Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib was charged with misdemeanor simple battery today stemming from an incident with a cab driver two months ago, the Tampa Tribune is reporting.
The Pinellas County State Attorney’s Office said Talib hit the cab driver, who drove Talib and two other Buccaneers from a St. Petersburg night club to a Tampa hotel on August 19.
According to the state’s attorney, Talib hit Duggan while Duggan was driving on Interstate 275.
“It was pretty hard as it was described to us,” Assistant State Attorney Richard Ripplinger told the Tribune. “It hurt.”
This isn’t the first time Talib has been accused of hitting someone. At last year’s rookie symposium, he got into a fight with then-teammate Cory Boyd. In a May minicamp practice he swung his helmet at teammate Donald Penn, missed, and accidentally hit Torrie Cox instead.
Talib did not offer any comment today. A Buccaneers spokesman said the team is monitoring the situation. Talib is expected to fly to London with the team on Friday for Sunday’s game against the Patriots.
Talib has started all six games at cornerback for the Bucs this season.
He’s as talented as he is stupid. Which is to say, he’s pretty damn talented.
Honestly he should have known that Bill Belichick would get someone to go ahead with this the week before they played.
2 hours after the cabbie was “struck”, he called One Buc Place asking for money from the team, now what’s up with that?
leave this hooligan in the UK
♪… Smashing through the boundaries
Lunacy has found me
Cannot stop the battery!… ♪
I guess the NFL will wait until he gets back from London to decide his punishment.
But having to fly 16 hours on a plane (8 hours each way) to receive a butt kicking from New England is a good start.
“Talib has started all six games at cornerback for the Bucs this season.”
You mean the oh and six Bucs? THOSE Bucs?
Dude really ought to try to focus his hitting on someone other than cabdrivers and teamates.
Wow… how little we learn from history. Looks like Talib hasn’t heard of Lawrence Phillips.
Honestly, is anyone surprised?
Man, if Talib is suspended, the Bucs might have a hard time defending the pass.
Can a guy leave the country when he’s been arrested?
Update the arrest meter for this . You have not even included Jeff Reed’s arrest Sunday night. WTF? I thought this was the Law & Order website.
this should all be washed away thanks to a 3 INT-in-one-game performance weeks back
Nice to see someone in Tampa Bay finally hit someone, too bad it was months ago.
Damn.
…must be because London’s not even nice this time of year.
Now if members of the TB defense can just start hitting and making tackles on players from the other team rather than trying to jack-up their own teammates.
Man, that team sucks… and that’s coming from someone living in STL. Can’t wait to see what team the jughead Florio has sitting in the select 32nd spot in next week’s power rankings.
This isn’t Kansas any more.
Was the cabbie his brother?
was he low on power? get it? he was charged with battery? thank you i’ll be here all week. don’t forget to tip the waitresses.
i thought pot made you mellow. that is the pride of jayhawknation, often confused for the 10 miles or so of the state that hugs missouri…
Bu….buu….butttt, LIMBAUGH IS WORSE!
Right Goodell?
Good question about kleaving the country while arrested. I guess he can change his name to po0lanski and get a 30 year intervention while they contemplate IN LONDON. ; )
One of the reasons Talib dropped in the draft was character issues. Translation… he’s a thug.
amazing how much crap this kid got away with at KU.
Guy with a history of hitting stationary people, but can’t touch a moving WR. I have a blind watchdog I’ll sell ya.