The Dre Era
04-28-2010, 12:47 PM
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By Austin L. Miller
Staff writer
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 10:37 a.m.
According to officials, Clinton G. Hart, 32, scuffled with his wife Kelli Nicole Hart, 31, over a message posted to his Facebook account.
Officer Matt H. Friedman went to Kelli Hart’s business in northeast Ocala after her husband called authorities.
She told the official her husband was using a computer to look at his Facebook account and that he left the building, leaving the account open, and leaving behind his cellphone.
Kelli Hart said she took the phone and put it in her right rear jeans pocket, and that the Facebook page was left open.
Realizing he left his phone inside and his Facebook page open, Hart attempted to re-enter the business, but was prevent from doing so by his wife.
The two struggled and Hart reportedly grabbed his wife’s rear pocket, tearing it to retrieve his phone. During the struggle, she was hit in the lower lip.
Clinton Hart told the officer he was using the computer and left, then when he tried to get back inside, his wife stopped him. He said they struggled and he ripped her pants pocket while trying to get his phone. He said he never meant to hit her.
He said the argument began when an unknown woman messaged his Facebook account saying she knows him personally. His wife saw it and got upset when he returned to the business to close down his account, and tried to get his phone. He also said his wife had a brick and was threatening to throw it through the windshield of his vehicle.
Kelli told the officer she did not want her husband arrested and that it was he who called police.
Clinton Hart is from Dade City, but grew up in Bushnell, where he went to high school. He came to Ocala to play softball for Central Florida Community College for two years. He signed with the Tallahassee Thunder in the Arena Football League in 2000, before he was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2002, where he played for two seasons. He then played for the San Diego Rams for 5 ½ seasons, then was cut by them and was signed by the St. Louis Rams.
He currently is not signed to a team, but is hoping he will be. In Ocala, he owns The Brick House, a full-service beauty salon.
Whil waiting for his first appearance before a judge via video Wednesday morning at the Marion County Jail, Hart told the Star-Banner the incident was “a misunderstanding.”
He said he called police because he wanted to calm down the situation, but if he had known better, he would not have done so.
He told the Star-Banner that no “girl messaged him.” He said he left the Facebook account open and wanted to return and turn it off, but his wife didn’t want him to do so.
The NFL commissioner has recently taken a tough stance on “morality” issues. When asked what he thought the commissioner might have to say about this incident, Hart said he “didn’t do anything wrong. I’m not that kind of person.”
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By Austin L. Miller
Staff writer
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 10:37 a.m.
According to officials, Clinton G. Hart, 32, scuffled with his wife Kelli Nicole Hart, 31, over a message posted to his Facebook account.
Officer Matt H. Friedman went to Kelli Hart’s business in northeast Ocala after her husband called authorities.
She told the official her husband was using a computer to look at his Facebook account and that he left the building, leaving the account open, and leaving behind his cellphone.
Kelli Hart said she took the phone and put it in her right rear jeans pocket, and that the Facebook page was left open.
Realizing he left his phone inside and his Facebook page open, Hart attempted to re-enter the business, but was prevent from doing so by his wife.
The two struggled and Hart reportedly grabbed his wife’s rear pocket, tearing it to retrieve his phone. During the struggle, she was hit in the lower lip.
Clinton Hart told the officer he was using the computer and left, then when he tried to get back inside, his wife stopped him. He said they struggled and he ripped her pants pocket while trying to get his phone. He said he never meant to hit her.
He said the argument began when an unknown woman messaged his Facebook account saying she knows him personally. His wife saw it and got upset when he returned to the business to close down his account, and tried to get his phone. He also said his wife had a brick and was threatening to throw it through the windshield of his vehicle.
Kelli told the officer she did not want her husband arrested and that it was he who called police.
Clinton Hart is from Dade City, but grew up in Bushnell, where he went to high school. He came to Ocala to play softball for Central Florida Community College for two years. He signed with the Tallahassee Thunder in the Arena Football League in 2000, before he was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2002, where he played for two seasons. He then played for the San Diego Rams for 5 ½ seasons, then was cut by them and was signed by the St. Louis Rams.
He currently is not signed to a team, but is hoping he will be. In Ocala, he owns The Brick House, a full-service beauty salon.
Whil waiting for his first appearance before a judge via video Wednesday morning at the Marion County Jail, Hart told the Star-Banner the incident was “a misunderstanding.”
He said he called police because he wanted to calm down the situation, but if he had known better, he would not have done so.
He told the Star-Banner that no “girl messaged him.” He said he left the Facebook account open and wanted to return and turn it off, but his wife didn’t want him to do so.
The NFL commissioner has recently taken a tough stance on “morality” issues. When asked what he thought the commissioner might have to say about this incident, Hart said he “didn’t do anything wrong. I’m not that kind of person.”
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