Tigers X - Number one Source to Talk Auburn Tigers Sports

The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: Jumbo on February 15, 2009, 02:55:37 PM

Title: Let's get physical!
Post by: Jumbo on February 15, 2009, 02:55:37 PM: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29195978/?GT1=43001 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29195978/?GT1=43001)
updated 1:48 p.m. CT, Sat., Feb. 14, 2009
CHARDON, Ohio - A woman pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool.

Police in Middlefield, Ohio, said surveillance video showed 41-year-old Christine Newton-John pulling James Mason around the pool by his arms and legs and preventing him from leaving.

Mason had a heart attack on June 2 after the extended swim session.

Newton-John pleaded guilty Thursday and faces up to five years in prison.

Police Chief Joseph Stehlik said he counted 43 times on the videotape in which Newton-John prevented her husband from leaving the water. He said Mason rested his head on the side of the pool several times while gasping for breath.

Stehlik says Mason's death was investigated because of previous complaints that he was abused.

Mason was a longtime friend of his wife's family. He knew her as John Vallandingham before she had gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and changed her name. They married in 2006.

Police did not immediately respond to a call Saturday seeking comment on a motive.
Title: Re: Let's get physical!
Post by: Townhallsavoy on February 15, 2009, 03:10:20 PM: "I jutht wanted him to get in shape!"

(http://bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/richard-simmons.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's get physical!
Post by: Catphish Tilly on February 15, 2009, 10:50:47 PM: Quote from: Jumbo on February 15, 2009, 02:55:37 PM
Mason was a longtime friend of his wife's family. He knew her as John Vallandingham before she had gender reassignment surgery in 1993 and changed her name. They married in 2006.

:blink:
Title: Re: Let's get physical!
Post by: Jumbo on February 16, 2009, 04:14:18 AM: Quote from: Catphish Tilly on February 15, 2009, 10:50:47 PM
:blink:
That was the hidden gem of the story!
Title: Re: Let's get physical!
Post by: GarMan on February 16, 2009, 08:35:52 AM: Quote from: Jumbo on February 16, 2009, 04:14:18 AM
That was the hidden gem of the story!
:puke:
Title: Re: Let's get physical!
Post by: Catphish Tilly on February 16, 2009, 01:11:12 PM: Something was certainly hidden alright.
Title: Re: Let's get physical!
Post by: Jumbo on February 16, 2009, 02:27:21 PM: Quote from: Catphish Tilly on February 16, 2009, 01:11:12 PM
Something was certainly hidden alright.
Thats a man baby, Yeah!