Porn Valley- In a story that everyone seems to be talking about except the mainstream media, Carolyn Hughes’ ex-husband was on the air today. Hughes is the Fox Sports West reporter who’s been carrying on an alleged affair with Dodger pitcher Derek Lowe behind Lowe’s wife’s back. www.adultfyi.com/read.aspx?ID=10948
The husband, Tommy Siboni, spoke to Tom Leykis on KLSX. 97.1 Tuesday afternoon. Leykis, who’s finding it amusing that ESPN is now taking credit for a story that he and Ron Fineman originated last week, spoke to Trinka Lowe Monday night. Siboni said he didn’t know it was Lowe but suspected that his ex-wife was carrying on either with a pitcher or a catcher.
“She went to spring training the end of February, the beginning of March just for the pitchers and catchers,” said Siboni. “When she left she was in tears because she didn’t want to leave me. When she came back she told me she didn’t know if she could trust herself when she’s on the road any more.” Highes apparently told him that something came very close to happening. “And she didn’t like that feeling. She said she didn’t like to be put into those situations.”
Asked what he did, Siboni said he got upset. “The weeks following that there was a lot of fighting and suspicions on my part. It was, like, who are you talking to? Are you still talking to this guy? She said yes. But he’s married and it’s not going to go anywhere from there. She still wouldn’t tell me who it was.” Siboni said he went into the bathroom to check on her cellphone and Hughes busted down the door, slapped him in the face and beat him up. “She tore my shirt off until I gave her back the phone,” Siboni said, noting that this was the first incident of its kind.
“After that we got so crazy and out of hand that we both decided it was best to go separate ways.” Siboni moved out and Hughes sold the house a month and a half later. Siboni was finally tipped off when Trinka Lowe called him about three weeks ago. “She said this is Derek Lowe’s wife. As soon as I heard the name, she said Derek Lowe, I knew exactly what was going on. The whole story just came together. She told me what had happened that she followed him [Lowe] back to her [Hughes’] place. He’s been driving her car. None of it really surprised me. I told her that. Once I heard that I said that must have been the guy from spring training.”
Siboni said he works in a restaurant where a lot of people coming in are reporters and celebrities. “That’s what I heard- that people suspected it since spring training. It all kind of came together.” Siboni said he and Trinka Lowe spoke for a couple of hours one evening. “Whe we put our time lines together we realized they were both in the same cities at the same time. There were phone records and what not.” According to what Trinka Lowe told him, Leykis said Hughes and Derek Lowe spoke five times a day. Siboni said Hughes would sneak off to make phone calls in her car.
“If there was nothing to hide, she wouldn’t have to do that.” Leykis said he was amazed at how many people around town knew of the affair. Siboni said he sees 400 or 500 people a night and hears about it all the time. “I said hey listen it’ not my concern any more. That’s her problem.”
Leykis asked Siboni if he was surprised at media reluctance to touch the story. “The local news media is Fox,” said Siboni. “And Fox doesn’t want to expose this any more than what they have to. I’m sure the LA Times and Fox have some sort of relationship. It wouldn’t surprise me that that’s the reason why it’s not being exposed.” Leykis said there’s something like four sports station in LA. “And they apparently have nothing to say about this, either.” Siboni asked if two of those stations might be Fox-owned. Leykis said Fox doesn’t own any radio stations. “Isn’t it interesting that everyone’s keeping their mouths shut when it comes to this particular story. When it comes to Jude Law screwing his nanny, that’s perfectly okay to put in the paper. But for some reason people don’t want to talk about this story.”
Siboni said Hughes often told him that it makes her sick that married athletes would sleep around. Leykis said Trinka Lowe told him that Hughes has such a history. Siboni said it was true. “Before her and I were together I don’t know anything there. But this is not the first time that something happened with her and I. It’s always involved major athletes.” Asked if he would care to share, Siboni said Karl Malone left a message at 11:30 at night.
“He said hey baby it’s Karl. You’re probably out in Los Angeles finding my replacement. So give me a call when you get a chance. I don’t know what that meant.” Siboni then asked Hughes about Kobe Bryant and Hughes never believed that happened. Hughes said she and Bryant were friends that she was there for him as he was going through some problems. “I said when did you become this major counselor?”
Siboni found out from Trinka Lowe that Derek Lowe and Hughes chartered a plane together to the All Star Game. “I knew she was going to the game. I knew she was doing that red carpet-thing. I had no idea he was going. I know he didn’t make it. Then I heard that she ended up going to his friend’s house and playing drinking games.”
Asked if he ever met Derek Lowe, Siboni said no but that Lowe had come into his restaurant. “He came in our downtown location once but I was off. Trinka said he was in with Brad Penny one night.”
Asked if he had any idea what he was in for when he married Hughes, Siboni said not in the least. “She was a wonderful woman. We had a lot in common. We had a lot of fun together. She became somebody I didn’t know. That old saying you think you know someone. I was blindsided.”
From what he understands, Siboni believes that Hughes has been suspended until further notice. “I don’t talk to her at all- the last I spoke to her was when I gave her a piece of mind the night Trinka called me.” Siboni said he and Hughes don’t have kids so it was easy to part ways. On the other hand, Siboni figured it would be a grueling process for Trinka Lowe.