Warren Sapp Pinched For Solicitation
February 2nd, 2015
Pro Football Hall of Famer and Bucs great Warren Sapp had an eventful time in Phoenix during Super Bowl Week. Apparently, too eventful.
Per TMZ.com, Sapp was pinched in Phoenix for soliciting a woman of the evening. The site has all the details.
Warren Sapp was arrested in Phoenix this morning for soliciting a prostitute around 7AM … TMZ Sports has learned.
Sapp was also arrested for assault.
The 42-year-old “Dancing with the Stars” alum was booked just a few minutes ago.
Joe is assuming (yes, that’s dangerous) the photo TMZ is using is Sapp’s mug shot from this morning. Joe will add details as they come in.
UPDATE 4:07 p.m.: Deadspin.com has a summary of the incident from the Phoenix police. It is ugly. Apparently, Sapp spilled the beans he was buying sex. An excerpt:
On February 2, 2015 at 2:30 a.m. Phoenix Police officers working security at a Downtown Phoenix hotel were investigating a noise disturbance when they were contacted by a female alleging she had been assaulted. The incident was alleged to have occurred in a guest room, after meeting in the lobby while she and another female were there as escorts. During a meeting in the room, an argument ensued, allegedly over money and the altercation turned physical, spilling out into the hallway.
During the investigation detectives were able to establish that an act of prostitution occurred in the room by at least one of the females. Sapp was detained and transported to Phoenix Police Headquarters. While there he was questioned and admitted involvement in the act of prostitution, but denied assaulting the females. Minor injuries consistent with a struggle, were observed by investigators on both females.
UPDATE 3:54 p.m.: Per Phoenix police chief Joesph Yahner, Sapp is also accused of slapping around two women who sustained injuries. This also happened in a hotel where Sapp was pinched. The video of Yahner is below.
UPDATE 3:30 p.m.: Sapp’s name and bio have been removed from the page that lists all on-air talent with the NFL Network. Per TheBigLead.com, Sapp was paid $540,000 annually on his previous contract with the NFL Network. Sapp has been working under a new contract effective August 2014. No details on his current salary.
February 2nd, 2015 at 3:59 pm
Sorry to hear this. Warren you should have just went to the strip club.
February 2nd, 2015 at 3:59 pm
Oh that’s not good. Wonder how fast NFL Network will react to this.
February 2nd, 2015 at 3:59 pm
This is my favorite picture on JBF! second place is the picture of the hawk for the Hawk!
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Oh the HORROR.
@You Go Joe…he’ll probably STILL have a job with NFL Network. He didn’t commit murder.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:01 pm
@ The Buc Realist. No the best one is the one where it looks like Mccown is crying on the sideline
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:03 pm
@87 I dont know Greg Anthony just caught a solicitation charge and the Turner networks cut him just recently so who knows
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:06 pm
Sounds like a guy who wouldn’t be able to handle the NFL
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:07 pm
7AM? Damn that’s early (or late).
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:12 pm
@bucrightoff
That’s what I was thinking too. I can’t for the life of think of what could have possibly kept him up so late.
Maybe a lot of coffee?
Hmmmm……..,
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:12 pm
Nothing like a well balanced hooker for breakfast!
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Tom Says:
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:06 pm
“Sounds like a guy who wouldn’t be able to handle the NFL.”
LOL if this was Winston…fans would be all up arms worse than they are now.
Jameis Winston IS coming to Tampa. Stay tuned!
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:20 pm
That’s it, it’s official I’m changing my name to WS99.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:22 pm
Let commence the following talking points:
There should be protests and his name removed from the ring of honor.
The Glazers won’t stand for this.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:23 pm
🙂
Joe aims to please.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:26 pm
Wheres the post on Johnny Manziel and rehab?
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Sure do spend a lot of resources enforcing these kind of laws.
A waste of time and money IMO.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:29 pm
I was always partial to johnny football with the sparklers in his mouth surrounded by sorority girls.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:32 pm
I can see it now –
“The Hunting Ground 2 – The Sapp Years”
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:32 pm
It got worse.
JoeBucsFan retweeted
Brendon Geoffrion @tvbrendon 5m5 minutes ago
UPDATE: The NFL Network has removed Warren Sapp’s bio from the official “On-Air Talent” section of the website. #TMZ
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:37 pm
Hey dinner and a movie is solicitation also… for the less experienced 😉
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:39 pm
@87ForJameisNOMariota
You are delusional, at the very least.
This franchise has gambled and lost on character issues over and over. Talib, Williams, Price, Bowers . . . the list goes on.
I’ve always thought of Sapp as the one guy that we gambled on and won. And we did.
But, if anything, this charge just proves that guys with these kinds of issues cannot be relied upon to be the face of your franchise.
Now, I’m not faulting Warren Sapp for this transgression, because I’m a man with needs and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with paying to have those needs satisfied, if that’s what you are inclined to do.
On the other hand, I’m also a businessman. And I don’t hang my business interests on anybody that I think is a threat to go off the chain at any time.
Winston will always be a threat to go off the chain. That’s why Marcus Mariota will be our draft pick.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:44 pm
D James:
You might be able to find the information you are looking for on a Browns site. This is a Bucs site.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:44 pm
@ Senor Mofo
Very Well Put
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:45 pm
87, please refrain from your lovefest for winston to the winston threads. sheeeez man, you’re looking like you have wood…..nevermind, we all know you do…for him anyway.
lol @ sapp. hookers and blow baby!
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:46 pm
I feel like the Glazers strongly feel the Sapp selection was good, even though he (gasp) smoked some weed in college.
BB gun battles and profanity aren’t likely to deter them.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:47 pm
You would think as a former NFL player you could have your needs met for free and legal but I guess not. I guess it’s the I pay you so you dont tell anybody aspect?
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:47 pm
First it’s slandering a Saints TE. Now it propositioning for something any man who isn’t a jive turkey can get for free. I may have picked the screen name of the decade.
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:50 pm
Could it be that many woman don’t see the allure of the man?
February 2nd, 2015 at 4:58 pm
Joe, can we get an Open Thread of the Phoenix jailhouse coverage? You can probably still catch the red eye out tonight!
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:06 pm
Hey Joe,
Any news or updates on ur boy Johhny Football? To bad the Bucs didn’t draft him, he would have been a star if he came to Tampa huh???
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:08 pm
I feel for the guy. he was clearly set up.
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:17 pm
That silly Sapp, who does he think he is – Jameis Winston?
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:18 pm
Whoopsie.
That must have been some party last night – because I seriously doubt it was morning wood or a coffee binge that had Sapp looking for love in all the wrong places at 7am…
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:20 pm
that would be famous jameis to you mr patrick
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:22 pm
and jameis would not solicit. he takes what he wants
“where all the white women at” – famous jameis after the draft
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Eric you forgot stealing and Burger King was first, so Publix was no accident. He lied saying he thought FSU players get freebies. College roster is twice the size of NFL. All those freebies for players would costs thousands of dollars each week. Flat out lie, chronic thief. We only know of where he was caught stealing.
And you forgot about vandalism. First BB gun incident he was handcuffed and warned. Second BB gun incident hours later and $4000 in damage. No remorse for stealing or vandalism.
Then we can get to accusations of rape from two victims. Pattern of behavior is horrible. Getting rid of evidence. If the tape showed everyone willing, why was it destroyed?
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Pickgrin:
Remember that 7 a.m. Phoenix time is 9 a.m. eastern time. Wonder if Sapp’s body clock was still on east coach time?
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:28 pm
Warren Sapp as the guest of Sheriff Joe Arapio.
Golden……..
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:29 pm
@Joe isn’t this his second time being caught soliciting?
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Legal advice, Sapp use Winston’s a moan means Yes Defense.
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:32 pm
Not sure but was accused of assault on a woman before, but charges dropped.
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:32 pm
Wow. This sucks for Sapp. This will carry on in the media and the Bucs will not draft character issue Jameis Winston. The Bucs will draft Mariota.
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:32 pm
Warren Sapp, Jameis Winston, and a rabbi walk into a bar . . .
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:40 pm
good for him. you have an agreeable buyer and a seller, something that is legal if you pay for a license, (marriage)
I see no harm. If the government could figure a way to tax it, they would legalize.
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Jameis Winston is an angel compared to Warren Sapp…
February 2nd, 2015 at 5:59 pm
Boy if that was Winston the reaction would be more then “Awwwww shucks poor Sapp!!”
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:03 pm
If you think about don’t we all pay for sex? Diner, movie, diamond rings, cash. You know it’s all the same.
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:06 pm
@ WS99
Allegedley not Jameis Winston. Unless you count the cost of gas in the scooter
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:06 pm
What’s wrong with sap, doesn’t he have enough Kids running around?
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:09 pm
@pat
Ha! True story. It’s harder for a broke **** to get some *****
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:12 pm
”
Is Warren Sapp a bad tipper or did he get bad service?
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:19 pm
“boys don’t tip”
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:22 pm
@ LUV
Maybe it’s all just bad lip service, lol
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:24 pm
smh..lol
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:30 pm
^^^^^^^^
Touché lmao
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:36 pm
“Sapp’s got “99” problems and hoes are 1″ – Jay Z
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:44 pm
Everyone’s got a little Johnny Football in ’em
Hey speaking of Manziel, Joe…
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:45 pm
I watched the video…. So 2 women called the po-po about being roughed up…. Are they same ladies he propositioned? Are their asses in jail too?
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Sapp had money problems and the nfln gig was probably keeping him afloat, what an idiot. With all the domestic abuse issues in the NFl, no one associated is going to touch this guy. I loved watching ws play, but off the field he is an ahole and a dope.
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:03 pm
So, do we really want a QB who would do stupid shit like Sapp just did?
All I ever his “Sapp had problems, and he did fine…” Well, there’s this just now happening, and the fact that a DT is not held to the same scrutiny of a QB. If Johnny Football were a running back, no one would give a damn, except angry Cleveland fans watching him piss away a career.
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:11 pm
The Dolman Law Group (pictured below) may be called on to do some pro bono work.
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:19 pm
@ Bawlmer
LOL
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:23 pm
LUVMYBUCS Says:
February 2nd, 2015 at 6:12 pm
“During a meeting in the room, an argument ensued, allegedly over money and the altercation turned physical, spilling out into the hallway.”
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Is Warren Sapp a bad tipper or did he get bad service?
@luvmybucs: maybe he fell asleep afterwards and they tried to charge him for the overnight instead of the hour.
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:25 pm
Hopefully this is the only negative Bucs past or present news we will get this off season!
February 2nd, 2015 at 7:53 pm
>>Joe Says:
D James:
You might be able to find the information you are looking for on a Browns site. This is a Bucs site.
>>
Hey Joe
How quickly you forget your torrent of Draft Johnny Manziel posts.
It’s called humble pie. It goes down easy.
February 2nd, 2015 at 8:25 pm
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February 3rd, 2015 at 1:09 am
This is too bad, I enjoyed watching him play football and I enjoyed him on the NFL Network, I guess I will never see him again on a network show as a talent. He knew better and lost a lot, his standard of living just went down the toilet also. too bad for his kids.