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Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:14 pm EST

Patriots cheerleader booted due to incriminating Facebook pics

By Chris Chase

It's a tale as old as time. Girl becomes youngest cheerleader in history. Girl partakes in some underage drinking and writes anti-Semitic remarks and references to male genitalia with a magic marker on a passed out friend. Picture of said incident gets posted on Facebook. NFL squad boots girl from team.

Pictures of 18-year old Caitlin Davis posing provocatively over a passed out friend with graffiti covering her upper-half appeared on a NSFW website and was subsequently picked up by Deadspin on Monday. (You can view the pictures here.) Yesterday, the New England Patriots dismissed Davis. 

Considering she worked for the Patriots, it's a wonder the whole incident wasn't videotaped.

In a statement to TMZ (hopefully that's the last time those words ever get typed by these fingers), Davis said the guy in the picture dressed up for Halloween as "a drunk guy who passed out and was written on" and that she only got involved after he had lived up to his costume and literally became a drunk guy who passed out. How meta. Why the pen was is in her hand, obviously, isn't mentioned. And she's also not in a Halloween costume, unless she was going as "college student soon to be fired from her cheerleading gig". 

Photo via Boston Herald via Patriots.com 

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  1. Anrkist
    1. Posted by Anrkist Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:43 pm EDT

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    Gee, who didn't see this coming... at least the older ones are smart enough to make things private. Honestly though, is this really a big deal? I did that stuff when I was a kid.
  2. fivekidsdown
    2. Posted by fivekidsdown Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

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    If this is all it takes to get fired from a job, consider me unemployable.
  3. BOW
    3. Posted by BOW Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:57 pm EDT

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    i see the anti-semitic mark on his back but i also see the Star of David on his right shoulder....Sooooo don't those two just cancel each other out or something?
  4. Lis D
    4. Posted by Lis D Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:36 pm EDT

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    I think the swastika that's on the chin pretty much settles the matter, if you ask me.
  5. BOW
    5. Posted by BOW Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:57 pm EDT

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    Your right Lis D, she now has no sympathy from me.
  6. Dataman
    6. Posted by Dataman Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:40 pm EDT

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    Chris, get a real job. You are a numb nut.
  7. G-MAN
    7. Posted by G-MAN Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:35 pm EDT

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    I like it...i like it allot....
  8. Mr. Z
    8. Posted by Mr. Z Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:42 pm EDT

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    She's 18. We all do/did stupid stuff when we were 18. There might be some inappropriate content, but by firing her, they have just brought more attention to the situation. Seriously, a lot fewer people would have seen the picture if she hadn't been fired. So, I think she was wrong, but I think the organization made it worse.
  9. The Unsilent Majority
    9. Posted by The Unsilent Majority Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:01 pm EDT

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    Rather reminds me of a time I went into a small local jewelry store and they had a swastika pin in the case. When I pointed it out to the clerk, I got this long speech about how the symbol was representative of the four elements and karmic balance and harmony with nature. I just looked at her and said, "Not anymore." Dick around with that symbol and you're making a statement, whether you want to or not. Case in point.
  10. Force
    10. Posted by Force Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:04 pm EDT

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    I wonder how she looks with a shaved head....
  11. Khlomar
    11. Posted by Khlomar Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:02 pm EDT

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    uno that is hilarious. everyone needs to lighten up. who is the one who actually spent their time looking for this picture, figuring out she was a Pats cheerleader, and then turned her in. whoever this is needs to find something better to do with their time.
  12. tony
    12. Posted by tony Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:03 pm EDT

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    C'mon this is funny. She belongs to a church group, tried out for the Pats cheerleader gig cause she wanted to do service, writes and or gets her pic taken with multiple penises, swastikas and anti semetic references, gets fired, lies about it... the fun just goes on forever. Im sure her church group and parents would be proud.
  13. tony
    13. Posted by tony Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:03 pm EDT

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    Upon further review, maybe this is really a mission trip!
  14. The Unsilent Majority
    14. Posted by The Unsilent Majority Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:01 pm EDT

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    Nope, after further review, the ruling on the blog stands - it was just a stupid thing to do.
  15. Hippy
    15. Posted by Hippy Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    hmmm the star of David on the arm should 86 the swastika shouldn't it? OMG this girl is 18 years old...give her a break...
  16. Hippy
    16. Posted by Hippy Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

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    omg you guys are sooooooooo judgmental....I wish I was as much of a saint as you folks obviously are/were. At the age of 18 we were all idiots. This was blown way out of proportion by the Pats and I for one feel for her...
  17. Shawn O
    17. Posted by Shawn O Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:21 pm EDT

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    just another reason why Facebook needs to be destroyed
  18. Shalin
    18. Posted by Shalin Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:16 pm EDT

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    Do you cry yourself to sleep every night once you realize you write things like this for a living?
  19. Tim L
    19. Posted by Tim L Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:10 pm EDT

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    just put it on facebook... recipe for success!
  20. Matt
    20. Posted by Matt Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:12 pm EDT

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    The anti-semitic part was particularly troubling. Apparently the passed out person had the words "I'm Jewish" written on him.
    HOLY ANTi-SEMITE
  21. ModeratesRule
    21. Posted by ModeratesRule Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:54 pm EDT

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    Isn't it great to see these uppity snots that will have a free ride in life because of their looks get their comeuppance once in a while? Anything bad that happens to the Pats is good in my book.
  22. DennisM
    22. Posted by DennisM Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:36 pm EDT

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    sheeshhh we are a sad country......
    people need to learn to take a joke.
  23. DennisM
    23. Posted by DennisM Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:36 pm EDT

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    and really who cares...she's hott!
  24. Jeremy P
    24. Posted by Jeremy P Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:18 pm EDT

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    So is it anti-semitic when my Jewish friends say they're Jewish?
    "I'm Jewish." says my Jewish friend.
    "You're going to hell for being anti-semitic!" I reply, "And take off that Star of David necklace, it is very offensive!"
  25. Barb T
    25. Posted by Barb T Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:18 pm EDT

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    First off no where in any of those pics do you actually see the girl writing anything. Therefore, it would be a complete assumption as to what she wrote and what she didn't. None of the pics are provocative nor are they offensive. They put worse pics on the tv and in the magazines. (and people call them art) This is rediculous! Someone at the event made a bad decision to put the (emblem not to be named) on the individual but there is no evidince that it was the lady in question. I would hope she is happy to have been fired if an employer of mine told me who i could or couldn't be friends with i'd tell em to take their job and shove it. She is only employed when she is on the field and they have no right to but into her personal life. I think the grounds for dismissial need to be investigated a little further. Actually that mark is also a sign of dictatorship, hmmmm where your told what u can and can't do. Maybe it does have a small amount of reference to this situation!!! apparanty you are not allowed to have friends(who's actions and thoughts u can't control) or a little harmless fun if you are a professional cheerleader. The only person who should be offended is the poor sole who had to scrub all of that off!!LOL!!

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