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Posted By	Discussion Topic: The Sad Truth About Strawberry
Drunk Boy	posted on 04-03-2001 @ 6:19 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00	This is the real end for Darryl Strawberry Tells Probation Officer He Did Cocaine By VICKIE CHACHERE TAMPA, Fla. (April 3) -- Darryl Strawberry told his probation officer he spent the four days he was missing doing cocaine with a female friend and armed men who took his jewelry and abandoned him in a motel room. In a report to the judge who will decide if the former baseball star will go to prison, Florida probation officials said Tuesday that Strawberry tested positive for cocaine use and violated the terms of his house arrest in his four-day absence from a drug rehab center. The report came as Strawberry remained in a psychiatric ward at St. Joseph's Hospital while doctors evaluated him. Under arrest for violating his probation, he will be sent to the Hillsborough County Jail and held without bail once doctors declare him mentally stable. The probation report is the first official accounting of Strawberry's Thursday night disappearance from the drug treatment center where he was serving two years' house arrest. Strawberry told his probation officer that he was picked up at the center by a woman from an Alcoholics Anonymous program named Beverly, who was supposed to take him to the meeting. ''... Instead she began smoking crack cocaine and he couldn't resist the temptation,'' probation officer Shelley Tomlinson wrote in her report. "He said she took him to a nearby motel where there were a total of five men who had guns and took his jewelry.'' Strawberry said they continued to use cocaine until Friday, when the men -- who are not identified -- decided it was time to leave. They rode around town, bought more drugs and drove to a motel in Orlando, the report said. Joe Ficarrotta, Strawberry's attorney, was not immediately available for comment on the probation report. Earlier in the day, Ficarrotta said he was relieved that Strawberry was located. Neither the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office nor Strawberry's attorney know how long Strawberry will be at St. Joseph's. "It's a tough position for the judge to be in,'' Ficarrotta said. "Whether he relapses one time or 10 times, it's the same thing. It's whether you fight drug addiction by putting people in prison or do the right thing and get them the medical treatment they need.'' Meanwhile, Strawberry's friends rallied around the former slugger. In addition to his legal troubles, Strawberry also is undergoing an aggressive, experimental treatment for colon cancer. "He wants to get himself clean, he wants to go on and live a normal life like everyone else,'' said Mark Kennedy, who once shared an apartment with Strawberry at the Tampa drug treatment center. "If he's told me once, he's told me 50 times: 'I wish I wasn't who I am.' He says he wishes he was a regular guy.'' Strawberry disappeared from Health Care Connection, where he was sent on drug possession and solicitation-of-prostitution charges. He also was on probation for a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident stemming from a September collision caused when he was driving under the influence of pain killers. Strawberry resurfaced Monday when two friends went to Daytona Beach to get him and check him into the hospital. It was not clear from the probation report how Strawberry got to Daytona Beach, two hours northeast of Orlando. One of those associates, Ray Negron, a Cleveland Indians consultant, said he visited Strawberry Tuesday. "He's doing better today,'' Negron said. "He's doing OK and he's getting the care that he needs.'' Negron said he has been fielding telephone calls from former teammates and friends who are concerned about Strawberry. Among them were Indians second baseman Robert Alomar and pitcher Bartolo Colon. Who Wants a BEER? CantHandleMyBooty and TankGrrl24 are my Newbies!!
jewdown	posted on 04-03-2001 @ 6:23 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01	It's not sad, its FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!!!!! Lock the stupid fucker up. It's the only answer. If he wants to get clean, then put him in a place that he can't WALK OUT OF!! The first time he walked out of rehab, should have been the last. And if the cancer is all that bad and he really wants to die, then he should put a bullet in his head. I love Straw as a ballplayer, but as a regular person, he's a low-life, worthless piece of shit. He has NO respect for himself or his family.
SpiderBob	posted on 04-03-2001 @ 6:33 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	Amen.
adolescentmasturbator	posted on 04-03-2001 @ 8:17 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01	Too bad he will have access to drugs in prison. E-Mail Me LIKE SCHOOL IN SUMMERTIME
Fez The sky is blue	posted on 04-03-2001 @ 8:33 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Oct. 00	I truely feel sorry for his children. See My Sig Pics! If you want to be adopted by me IM me at fezoanda and email me at meguyelvis@hotmail.com Currently I've adopted giraffe raper and have room for one more
Francine Banger	posted on 04-03-2001 @ 10:15 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00	yeah I feel sorry for the kids too, I mean living with the name "Strawberry" cant be fun. Kids can be so cruel these days. But seriously the kids are better off without that scumbag in their lives.
AndyKoom	posted on 04-04-2001 @ 11:13 AM
Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01	I'm sorry, but Darryl should be sent to the loony bin. Either that or die from a crack overdose. Too many chances. I AM SICK of hearing Torrie stick up for that sorry ass and people defending him. He potentially could have had a great career, but fucked it up. At least Gooden seemed to recover and get his life back together, but drugs cost him a Hall of Fame bid.

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