Ok, here’s a scenario to run by everyone. Someone accuses you of assault. You’re arrested and booked and everything and you make bail are are awaiting what comes next. A few days later, your accuser posts some messages on Twitter saying she’s going to talk to the district attorney the next day. The district attorney finds out about this and responds by saying he doesn’t have a meeting scheduled with your accuser. Your accuser posts another Twitter message saying the meeting is actually this afternoon. The district attorney says “no, it isn’t”. What’s really going on here. Now suppose for a second that you happen to be one of the richest athletics in pro football, and your accuser is your girlfriend (ex-girlfriend?) who was once a semi-celebrity but her star is fading fast along with her bank account.

Here’s what I think. I think Tila Tequila wanted out of her relationship with Shawne Merriman, and she thought she could take an argument and escalate it into assault charges and a huge settlement from an embarrassed ex-boyfriend. Right now she’s trying to make it seem like she’s more serious about the criminal charges than she really is, all in an effort to scare Merriman into offering a big settlement quickly so she’ll just go away.

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