What is going on with athletes lately? First Tiger is busted with a bazillion girls and his whole reputation is tarnished before the eyes of the world. Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were just busted for bringing guns to the locker room to solve a dispute over a gambling debt and now news has just broke that Steven Jackson was beating his pregnant wife and Rey Maualuga has just been arrested for driving under the influence.

Wake up people! Holy hell, where are all the role models in sports anymore.

Everyone has been beaten to death in the sports pages about the first two incidents I mentioned, but we’re just learning about Jackson and Maualuga’s unfortunate slip ups.

In the case of Steven Jackson, he’s been accused of beating his former girlfriend, Supriya Harris, when she was nine months pregnant. Jackson’s not a doctor so he can’t really claim he was trying to induce birth. But if he’s found guilty of this, I don’t know what looks worse than beating the mother of your child who is due any moment.

It’s rumored that his young nephew had to jump in between the two to stop the incident from continuing. In the statement given to police, Harris alleges Jackson became enraged during an argument and repeatedly pushed her to the ground before he grabbed her arm and slammed her against a door.

Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo released a statement Thursday.

"We are aware of the situation involving Steven Jackson," said Spagnuolo. "We are in the process of gathering information. We are always concerned with issues involving our players."

In the report, Harris clamed she was bleeding heavily and eventually went to a hospital with Jackson. Harris says in the report their son was born nine days later, and that she left Jackson four months later, as he allegedly made threats of physical harm.

After the season the Rams just endured, they definitely did not need this.

Now onto the case of Rey Maualuga, who has been arrested for drunk driving after crashing his car in northern Kentucky. Maualuga was arrested at 3:11 a.m. EST today and charged with operating a vehicle under the influence and with careless driving, according to Kenton County Jail records. According to the police report, Rey admitted to the police officers that he had "about six Captain and Coke drinks" earlier in the night. The report also states that Rey blew a .157 on the breathalyzer, which is nearly twice the legal limit.

There isn’t much more information available other than he’s being held without bond and no attorney has yet been listed for him. Just to update, he’s most likely sitting in a dingy holding cell with his face in his hands hoping the media hasn’t gotten hold of this one yet.

Sorry Rey, you’re busted.

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