Monte walks

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Colin O'Keefe

Monte joins the likes of OJ Simpson, Kobe Bryant and Ray Lewis as big time sports figures to escape serious charges. Come on,  Mascot Hall of Fame candidate, he's on that level, right? No, not even close?

This from USA Today:

HELENA, Mont. — Charges that the Chicago Bulls mascot attacked an off-duty police officer during an outdoor festival in Chicago have been dropped, Bulls officials said Wednesday.

Charges of misdemeanor battery and driving within a parkway were filed against Barry Anderson, the Benny the Bull mascot. Police said Anderson, in his bright-red bull costume, threw a punch at a sheriff's deputy July 2, knocking off his glasses and breaking his watch.

Police said the officer had tried to stop the mascot for riding a minimotorcycle thorough the Taste of Chicago festival without a permit. When the off-duty officer, who was working security, tried to stop him, Anderson ran, police said. The officer chased and caught him.

I hope this leads to a new tradition at football games where Monte regularly picks fights with event security; these fights occaisonally escalating into a drunken Butte on St Patrick's Day-esque riot.

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