And the award for most random headline of the week goes to… TMZ! In a league chock full of baby mama drama, this has to take the cake as one of the wildest NFL stories ever– and that’s saying a lot.
According to TMZ Sports:
The mother of Brian Urlacher’s 12-year-old son claims the ex-NFL star has conspired with attorneys and a news reporter to paint her as a murderer … and now she’s suing for $125 MILLION.
The woman behind the suit is Tyna Karageorge — who had a child with Urlacher in 2005. She later married Ryan Karageorge, who died from a gunshot wound to the head in Dec. 2016.
Tyna had told police she and Ryan had been arguing on the night of the fatal shooting — and at one point, he reached for a pistol in her purse and shot himself.In her suit, Tyna claims Urlacher — along with his lawyers and a reporter for the Chicago Tribune — concocted a diabolical plot to convince officials and the public that the shooting was NOT a suicide, but rather Tyna murdered Ryan.
Tyna claims Urlacher called the shots in the plot hoping to ultimately get custody of their son.
Ummmm, what??
In the sage words of Michael Scott–
[in accent] There has been a lot of murder and a lot of intrigue. My poor little heart can barely take it no more.
This story is stranger than fiction… It’s certainly stranger than seeing Brian Urlacher with hair. Look, Brian Urlacher is a nice guy, and was a fantastic football player, but I hardly think he is the mastermind behind a murder conspiracy straight out of an episode of CSI.
But hey, maybe that’s why he got the ridiculous hair plugs! To make him seem more friendly and likable in the event he is accused of being a murder mastermind? Yeah, not likely.
What exactly is the purpose of suing him anyways? She’s not in jail, and there doesn’t seem to be any slanderous or libelous public comments or quotes from Urlacher that would be detrimental to her image. This seems to be a cut and dry story of someone who was unfit to be a parent, and is grasping at straws to either A. get custody of her son B. remain relevant or C. get back at her ex-husband for taking custody of their child.
And according to a story from February of last year, it seems she has been up to these tricks for a long time:
“It’s simply unfortunate that Ms. Robertson has filed so many things with the court making extreme and untrue allegations, against the child’s father, against the child’s fathers lawyers, and against judges. Now she seeks media coverage of a custody case which can only embarrass the child and make his the subject of public attention,” said (Urlacher’s) attorney Anita Ventrelli.
Long story short, it all seems like complete nonsense. But holy shit was it a shocking headline to see.
