All tag results for 'abuse'

Understandably, Jon Bon Jovi is NOT happy with Richie Sambora's decision to leave the band (not KICKED out) after a long career together!

In fact, he's so not happy that Jon is even calling him out for substance problems AND says he's completely replaceable! Take that, professionalism and friendship!

Richie's departure from the legendary band came as a shock to the world, and didn't leave Jon with a good taste in his mouth. Here's what he said:

Tags: abuse, angry, band, bon jovi, leaving, quit, richie sambora, substance, upset

Rutgers needs to seriously tighten up its athletics program!

Only a few weeks after firing the abusive men's basketball coach Mike Rice , the university has just suspended its head men's lacrosse coach Brian Brecht!

Here's what the president said:

Tags: abuse, brian brecht, coach, lacrosse, legal matters, rutgers, suspended, tacky, true, university, verbal, wacky

Almost a full year after the Penn State scandal and Joe Paterno's death, his widow Sue Paterno is finally speaking up!

She spoke up to defend her husband, who's legacy as the winningest coach in football history was tarnished due to his failure to act when news of Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse reached him.

We previously mentioned that the Paterno family was launching their own investigation into Joe's action back when things first were brought to his attention.

The report was carried out by experts her lawyers hired and it's a response to the Freeh report, that condemned Joe and led to his firing.

Sue said:

Tags: abuse, freeh report, jerry sandusky, joe paterno, legal, penn state, report, scandal, sex, sue paterno

Psyciatry's diagnostic manual, the DSM, is about to label almost 100% of college students 'mild alcoholics.'

LOLz, okay, it's not that bad. 40%. What we mean is that they're about to categorize binge drinkers, and other levels of alcohol misuse, with a new definition of alcoholism that blurs the lines between problem drinking and alcoholism itself.

To test this new definition, they had to take a look at how it changed the diagnosis.

The researchers studied more than 7,000 fraternal and identical twins. The twins responded to questions that assessed whether they met criteria such as loss of control over drinking, trying and failing to cut down or quit, and hazardous use (such as drunk driving) that doctors commonly use to define alcohol problems.

The results?

Tags: abuse, alcoholism, college, doctor, doctors, drink, drinking, men, problem, problems, question, questions, research, researchers, young

Francis Amiteye Ngissah, a 24-year-old man from Roseville, California, was arrested and accused of abusing players at the basketball academy he ran out of his home.

This sounds super creepy from the get go!

The arrest was for suspicion of child abuse involving cruel corporal punishment and willful cruelty, battery, and false imprisonment.

Four victims came to the police to report having been subjected to unusual physical punishment.

Tags: abuse, arrested, athlete, athletes, awful, basketball, california, child, child abuse, children, coach, cops, jail, kid, kids, player, players, police, report, school, victims

Milton Bradley, a former baseball player for the LA Dodgers, was just charged with 13 counts related to the abuse of his wife!

That's just awful! (For her, not him.)

The City Attorney's Office is charging him from five different incidents.

He's getting hit with 4 counts of spousal battery, 4 more of criminal threats, 2 of assault with a deadly weapon, 2 of vandalism and

Tags: abuse, assault, attorney, awful, baseball, battery, charge, city, deadly, divorce, dodgers, hit, incident, marijuana, office, play, player, police, report, smoking, wife

Pittsburgh Steelers' Chris Rainey, a rookie running back, was just arrested in Florida for slapping his girlfriend!

That's just awful!!

He was apparently arguing with his girlfriend when she got into a car and he tried to pull her out.

Witnesses said that he slapped his girlfriend across the face, then

Tags: abuse, arrest, assault, battery, chris rainey, football, girlfriend, hit, hurt, nfl, pittsburgh steelers, slap, strike, violence