The Julie Donaldson Story

I'm not sure how many people outside (or inside) the Boston area have been keeping tabs on the Julie Donason story. If not, I'll give you the Reader's Digest version: Donaldson is a former beauty queen from Florida who came to Boston to work as a smokeshow sports reporter for Channel 7. In July, she pressed charges against her boyfriend Ivan Lattimore (a professional Slamball player) for assaulting her (including breaking bones in her face by punching her). He is currently being held until a September trial.

This story was intriguing to me before for several reasons. One is that, and I'm sure many roomofzen readers feel the same way, I'm always looking out for the well-being of attractive sportscasters (I'm sure nobody would dare lay a hand on Erin Andrews for fear of falling victim to some kind of crazy vigilante). Second, the fact that Lattimore is a professional slamball player intrigues me, because I'd like to know more about how common legal trouble is with slamball in comparison to leagues like the NFL and the NBA. I've always thought of it more as a sort of circus act than anything else, and pictured a lot of illegal drugs surrounding it. Finally, the similarities between the name Lattimore and Lattimer (as in Steve Lattimer, who earned a spot on the starting defense and also a place at the table during his senior year at ESU) is impossible to ignore.

Anyways, this story got a little more interesting today when Lattimore (in something that Steve Lattimer most likely would have also done in this situation) proclaimed that he still loves Julie Donaldson, and he has a sex tape to prove it.

This guy is an idiot. I don't know how he possibly thinks that this might have helped his cause in any way. He is asking us all to assume that 1) Having sex with somebody and filming it is an undeniable sign of love and 2) The fact that he had sex with her on camera means that he obviously loves her which means that he would never have hit her. Obviously, this is something that most likely will not affect his trial in any way, but will draw much more attention to both of them (much of it will probably be negative for Donaldson).

Lattimore also said that he won't allow the tape to be floated out in to the public because he doesn't want to hurt Donaldson's career. That's a good move on his part. I'm sure that since nobody has seen it, everyone will just ignore the fact that he has made its existence public. This slamball bastard is taking down Julie Donaldson's reputation, and I think all of us have a responsibility to look out for the well-being of our hot sportscasters. Roomofzen supports Donaldson and hopes that she will remain employed at channel 7 for as long as her smokeshow sportscaster status remains intact.