Saturday, October 9, 2010

K-Rod hopes for plea deal

Thursday was a beautiful autumn day, perfect for bike rides and walks through the park. On Thursday, Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez had spent his afternoon at the Queens Criminal Court House. K-Rod was in court for a hearing for assault and criminal contempt charges for attacking his girlfriends father.

If you happened to miss any major New York City periodical or live under a rock for the past couple of months, allow me to explain to you the details of the case. In early August K-Rod punched his girlfriend's father, 53 year old Carlos Pena, pinned him against a wall, and a few security guards had to restrain him. All of this occurred after a game at Citi Field. So K-Rod was charged with assault and harassment. The judge also gave him a restraining order barring him from contacting his girlfriend, Daian Pena, and her father. Daian is the mother of Rodriguez's twins.

Apparently Rodriguez didn't quite understand the meaning of no contact. K-Rod sent his girlfriend 56 text messages in seven days, with messages ranging from:
"Baby I Love You" to
"Thank you for sinking me turning your back, take good care of my children... and now I see that your were with me because of the money to see that you family..."

Rodriguez's attorney is trying to claim that K-Rod is naive and didn't know he wasn't supposed to text her. Whatever dude, obviously you have some serious issues if you text someone 56 times in seven days. I would have given up at 25. The judge charged Rodriguez with seven counts of contempt, one charge for every day of texting.

So now K-Rod and his attorney are trying to work out a plea deal for when he returns to court in November. Personally I hope K-Rod does some time and not just a slap on the wrist. He brings a bad vibe the Mets and society just doesn't need right now. You can't just go flipping out on your loved ones and expect to get away with that.


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