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I wasn't ready to move on past the NBA Draft quite yet, but our studio manager Brian just sent me this story and it needs illumination: Eddie Griffin has been charged with drinking and masturbating while driving, a combination of acts which caused him to crash his Escalade into a parked Suburban. Follow the link for all the sensational details and video, but here are some quick highlights...

-- Griffin was watching porn on his dash-mounted DVD player.

-- An eyewitness says Griffin "was masturbating himself."

-- Griffin tells the owner of the wrecked Suburban that he'll buy him a new car, any car if the guy doesn't call the police. Well, any car but a Bentley. Seriously, he said that. On video.

-- When police did arrive on the scene, they drove Griffin to his home rather than to jail.

-- This all happened three months ago.

Unbelievable.

Update: It just dawned on me that there are two Eddie Griffins of slight but pretty much equal national interest. Just to clarify, the masturbatory drunk driving Eddie Griffin is the Eddie Griffin who was drafted No. 7 overall by Houston in 2001 after his freshman season at Seton Hall and has gotten progressively worse since. The other Eddie Griffin "stars" in bad comedies.

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• #3 Comment from monponsett
  6/30/06 9:50 PM | Permalink

  No joke needed, here... although Eddie could argue that he was working the stick shift.
• #2 Comment from stetsonboy21
  6/30/06 7:11 PM | Permalink

  The T'Wolves signed him to a 3 year deal, great.  By the way, just to be fair and balenced, Eddie says he dropped his cell phone, and crashed when he picked it up, lol.
• #1 Comment from redwingsnut93
  6/30/06 11:14 AM | Permalink

  That is Unbelievable.  What a idiot that guy is.
  
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