Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...against then No. 11 George Mason and a win over No. 14 Maryland during last weekend's trip to Virginia may have put the Crimson back on track...
...wheel was Marv Albert. The sportscaster had started it spinning, to be sure, but the wheel, further propelled by justice and journalism, picked up so much speed that the former Marvin Aufrichtig just had to get off. On Thursday afternoon, in a bizarre end to a bizarre trial at Virginia's Arlington County courthouse, Albert, 56, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of assault and battery in a case brought by a longtime lover. In the bargain, which prosecutors said had been offered to Albert before the trial began, the far more serious charge of forcible sodomy was dropped...
...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 to the woman, Albert became angry because she hadn't brought along another man to join them, and bit her repeatedly on the back...
...Because Virginia law allows "surprise witnesses," the trial had a real Perry Mason moment Wednesday when the prosecution called Patricia Masden to the stand. Masden described two encounters with Albert while she was an employee of the Hyatt hotel chain. She said the first occurred in Miami in 1993 when, after a few drinks in his room, Albert asked her about oral sex and threesomes, then bit her lip when he tried to kiss her. The second took place in Dallas in 1994 after Albert asked her to come up to his room to help him send a fax. Masden...
...fourth day, Albert's cornermen threw in the towel. Afraid that the prosecution had more surprises and frustrated because Judge Kendrick was citing Virginia's rape shield law to disallow testimony that might have impeached the accuser's credibility, Black recommended that Albert accept the plea bargain that was said to have been offered to him before all that dirty laundry had been aired...