Tucson’s ARIZONA DAILY STAR chronicles the positively bizarre behavior of Lute Olson’s ex-wife on the day Olson announced his retirement, reporting she “threatened the coach’s doctor by placing a sheet ridden with bullet holes in his office, according to a restraining order granted against Christine Olson on Tuesday.”
(Who’s the crazy one now?)
Dr. Steven D. Knope requested the order and it was granted by judge Susan Bacal.
Knope will have to get in line on this one though, as Ms. Olson has previously made dark threats to another party. Namely Lute himself!
In the aftermath of the couple’s divorce, Lute called a radio show in Tucson back in April and said, “I’ve been told (by Christine’s side) that, ‘I’m going to ruin your reputation. You’re gonna be a dead man in this town.’ These are direct quotes … ”
When it comes Dr. Knope, the DAILY STAR reports she got a little more creative:
According to court documents, Christine Olson called Knope’s office on three occasions Oct. 23 looking to speak to him, but was told he was busy with patients.
Around 3 p.m., she arrived at the medical office and “behaved in a threatening manner” to staff members, according to the order.
After waiting 20 minutes, she walked past the reception area and to Knope’s office, according to court documents. Upon entering the office, she placed a target practice sheet on his desk chair. It contained 25 bullet holes in the paper head and body, the report said.
Why the heck would she do all that? Well Knope claimed in court documents that Ms. Olson has claimed in the past that the doctor “destroyed her marriage.”
Knope was also the man who presided over Olson’s press conference and apparently was instrumental in getting the coach to retire.
All I can say is I wouldn’t want to be Kevin O’Neill right about now.
6:02 pm on November 6th, 2008
At least shes pretty hot though! I would tear that up!
6:08 pm on November 6th, 2008
And she'd tear you up - with a .44 Magnum.
6:12 pm on November 6th, 2008
I feel sorry for Lute. His first wife of many years dies of cancer, and wife #2 turns out to be a psycho hosebeast. Whoever he marries next better watch out!
6:24 pm on November 6th, 2008
I was going to send Lute some baked goods for Christmas, but it sounds like he's already had his fill of fruitcake.
6:25 pm on November 6th, 2008
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince were right - Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble.
6:45 pm on November 6th, 2008
She's gone crazy from the desert heat.
6:52 pm on November 6th, 2008
Better bullet holes than acutal bullets.
She's still loco en la cabeza.
7:10 pm on November 6th, 2008
Lute should tell Christine to go sit on a cactus.
7:15 pm on November 6th, 2008
With such shooting accuracy, Christine should try out for the basketball team. Lute isn't there anymore, so it shouldn't be so awkward.
7:18 pm on November 6th, 2008
How exactly did Dr. Knope ruin the Olsons' marriage? Was he hitting on Lute?
7:27 pm on November 6th, 2008
What a cunning stunt.
7:34 pm on November 6th, 2008
As Cypress Hill would say, she's insane in the membrane. (Insane in the brain!)
9:00 pm on November 6th, 2008
Lute should have known what he was getting into with this woman.
9:51 pm on November 6th, 2008
When is it ever good to be Kevin O'Neill?
1:18 pm on November 7th, 2008
I know that was meant in joking Super SC, but in all seriousness as an LDS missionary in Tucson, Ariz., I knew of numerous people who have had their brains baked in the Sonoran either by the desert heat or the chronic. Perhaps she's had both.