Tribe pitcher in bar fight - girlfriend is sports anchor for Cleveland's FOX 8

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http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-...-allie-laforce

Indians Pitcher Joe Smith Involved in Bar Fight, Is Dating Fox 8's Allie LaForce

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Indians relief pitcher Joe Smith was involved in an altercation early Sunday morning at a bar in Put-in-Bay. Smith tried to walk into a bar without showing his ID, the employee at the door asked for it, and Smith responded by saying he was a player for the Cleveland Indians. The police report notes Roundhouse bar security did not accept his statement of being a Cleveland Indians player as "proper identification."

There were lunges and people calling each other "*****" and some light shoving as Smith was removed from the property. Cops talked to Smith and the bar employees and decided not to file any charges or issue any citations.

But that's not the interesting part. The interesting part is that Smith was with Jack LaForce. If that name sounds familiar, it's because it's a relative of Allie LaForce, a sports reporter over at Fox 8. She is identified in the police report as Smith's girlfriend. A media source in Cleveland tells Scene the two have been dating for awhile now. This is probably not how they wanted to announce their relationship to the world.

So, there's that. When another officer asked for Smith's ID, which another officer had already taken, Allie LaForce also played the, "He's a pitcher for the Indians!" card.

Back to the police report for one bit of fun: Allie LaForce's mom was also there, and she edged her way into the conversation with cops as they tried to sort things out. She had her own ideas of sorting things out: trying to bribe them.

According to the cops, Mrs. LaForce “held out a large folded stack of $100 bills to Ofc. Williams and said ‘Can you guys take a tip?’”

[catlover79]

From Cleveland's FOX 8 News:

http://fox8.com/2012/05/22/indians-p...charges-filed/

Indians Pitcher in Bar Incident, No Charges Filed

Posted on: 12:38 pm, May 22, 2012, by Dan Jovic

Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Joe Smith was questioned by police after an incident at a Put-In-Bay bar on Sunday night.

According to an incident report filed by Put-In-Bay Police, Smith was denied access to the “Roundhouse Bar” because he did not have proper identification.

The report states that an alleged confrontation then took place between Smith and a member of the bar’s security staff after Smith was allegedly called a derogatory name.

Smith was removed from the property and police were called.

Once police arrived, Smith and a second individual were placed in handcuffs according to the report, but no one was arrested. Fox 8 Sports reporter Allie LaForce, Smith’s girlfriend, was with him at the time of the incident.

No charges have been filed in the case. Joe Smith has released the following statement regarding reports circulating today, “There was a story written off a police report that was very inaccurate and false.”

To read the incident report, click here.

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[catlover79]

Yup, it's pretty bad when your job is to give the sports report - and you're IN it - and it involves a bar fight. OUCH.