Baby Mama Says Cards’ Fitzgerald Beat Her Up

Sign #1 your relationship might not be guaranteed eternal wedded bliss: You’re a professional athlete and she’s a cheerleader. Sign #2: She files a paternity suit, and you demand a DNA test before you’ll pay any child support. And sign #3: You’re accused of pulling out her hair, and slamming her head against a marble floor.

Angela Nazario

That’s the charge brought against Larry Fitzgerald by the mother of his child, former Raiderette Angela Nazario. Nazario claims she brought their 11-month-old son to Fitzgerald’s Phoenix home for a visit, they started arguing. Let’s see how the plaintiff describes how a multimillionaire athlete calmly and maturely handles a disagreement, after the jump.

Via TMZ, Nazario admits she swung at him first in a play fight, and “may have hit his face.”

Fitzgerald then turned from playful to enraged, allegedly pushing Nazario down to her knees. She claims he “grabbed me by my hair with both hands on the back of my head very very hard and tossed me across the room.”

Later, when she tried to leave with her son, Nazario says Fitzgerald “grabbed the back of my neck and slammed me down on the marble floor … [I] was disoriented for awhile and could not get up, I remember he mumbled something about ‘that’s what happens when you try taking my son away from me.’” As she got in the car to leave she realized she had lost “chunks” of hair.

This sounds pretty serious, but Fitzgerald did allegedly suggest she get an abortion. Maybe he’s unclear on how human pregnancies work, and is trying to take care of it himself.

Whatever. It’s not like it’s this distraction that’ll cause the Cardinals to lose Saturday.

For the curious, some photos of Nazario from her cheerleading days:

Angela Nazario

Angela Nazario

12 comments

  1. GravatarNick N.
    10:51 am on December 31st, 2008

    First hit the Cardinals have managed all year.

  2. GravatarJoe the Plumber
    10:55 am on December 31st, 2008

    She is a two-bit skank who ate too much dark meat …

  3. GravatarPhil Bama Slamma
    10:56 am on December 31st, 2008

    Being a Raiderette, she should be used to horrifying homicidal freaks.

  4. GravatarDan Anderson
    11:10 am on December 31st, 2008

    Domestic abuse is never something to joke about. And to do it in front of your 11-month old son? That's just sick.

  5. GravatarEl Jefe de Jefes
    11:35 am on December 31st, 2008

    Joe the Plumber… explain what you mean when she "ate too much dark meat?"

  6. GravatarOrioled
    11:37 am on December 31st, 2008

    I feel sorry for the poor kid who's stuck in the middle of all this. Who knows how these weird parental circumstances is going to warp him in the future?

  7. GravatarBooga Lou
    11:45 am on December 31st, 2008

    Maybe Kurt needs to lecture Larry on what would Jesus do.

  8. GravatarThe Real EA Sports
    11:58 am on December 31st, 2008

    Anyone who would assault a cheerleader or ex-cheerleader deserves to be pummeled. And they'll be plenty of time to beat up Fitzgerald after the Cardinals lose this weekend.

  9. GravatarSapdiesel
    12:05 pm on December 31st, 2008

    Dan Anderson is this site's "buzzkill".

  10. GravatarPlaxico Rent-A-Car
    2:30 pm on December 31st, 2008

    I'm not that surprised that Larry Fitzgerald would beat up his baby's mama - the Cardinals can't beat anyone else.

  11. GravatarDesert Rat
    5:41 pm on December 31st, 2008

    Nazario is nice.

  12. GravatarKev543
    12:27 pm on January 1st, 2009

    sounds like she deserved it for hitting him first and taking away his child…Oh yea, for not being attractive either!

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