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The story from Steve Kennedy, Andy's brother...
The story from Steve Kennedy, Andy's brother...
Posted 12/18/2008 1:31 PM CST on clarionledger.com
Andy Kennedy is not talking to members of the media about his arrest in Cincinnati early this morning, but his brother Steve Kennedy agreed to tell me the story Andy has told him. The following is the story he told me:
"The team had its normal team meeting at about 11 p.m. and then the coaches went out for a late-night dinner with some friends that Andy had when he was in Cincinnati. After they were done, they were leaving dinner and hailed a taxi. The taxi driver pulled up and the coaches (Kennedy, Bill Armstrong, Michael White, Owen Miller and Torrey Ward) piled into the car. Kennedy was in the front. The cab driver decides that he won't take all five guys, he'll only take four, and he started calling coach Ward (who is black) the 'N' word, so Kennedy says they'll get another cab. The cab hadn't moved, but the driver demanded that six dollars be paid. At this point, Kennedy got out of the cab and went to another cab directly behind them and asked the second driver if he would take five people. That cab driver said yes. But when the coaches tried to get out of the first cab, the cab driver locked the back doors and drove about 100 feet with the four assistants in the back. Kennedy was standing on the curb. Apparently, some words were said in the cab and the cops were called. When the police showed up, the cab driver said Kennedy punched him and called him racial slurs. So the cops, who Andy said were nice, but had to do their jobs, put him in handcuffs and put him into the squad car. At that point, Armstrong started saying stuff like this is bull s--- and he ended up getting arrested as well. But Andy never touched the cab driver or called him any names. They spent six hours in jail for this. It's amazing that someone can just make an accusation and someone gets thrown into jail."
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There's been talk, specifically from the cab driver that said that Kennedy and Armstrong were "kicked out" of the bar in question. Here's a quote that seems to put that issue to rest:
Alex Moller, who identified himself as the general manager of the Lodge Bar, disputed the police report when reached by telephone today.
“The reports that they were kicked out are untrue,” said Moller. “They were here, but they left on good terms. As for what happened after they left the bar, I don’t know, but there was no incident here.”