A lot of people want to be rich and famous so they can have the money and power to do whatever they want. But all too often when people get whatever their whim desires, they end up doing things that don't sound all that marvelously fun, when you step back and look at it.
Maxine Peterson desribes, based on the district attorney's report (in full gory pdf detail) the night that led to Randolph's latest brush with the Portland Police Department. Please, if you offend easily, read no further:
The investigation showed that Randolph asked his "occasional sex partner" and another woman whom he had not met before to perform a simulated sex show at the hotel room. There was some discrepancy as to whether or not Randolph asked the women to perform oral sex, but there was no dispute that sex was only simulated in the show that was performed, Rees wrote in the memo.
The woman who filed the complaint said Randolph was disappointed that the show had only simulated sex and refused to pay her. After the show, she said, she had consensual sex with Randolph's friend and then fell asleep or "passed out." She claimed she awoke and found Randolph trying to have anal sex with her. She told investigators she awoke and "slapped" Randolph away twice. Ultimately, she told police that Randolph lifted her onto a table and had sex with her while she shook her head "no," the memo says.
Prosecutors said the woman admitted she was extremely intoxicated, having had three cocktails and three double shots of tequila -- alcohol purchased by Randolph.
The other woman involved in the show told investigators she did not witness any sex between Randolph and the complainant, saying she was physically ill and spent about 21/2 hours in the bathroom.
A male friend of Randolph's was in the room and was interviewed by detectives. He described himself as a member of the "Hoop Family," one of Randolph's close associates. He said he "frequently sexually shares women" with Randolph but denied any knowledge of money passing between Randolph and the women that night.
He claimed he didn't see the simulated sex show because he was busy setting up music to play on his laptop, but he said he did have consensual sex with the complainant afterward, and so did Randolph.
Randolph's attorney says all of the power forward's conduct was lawful. The attorney for the woman in question adds that he's not sure everything here is something Randolph can be proud of. There might be a civil suit to follow.
My favorite part of Peterson's whole article: early in the process (after
a John Canzano column about the Blazers' allegedly training players not to cooperate with police investigations) the Blazers sent 15 dozen doughnuts to the Portland Police Department. They even had the mascot deliver some kind of super-doughnut to the chief. Peterson quotes a department official saying that the doughnut deliveries were not appropriate.
