Thu May 07, 2009 4:45 pm EDT
The month of May has not been kind to Dirk Nowitzki(notes). After leading his Dallas Mavericks to a first-round playoff series upset, he suddenly trails the Nuggets 2-0 in the Western semis while being pushed around by physical Denver defenders and stubborn TNT personalities alike. And now? Now, he's got woman problems.
Dallas police officers arrested 37-year-old Cristal Taylor (seen here) Wednesday morning at Nowitzki's house on a fraud warrant. She is being held on a theft of services charge out of Jefferson County in southeast Texas and a probation violation from St. Charles, Mo.
According to CBS 11 News sources, the German hired a private investigator to check into Taylor's background and the gumshoe found that she had used at least eight different aliases in the past including Chrystal Ann Taylor, Crystal Ann Taylor, Crystal Ann Santiago and Crista A. Westerhays. How original.
Taylor was initially believed to be "just staying at Dirk's house," pumping David Hasselhoff tunes by the pool and what not, but new reports claim that an anonymous friend says Nowitzki and Taylor were engaged — and that she is pregnant. Apparently, the two have been living together for over a year. This raw video of Dirk interacting with Cristal seems to support the claim.
Nowitzki had little to say Thursday about the incident other than he's going through a tough time in his personal life right now and that he's not at the point where he's comfortable to talk about it yet. Makes sense.
With that said, the All-Star forward says he'll be "ready to play" Game 3 on Saturday, so maybe he'll take some of his frustrations out on the Nuggets. It wouldn't be the first time a NBA superstar destroyed his on-court opposition amidst off-the-court distractions.
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Geico....so easy a cavewoman can do it!
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dirk's kind of a jerk, so you know, i don't feel to sorry for him. don't sleep with trashy 37-year-olds, buddy.
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i can't wait for some dirt to come out on lebron. you know how many women he's got to have been with? and how many more he will be? by the end of it, he'll make d-wade look like that nerdy kid in the corner of the lunchroom who was too scared to look at the teacher with the big chest.
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oh boy, that's fun stuff.
dirk's kind of a jerk, so you know, i don't feel to sorry for him. don't sleep with trashy 37-year-olds, buddy.
How is Dirk a jerk? I'm not a mavs fan but he seems to be one of the most humble NBA players there is...
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I'm happily married. But were I dating, pretty sure I'd dump a broad before I bothered doing a background check.
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why is dirk dating a girl older he's 34-35 and she is 37. hmmm i guess age doesnt matter these days.
I dont know why you guys say he is a jerk, he is nice, i think....
and ya your right that son is gonna grow up tall.
Go mavs, hope they make a nice come back from the nuggets.
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Damn Dirk. You can get a better babe than this.
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