sportswizuhrd;633816 wrote:He got arrested for violating a restraining order by putting a message on the person's Facebook page....How are they allowed to be friend's if they cant communicate with each other?
http://www.gopherhole.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1276Mbakwe and his girlfriend, Jenny Belsito agreed to a “no contact order” in August of 2009, according to this source from an ex-girlfriend that Mbakwe had from his freshman year in high school. She had first wanted a restraining order, but because Mbakwe and Belsito wanted no contact with her as well, they changed it to a two year no contact order that would require both parties not to contact each other. GopherHole have been told that Mbakwe had not seen, nor talked to the woman since the August 2009.
Apparently, Mbakwe got together with a mutual friend and sent her a message via Facebook, and the message read “I hope all is well with you.” Even with the no contact order, he heard she was going through some kind of rough period, and was attempting to send his well wishes. This was obviously a violation of the no contact order, and because of this Facebook message, she proceeded to call the police and had Mbakwe arrested this evening.
The source said both Tubby Smith and Vince Taylor are aware of this, and although it was not a smart thing to do, the source said it wasn’t a violation of team rules or policies, and they didn’t expect any action taken against Mbakwe with relation to Gopher Basketball, or a possible suspension.
As he should.gorocks99;634291 wrote:Sounds like Minnesota's AD is going to let Trevor play against Purdue.
University of Minnesota director of athletics Joel Maturi and head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith announced Wednesday that that there would be no change in the playing status of junior forward Trevor Mbakwe.
“Trevor had a lapse in judgment,” Smith said. “I believe his actions were well intended, but misguided, and we have made the decision not to suspend him after looking into the matter further. We believe this is the appropriate thing for Trevor and the program at this time. We view this as an educational opportunity for all of our players.”
Mbakwe sent a Facebook message to a former girlfriend in violation no-harassment order that both parties agreed to in August of 2009. Mbakwe had not been in contact with the individual since that date.
The message Mbakwe sent via Facebook read: “I know we haven't talked in forever and trust me I'm not trying to start any drama with nobody in your life or anything. I just wanted to wish u the best with everything and I hope all has been well with you and your family. I am still disappointed how everything played out and I do wish that in the future we could be cool again. Idk how u r going to take this msg hopefully its not bad but I just wanted to wish u a happy new year and send out a congrats for graduating. I've been well I'm finally playin bball again in everything down in miami finally got taken care of thank god. Well idk if u will respond or not but best wishes for 2011.”
Smith said will have no further comment on the issue today.
The Gophers will hold their usual pre-game media availability on Wednesday following practice at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Williams Arena in advance of their Thursday night home game vs. Purdue.
lhslep134;636791 wrote:What a freaking b***h of an ex-girlfriend. Geez.
centralbucksfan;637132 wrote:Maybe, maybe not. We don't know exactly what happened with this situation.
SportsAndLady;637268 wrote:Uhhhhh, Yeah we do...his ex gf (who he had not spoken to in a year and a half) was having a rough time in her life, he wrote "hope you are okay" via facebook messaging.
If you call that stupidity, well okay
SportsAndLady;637268 wrote:Uhhhhh, Yeah we do...his ex gf (who he had not spoken to in a year and a half) was having a rough time in her life, he wrote "hope you are okay" via facebook messaging.
If you call that stupidity, well okay
gorocks99;637992 wrote:To be fair, the charges from 2009 were dropped after Mbakwe completed a pretrial program.
That said, what he did was dumb, but not dumb enough to make a huge deal out of it. Now that it has all gone down, I feel like both sides handled it well.
SportsAndLady;638216 wrote:hey cbf, capitalizing random words in your paragraph doesn't make your argument anymore right or wrong...k now that you got that, I will just assume you've never gone over the speed limit, because that is AGAINST the LAW and that would make YOU a HYPOCRITE.
See how retarded that/you sounds?