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11-07-2005, 03:49 PM
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Updated: 2:25 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2005
TAMPA, Fla. - Carolina Panthers cheerleaders Renee Thomas and Angela Ellen Keathley were arrested for a nightclub incident after they had sex in a restroom stall early Sunday, police said Monday.
Thomas will be charged with one count of battery for punching a woman in the face and also for giving a false name — the identity of a fellow cheerleader, the Charlotte Observer also reported.
Keathley is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
The incident at Channelside began about 11 hours before the Panthers faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium, the Tampa Tribune reported.
As they left the Orient Road Jail late Sunday morning, the 26-year-old Keathley and Thomas sprinted to a car and would not comment. Keathley was released on $750 bail and Thomas on $500 bail.
Fellow Panther cheerleaders posted bail for the women and would not comment.
Witnesses said Keathley and the woman were having sex in a stall at Banana Joe's in Channelside about 2:10 a.m. Sunday, an arrest report states, according to the Tampa Tribune.
Club patron Melissa Holden said she and other women became angry while waiting for the restroom.
Holden said she could see the two women in the stall and heard moaning. After about 15 minutes, she said, the two women emerged. Another patron complained and then "the blonde hit me in the face," Holden said.
Holden said she grabbed that woman's arms, held them behind her back and called for security.
"I have a big black eye now and I have to go to work on Tuesday," said Holden, a nurse.
When police arrested the woman they said hit Holden, she gave police the driver's license of a Panthers cheerleader as identification, according to the police report. Keathley "got riled up" after that woman was arrested, McElroy said.
Keathley was drunk, "rude and belligerent," using foul language and uncooperative with police, the report states.
Police tried arresting Keathley, but she refused to place her hands behind her back and struggled with an officer trying to handcuff her, the report states.
Keathley is listed on the Panthers' Web site as a registered nurse and a second-year cheerleader for the team.
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Updated: 2:25 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2005
TAMPA, Fla. - Carolina Panthers cheerleaders Renee Thomas and Angela Ellen Keathley were arrested for a nightclub incident after they had sex in a restroom stall early Sunday, police said Monday.
Thomas will be charged with one count of battery for punching a woman in the face and also for giving a false name — the identity of a fellow cheerleader, the Charlotte Observer also reported.
Keathley is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
The incident at Channelside began about 11 hours before the Panthers faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium, the Tampa Tribune reported.
As they left the Orient Road Jail late Sunday morning, the 26-year-old Keathley and Thomas sprinted to a car and would not comment. Keathley was released on $750 bail and Thomas on $500 bail.
Fellow Panther cheerleaders posted bail for the women and would not comment.
Witnesses said Keathley and the woman were having sex in a stall at Banana Joe's in Channelside about 2:10 a.m. Sunday, an arrest report states, according to the Tampa Tribune.
Club patron Melissa Holden said she and other women became angry while waiting for the restroom.
Holden said she could see the two women in the stall and heard moaning. After about 15 minutes, she said, the two women emerged. Another patron complained and then "the blonde hit me in the face," Holden said.
Holden said she grabbed that woman's arms, held them behind her back and called for security.
"I have a big black eye now and I have to go to work on Tuesday," said Holden, a nurse.
When police arrested the woman they said hit Holden, she gave police the driver's license of a Panthers cheerleader as identification, according to the police report. Keathley "got riled up" after that woman was arrested, McElroy said.
Keathley was drunk, "rude and belligerent," using foul language and uncooperative with police, the report states.
Police tried arresting Keathley, but she refused to place her hands behind her back and struggled with an officer trying to handcuff her, the report states.
Keathley is listed on the Panthers' Web site as a registered nurse and a second-year cheerleader for the team.
© 2005 NBC Sports.com
Link (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9956517/)