PFT: Steelers cut alleged pimp... LB Richard Siegler

[WoodysGirl]

POSTED 11:07 p.m. EDT, May 10, 2007
STEELERS CUT ALLEGED PIMP​

The Steelers on Thursday cut linebacker Richard Seigler. The move came after the team caught wind that there was a warrant out for Seigler's arrest.​

On charges that he is a pimp.​

Seriously.​

Per CBS 8 in Las Vegas, Seigler faces three felony counts, including pandering and living off of the earnings of a prostitute.​

Judging by the flood of e-mails we have received urging us to remove the Steelers' three points in Turd Watch as a result of the recent decision by authorities to drop assault charges that had been filed against cornerback Deshea Townsend, we're likely to get even more once we apply 18 more points to the franchise for Seigler's alleged transgressions.​

Steelers fans will argue that, because the team cut Seigler before he was actually arrested, the points shouldn't count. But it appears that he was dropped only after the team learned that a warrant had been issued, and that it was simply a matter of timing that he was released before he was taken into custody.​

So it's 18 points to the Steelers. Final decision.​

And thanks to JJ Cooper of AOL's FanHouse for tipping us off to this one.​

 

[WoodysGirl]

I-Team: Former Las Vegan, Pittsburgh Steeler Arrested on Vice Charges

May 10, 2007 07:58 PM CDT
Former Las Vegan, Pittsburgh Steeler Arrested on Vice Charges

Richard Seigler

Seigler is wearing number 51 in this file photo from the Las Vegas Bowl a few years ago.

Another target of Metro vice detectives was arrested today in Pittsburgh. It's an I-Team exclusive involving a professional athlete from Las Vegas.

The suspects name is Richard Seigler. He's a professional football player who, until Thursday morning, was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, he's charged with running a prostitution operation on the streets of Las Vegas.

Seigler attended Chaparral High School and was drafted in 2004 as a linebacker by the San Francisco 49ers. For the past two seasons, he's been a Pittsburgh Steeler wearing number 95. The Steelers web site described him as a powerful tackler with good hands.

However, on the same day that Seigler was arrested in Pittsburgh on a warrant out of Las Vegas, the Steelers announced he was cut from the team's practice squad.

Seigler, wearing number 51 in the file photo from the Las Vegas Bowl a few years ago, became a suspect as Metro vice officers probed a juvenile prostitution case. They found out that Seigler allegedly tried to entice a girl to work as one of his hookers, and then learned that he has other women working for him as escorts in Las Vegas.

Metro Vice Sgt. Gil Shannon told the I-Team Thursday afternoon, "It started in December of 2006. We were conducting a juvenile pandering investigation. Various sources led us to identify the suspect as Richard Seigler. He was trying to get women to work for him. Our initial subject had mentioned prostitution. Through related investigations we found more women here in Las Vegas working as prostitutes."

The warrant for his arrest was signed late last week and other law enforcement agencies have been looking for Seigler, who apparently knew he was the subject of an investigation.

Thursday morning, the Steelers told him he had been cut form the team and also that U.S. Marshals were looking for him. Exactly how the team was tipped off is something Metro would like to know. Law enforcement sources told the I-Team that a Pittsburgh police lieutenant is also the chief of security for the team.

In any case, Seigler faces three felony counts, including pandering and living off the earnings of a prostitute. If convicted, he could face up to ten years.

Email your comments to Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp.

 

[Yeagermeister]

It's hard out there for a pimp. :laugh2:

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

It's hard out there for a pimp. :laugh2:

When you're trying to get the money for the rent.:laugh2:

Great scene in that movie hustle and flow.

 

[PullMyFinger]

PIMPIN AINT EASY!!!!!!!:laugh2:

 

[YosemiteSam]

Pimp There it is!

 

[adamknite]

Shootings, dog fighting, and now Pimping, this has been a weird offseason.....

 

[Boom]

Pitts better have my money!

 

[SaMaD_KhARoME]

 

[zeromaster]

wyrd .

 

[David276]

This is probably one of the more funny off season incidents:laugh1: . The vick dog fighting is just pathetic.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I picture that little guy in one of the Fridays movies saying...PIMP DOWN PIMP IN DISTRESS!!

:laugh2:

 

[BouncingCheese]

Damn, he may not be all the great on the football field, but I'm sure he isn't scared of anybody out on the streets; This dude looks buff. I woulddn't want to mess.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I picture that little guy in one of the Fridays movies saying...PIMP DOWN PIMP IN DISTRESS!!

:laugh2:

That and Santa doing the Deion dance were the only funny parts of that one. :laugh1:

 

[pgreptom]

LOL.

Wow. Are they seriously going to go through with this? I'd imagine with the money from the NFL - he's not living off the earnings of a prostitute. I'd imagine the prostitutes are living off his earnings from the NFL. Is that still a felony? How does that work?

 

[LowTech]

While we're on the topic of screwups, whats the over/under on the Bullet Magnet getting shot before Training Camp?

 

[adbutcher]

I picture that little guy in one of the Fridays movies saying...PIMP DOWN PIMP IN DISTRESS!!

:laugh2:

 

[THUMPER]

While we're on the topic of screwups, whats the over/under on the Bullet Magnet getting shot before Training Camp?

Tru dat. Mr. Special Teams needs to take the next short bus out of town.

 

[Future]

Awesome Sig!!!!

 

[Rack]

I'm surprised no one has photoshopped a picture of a #51 steelers jersey on this pic...