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a cuban that can actually make contact with a bat?
what a concept
we should be so lucky

Beauty pageant contestant facing assault/battery charges
by Tess Koman | Cosmopolitan — 2 hours ago



According to NBC Miami, reigning Miss Miami Lakes Vanessa Lucile Barcelo, 26, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly accosting a man who was at a party she was hosting at her home. She faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery and battery.

NBC reports Barcelo, who is of Cuban descent, was “very intoxicated” when she told the man, who she reportedly knows, to leave her house. Though he was complying, Barcelo and another unnamed man allegedly kept pushing him down the stairs. She also then allegedly chased him out of the house with an aluminum baseball bat, striking him in the back and shoulder. The other man then punched him, as did Barcelo, according to police records. She was wearing a onesie covered in snowmen during the alleged attack.

The New York Daily News reports Barcelo denied punching the man after she was arrested - it’s unclear whether she denied hitting him with the bat - even though she had blood on her hands at the time.

“Vanessa is a sweet, sweet individual, very caring individual who in the circumstances did what she felt was appropriate,” her attorney Josef Timilchman told reporters on Friday without further clarifying said circumstances: “We are confident that once all of the facts that occurred last night come to light, my client will be absolved of any criminal responsibility.”

Barcelo’s pageant win made her a contender for the Miss Florida USA 2017 crown. The Miss Florida Pageant wouldn’t comment specifically on Barcelo’s case, only saying they have “specific morality clauses within each pageant delegate’s description of duties would be taken into consideration upon a legal ruling.”

The victim was hospitalized with severe injuries to his left eye and the other man allegedly involved in the attack still hasn't been identified. Barcelo was released on a $1,500 bond.​

 

had a feeling this would happen
when they take you out of icu it's not necessarily a good thing
it often means there's nothing more they can do
and stable just means they stabilized your condition
plus the reports from eyewitnesses were she wasn't breathing for several minutes
was probably brain dead tbh
just a bummer man
2016 has been a shitty year
off the top of my head; carrie fisher, george michael, prince, bowie...
damn
rip carrie

 

every year people die
if you think this year was shitty wait till next year
it will be worse
but it wont be as bad as the year after next

 

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Thandie Newton's breasts do not like this.

 

Thats why we should not look at people in the media as icons. Or people in general... or anything really.
There is enough sadness when a family member dies, or a coworker like at my job today... no need to add more grief to our lives with people we will never get to know.
BTW, in case it hasnt been said today... Fuck Cancer.

 

I know man, i know what you mean. Its just a pet peeve of mine is all
I dont believe in superstars, icons, idols, czars, divas, gods, etc... all different words that ultimately mean the same thing
Sure when the guy that played Scorpion in Mortal Kombat the motion capture video game came into the office I got a little giddy... but I dont get how excited or interested people are in the lives of celebrities.

 

You would be surprised. Many people had love for her.
She lived kinda fast and had no problem saying what she felt. For that and due to her drugs, alcohol, and ease with men she was diagnosed with a mental illness. Shes lucky, 50 years ago she would have been lobotomized which is what they did to wild daughters of 'nobility'.
I liked her though, i like that she spoke her mind and didnt give in to the feminists who came down on her for the jabba the hut bikini slave girl scene.
She would be ripping those coming down on Steve Martin for his comments if she was alive.

 

one day later
carrie's mom, debbie reynolds, suffers a stroke and passes
no parent should ever have to suffer losing a child -- at any age
difficult to imagine the anguish she felt
hoping they're both resting well, together, in peace

 

wow
best shape i've ever seen rousey in
of course it will all be for naught if she hasn't worked on her fight strategy
but definitely an encouraging site
i liked her demeanor too -- no posturing, just very serious
we'll see...