While time’s being called on the second Ben Roethlisberger sex assault case, Steelers teammate Santonio Holmes has picked up the slack, being accused of assaulting a woman in a March 7 bar incident.
Orlando – from www.usatyoday.com – A police report released Tuesday revealed that the woman accusing Steelers WR Santonio Holmes of assault was rubbing the face of the former Super Bowl MVP after she alleged he threw a glass full of liquor in her face on March 7.
Anshonae Mills filed suit against Holmes alleging that he threw the glass at her and cut her face at an Orlando nightclub. Holmes denied any wrongdoing.
In the police report, cops said Holmes claimed that Mills started an argument with him over a seat in the VIP area of the club. In the suit, Mills asserted Holmes told her to “get up” from the seat.
Holmes also told police that Mills had used a racial name against him.
Police said they saw Mills and Holmes speaking in a friendly manner after the alleged incident. Cops “observed Mills smiling and rubbing Holmes (sic) face just moments after walking off together.”
Mills then told police they had settled their disagreement. Her statement to police:
“A drink was thrown in my face. I was hurt…bleeding but I refuse to prosecute the perpetrators for the incident.”
Earlier Tuesday, Steelers president Art Rooney II expressed his “disappointment” that Holmes had been accused of the assault. It was the second major controversy for the Steelers this month, after QB Ben Roethlisberger came under investigation for an alleged sexual assault in Georgia.