Just days after L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling's racist tirade to his mistress, another name in Los Angeles sports is facing allegations of using the N-word. Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett was in a Minnesota hotel bar April 28 when, according to bartender Mary Rohr, he used offensive, racist language, ultimately calling her the N-word.
According to TMZ, Rohr filed a complaint with the hotel in which she claimed Beckett used abusive language toward her after she cut him off:
"Beckett -- along with pitcher Clayton Kershaw, Orel Hershiser and 3 other Dodgers broadcasters -- were at the bar at the Grand Hotel Minneapolis on April 28th when Beckett allegedly dropped the N-bomb. In a complaint she filed with the hotel, Mary Rohr says, "He used the N-word towards [sic] me while hanging on his teammate, Clayton Kershaw, and then asked for another cocktail," the bartender said in a letter to hotel management.
She insinuates Beckett was drunk and she was cutting him off, claiming, "I offered him a water and he began cursing at me."
Rohr says she confronted Kershaw when Beckett was in the bathroom, and he said, 'Well, he's from Texas.'"
The Dodgers initiated an investigation and determined that the allegations are absolutely false, citing holes in Rohr's story:
"There are problems with Rohr's story. For starters, Clayton Kershaw was nowhere NEAR Minneapolis Monday ... we've learned he never set foot in Minnesota that day. Now we're told Rohr has changed her story and is saying the guy LOOKED like Kershaw but it was actually Dodgers pitcher Paul Maholm."
It sounds like the only people the Dodgers talked to were Rohr and Beckett's teammates so it seems unlikely that anyone has an unbiased account of the alleged incident.
What do you think? Is L.A. flooded with bigoted dirtbags? Is being from Texas a valid excuse for abusive language? Did the guy even say these things?
Tell us your thoughts, please, in the comments section below.
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