Cheri Olvera is suing her former boyfriend, San Diego Padres outfielder Brian Giles, for more than $10 million. The allegations are quite lofty. Cheri Olvera alleges Giles began abusing her in 2002. The lawsuit accuses him of hitting and slapping her in the face, shaking and kicking her, and battering her twice when she was pregnant with Giles' child.She also maintains that the abuse by Giles caused her to miscarry.
On one hand, the accusations are quite surprising, as Giles is generally known around baseball as being a good guy and good teammate. On the other, you never really can tell what professional athletes or entertainers are really like behind closed doors, as we've found out with Michael Vick and Kobe Bryant, among others.
Giles could either be very adept at portraying himself positively through the public eye, or this girl could be just desperately trying to hit the jackpot a few years after separating from a rich baseball player. At this point, we just can't say.
For me, two questions arise:
1. Could Olvera prove abuse caused a miscarriage, with documentation from a OB/GYN?
2. Why didn't she come forward sooner?
Either way, this can't be a good thing for Giles. If he did it, he definitely deserves this. If not, it's a major hassle no one deserves.
I guess we'll find out soon enough.
I'll reserve judgment on either person until then, but I can say that I have no remorse for a man who beats a woman -- much less a pregnant one -- or a woman who would make false claims in order to profit. One of them is very wrong here.
ADDENDUM: There's some video on a possible incident.
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You really didnt know about Vick or Bryant from the start? ...ROFLAMO
6 years?..Seems shady to me
Kobe cheated on his wife. That's a country mile from beating someone til they miscarry.
Totally agree.
I was trying to say that Kobe was thought to be a good guy at one time and since then it has kind of gone away ... not necessarily to compare what these guys have (allegedly) done.
Just FYI, there are all kinds of reasons a woman wouldn't come forward about this kind of thing for a long period of time. Abuse of any kind is tangled up with a bunch of self-blaming, guilt, and the idea (sometimes untrue, sometimes not so untrue) that nobody would believe the victim.
I'm reserving judgment too and definitely NOT trying to start a flame war (I totally agree with your first question), it's just a pet peeve of mine when waiting a long time to come forward causes people to question the charge at all. Things aren't that black and white when it comes to stuff like this.
Brian Giles wasnt even DIVORCED from his 1st wife Dodi yet when this Cheri apparently said they started living together back in 2002....Now, shouldnt he be charged with BIGAMY??
I hope this is what I mean when you cheat on a spouse..
correct me if Im wrong here...And I know this for a fact...I used to work with him near him whatever!!!!....What a DH & RC.....