This Pacman Game Is Over

Pacman Jones obviously didn't learn his lesson from his last run-in at a strip club. Nearly a year ago, he was involved in a shooting at a strip club involving some of his entourage during the NBA All-Star weekend (which I attended, but somehow managed to avoid any issues).

Today, a woman is asking that he be arrested for punching her in a strip club. The woman, Wanda S. Jackson, is not just any woman, but an attorney at that, and the attorney working on Mr. Jones divorce case. I'm guessing that she works with his soon-to-be ex-wife?

But the worst part is that her arrest warrant application, filed in court in Fulton County, Georgia, says that he sucker punched her. Apparently Mr. Jones was upset because he believed that the club was involved in the disappearance of his money and jewelry, and according to Ms. Jackson:

I was sitting in the office and he lunged at me numerous times in an
effort to do grave bodily harm," Jackson wrote in the warrant application
filed Jan. 7. "Veronica Jones, an owner, went into the hall to deal with a
member of his entourage. I followed to gawk. He was in the hall, surprisingly reached over or around a security guard and sucker punched me in my left eye.

I'm not sure what "I followed to gawk" really means or why it is here. Or why she thought saying that would help her tell the story. In any event, we won't know until about a month whether the magistrate judge will issue the arrest warrant. If he is arrested and charged, then this could throw a wrench in the attempted murder case in which he received special perks (i.e., avoided doing time) by cooperating with the investigation.

I can't help but think that Pacman thinks his actions are without consequence. He has been arrested 6 times since 2005(!) and he doesn't show any signs of really changing, at this rate. We don't know all the facts here, but it seems that it will be easy to prove whether he did or didn't punch her.

I have a few suggestions for him:

1. Stay out of strip clubs and entertain at home, if you must.

2. If you are tempted to go out to a strip club, remember your criminal run-ins and how much money you lose by not playing in the NFL for an entire season.

If he did this, he can expect to not play some more this upcoming season. (NFL Commissioner Roger) Goodell don't like ugly.