A Santa Clara County grand jury indicted former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald on one count of rape of an intoxicated person. The announcement came Wednesday, with the indictment stemming from a Dec. 15 incident at McDonald's home.



Current 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks (^ pictured right with McDonald) also has been charged by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office with misdemeanor sexual battery for an alleged assault the same day involving the same victim. The case against Brooks also was announced Wednesday.

The 49ers sent Brooks home from Colorado, where they are holding joint practices with the Broncos before playing a preseason game against Denver on Saturday night.

"The organization is aware that a misdemeanor charge has been filed against Ahmad Brooks stemming from a December 2014 matter. We take any charge against a member of this organization seriously and are in communication with the NFL," 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said in a statement released by the team.

McDonald is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 25. He faces a maximum of eight years in prison. Brooks faces a maximum of six months in jail. His arraignment has not been scheduled.

In a civil lawsuit filed in May against both men, a woman accused Brooks of groping her while she was unconscious at McDonald's home.

The woman said she slipped and fell on a pool deck at McDonald's house in December 2014 and continued to fall after that due to her initial head injury and alcohol consumption. McDonald initially thought she was dead, but did not call 911, telling others he didn't want a dead female found on his property, according to the suit.

At some point, Brooks groped her before McDonald carried her upstairs to his bedroom and sexually assaulted her, the lawsuit claimed.

Also Wednesday, the grand jury indicted McDonald for a May 27 violation of a restraining order stemming from an incident two days earlier involving a different woman. In that incident, he was arrested after allegedly breaking down a bedroom door to get to his former fiancee and their infant.

(08-10-2015, 12:57 PM)Blindgreed1 Wrote: As cutz pointed out, it's a privilege and needs to be treated as such.

(08-12-2015, 07:52 PM)BlueTiki Wrote: Six to ten weeks . . .

That equals how many interceptions, fumbles and missed red-zone opportunites for us NFL challenged members?

(09-29-2015, 05:54 AM)Duchess Wrote: I find it incredibly ironic that the basis of their lawsuit hinges on Tony acting recklessly given it was their son's reckless behavior that caused his own death.

Some people will do almost anything to get their hand in someone's pocket. I hope they lose.

(09-30-2015, 11:46 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:

(09-29-2015, 05:54 AM)Duchess Wrote: I find it incredibly ironic that the basis of their lawsuit hinges on Tony acting recklessly given it was their son's reckless behavior that caused his own death.

Some people will do almost anything to get their hand in someone's pocket. I hope they lose.

Yeah, I feel the same way about it.

This morning I read that Paul Walker's teen daughter is suing Porsche for her father's death.

I don't think the car is to blame. I mean, he and his friend were doing over 80 miles per hour in a residential area when they struck a couple of trees and a concrete lamp post. They were reckless and they died as a result.



Her lawyers contend that the 95 Carrera's design flaws caused Walker's death because the seat belt snapped him back with excessive force and the fuel line placement is unsafe (which caused the fire). Walker apparently had smoke in his trachea so he didn't die immediately upon impact.

Both of the men were race car drivers; they knew the car's design and the risks of speeding in that environment (in the Carrera or any other car).

I feel bad for the girl losing her dad, but if she really wanted to hold someone responsible, it would make more sense to me to blame her dad's friend who was driving the car. But, there probably aren't any deep pockets there.

Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3254272/Porsche-responds-wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-Paul-Walker-s-daughter-Meadow-claims-actor-burned-alive-design-flaws-sports-car.html

(09-30-2015, 11:59 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Yeah, I don't doubt that the 20 year old Porsche wouldn't meet today's safety standards.

I just don't think it's relevant given the fact that it was being driven extremely recklessly and the men inside it knew the risks better than most.

They also put others' lives at risks driving like that off-track, in my opinion.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if Meadow Walker's suit goes anywhere.

(09-30-2015, 01:24 PM)Duchess Wrote:

It bugs the snot outta me when I read of people being sued by those whose own behavior hurt them.

If someone trespasses onto my property and are hurt by a horse we can be sued. That's bullshit. There are gates & no trespassing signs all over the place but at least weekly there is at least one person standing at the fence trying to pet the horses. A grandmother with a golf cart filled with her grandchildren thought it was okay to come up the stable driveway so she could show those kids the horses. I wouldn't dream of going onto someone's property to checkout what they have. WTF.

(10-12-2015, 08:24 AM)Duchess Wrote:

Why da hell is Greg Hardy still in the NFL?

(11-09-2015, 02:22 PM)Blindgreed1 Wrote:

(10-12-2015, 08:24 AM)Duchess Wrote:

Why da hell is Greg Hardy still in the NFL?

Excellent question. I just saw the photos. He should be doing time.

(11-09-2015, 02:30 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I don't know anything about Greg Hardy as a player.

The pictures of Hardy's ex-girlfriend's bruises are disturbing. I understand a judge found him guilty of domestic abuse last year but charges were dropped and expunged when the ex stopped cooperating with the prosecution.

Now that the photos have been released, there's outcry for the Cowboys to drop him, but Jerry Jones thinks he deserves a second chance. Seems like a big risk to me - that position hasn't worked out well for other teams when they've stood by domestic abusers.

Ray Rice was kicked out of the league under similar circumstances, but not Hardy. It seems to me the NFL domestic abuse policies are pretty subjective and leave a lot to the discretion of team owners and management.