Word: albertism
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...course of four days, more than 30 years of hard work, hustle and talent were reduced to a series of headlines in the New York Post. Each headline not only summed up the previous day's developments but also had a little fun with the revelations about Albert's sordid personal life...
There was nothing fun, however, about watching a man's career and reputation unravel before a nation's eyes, especially in the steadfast presence of his father, his children and his prospective wife. "From my point of view," said Albert, "I just felt that I had to end this ordeal for myself, my wonderful family, my fiance Heather, my friends and supporters...
...Albert had been the emphatic voice of the New York Knicks and Rangers, the hound-dog face of NBC Sports, the favorite guest of David Letterman, and the proprietor of the most famous call in sports--Yesss! Along the way, though, he had evidently acquired some tastes and vices that clouded his judgment and apparently erased his understanding of the word no. On Feb. 12, Albert and a 42-year-old Virginia woman with whom he had had a 10-year-long sexual relationship arranged to meet at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Pentagon City in Arlington. According...
...that time, Albert assured his employers and the media that he was innocent of the charges and that he would be exonerated. (His reputation was hardly enhanced, though, when his name and phone number were found this summer in the black book of a murdered New York City dominatrix.) The principal players in the case were a casting director's dream. Leading Albert's defense was Roy Black, who had made his reputation defending William Kennedy Smith against a rape charge in 1991. The lead prosecutor was Richard E. Trodden, a former high school teacher who has been known...
What was happening inside the courtroom was even more outrageous. In his opening statement, Trodden pointed to Albert and told the jury that "a coarse and crude abuse of a human being took place...at the hands of that man." The prosecutor went on to reveal that Albert liked three-way sex and wore "ladies' underwear." Defense attorney Black in his statement portrayed the accuser as a troubled woman who sought revenge on his client because he was going to marry someone else. Black said she "collects" celebrities, pointing out that she once claimed to have had a "relationship" with...