimps the City & shames his GREAT father’s name, hate the racist fans, the demographic lay-out of all those twisting roads to no-where outside your city, but never would hate the kid! And would never want to see him fail!
I’m a fan who WANTS you Bens-Gals healthy, WANT you to see them as good,(which means 10-6 season, 1st rd. exit out playoffs[“Playoffs? Playoffs? Are you kidding me? Playoffs?” Jim Mora]), that way, when the Steelers kick your boys square in their @zzez, we don’t hear all the whining! Oh wait, did I just type about a NON-whining Bens_gals fan? My bad!!!! :)
"You never stand so tall as to when you reach down to pick someone up."
Rey??????
That should have arrested him for driving a 2003 Pontiac. I would have said it was the
cars fault that it he was weaving all over the road, side swiping vehicles and running over parking meters
As somone who
has witnessed his behavior first hand while he was at USC this comes as no surprise, blows my mind it took him this long to get in trouble. The guy is a total party animal.
a total party animal who drives a real pussy magnet
Sonny my pitched my wild
by GrooveLeg on Jan 29, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
actual pussy magnet
"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"
by Joe Goodberry on Jan 29, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
This really blows
We were doing so god w/o all the bad rep stuff and leave it too Rey to mess it up. Why is he even in Ky? Aint nothing there but trouble. Oh wait, thats what he found. Dumb Ass
by James Schmid the great on Jan 29, 2010 3:30 PM EST reply actions
I agree with Tommy Boy, I can't believe it took this long
My friends work in the bar business here in Cincy and Rey frequents their establishments. Their comments about him always seem to reference how incredibly loaded he was or some of his questionable actions toward women. Actually, my buddy predicted this to happen just last weekend. We had a good laugh about it today.
Apparently
Rey was riding with an 18 year old female. Oh boy.
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/pleased-to-make-reys-high-school-acquaintance-27727
dont know why it popped up twice?
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by TennBengalfan on Jan 29, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
Dont know how to take this comment
Sunfire jokes aside, there’s nothing amusing about cruising around intoxicated with minors in the car. Additionally, these is the Bengals we’re talking about here. The last thing the organization needs is bad press, especially after doing a good job of cleaning up its off-field image in recent years and playing some inspired football on the field last season, winning the AFC North and making the playoffs for the first time since 2005.
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groundhog year 05'
Ohhh Shit!!!! “face palm”
Football Gods,
Please do not let this take away from our success going forward, as it did in 06’. For that was the start of the downward spiral. Please help Rey Rey see the light and do not let this interfere with all of the other players and their judgements.
P.S. Bring us a Super Bowl next year. If you do this, I will sacrifice a goat for you. Or one Ben Worthlessberger. Which ever suits you best…..
funny
I thought it was just funny how you just wrote a piece about Maualuga and how important he is to the future of the defense. Hopefully he doesn’t follow Chris Henry’s poor judgements.
Rey wondered why he dropped in the draft
and now he knows.
Face it kid, the Captain ain’t your friend.
Next time remember the immortal words of Flava Flav…
…I call a cab ‘cause a cab’ll come quicker.
911 ain’t no joke when it’s Rey in the back of the ambulance, or worse a victim of Rey.
Draft another LB in ’10
Minister of Great Legs
I don't know where I lost more respect.
At the part about the drunk driving…or at the part about the high school girls. If that had been my little sister in the back of that car, enough rage just might have built up in my 5’9", 165 pound frame to kick the shit out of Rey.
haha, maybe Rivers will visit you in the hospital..
he knows what its like to have your jaw wires shut.
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Jan 31, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
Let's Hope Lesson Learned, Not A Pattern!
From Steeler Nation. Rey had some on campus issues involving alcohol & a fight before coming to Cincy. Let’s hope that this will wake his young @zz up to the fact that he plays a game, but LIFE is real! Roger Gestapo, oops, Goddell, will not be playing if he gets another DUI. Ex: See, “Odell Thurman”!!!!
Although I most sincerely hate you Halloween color wearing, Bens-Gals, hateful, vitriol spitting, racist(some) fans in Cincy, I wish the kid well! Let’s ALL pray he gets it together, and the NFL doesn’t stand for,“Not For Long”, in his case. Here’s wishing you folks NO LUCK next season! PEACE
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