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A Raiders spokesman said "We are in the process of gathering information," regarding the status of wide receiver Javon Walker, who was reportedly found unconconscious in Las Vegas with an orbital fracture Monday morning. Walker, according to Fox affiliate KVVU-5, was listed in fair condition. The Las Vegas-Review Journal reported Walker was spotted at the nightspot "Tryst" at the Wynn "spraying the crowd with some of the 15 bottles of Dom Perignone Rose champagne he ordered." Walker signed a free agent contract with $16 million in guaranteed money in the offseason but was still rounding into shape following knee surgery. Coach Lane Kiffin said he wanted Walker to lose weight before the Raiders went to training camp in Napa. A report filed with the the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department identified Walker as the "victim of an early morning crime."

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Javon Walker, AP Javon Walker, AP
June 17, 2008  06:27 AM ET

I hope he is ok, but come on. 15 bottles of Dom Perignone?? You're already a target because you're a football player. Have to be smarter than that, to put yourself in situations that draw too much attention.

June 17, 2008  06:43 AM ET

Las Vegas+alcohol=crime victim? Duh

June 17, 2008  07:06 AM ET

I'm all for celebs/players enjoying themselves but at least be smart about it. There are many people who are less fortunate who don't want your millions thrown in their face i.e pouring D.P. on them or making it rain in clubs. If you are going to do those things you better at least be prepared for what comes next.

June 17, 2008  07:08 AM ET

You have to know that is going to happen. Live life like a star or a hip hop artist, that is fine. To each his own, but you can't do something on a rap video in real life. People get PO'ed when they get alcohol on their clothes....thats just like saying....I have a lot of money, someone try and do somethin.

If you have ever tried to get in the Clubs in Vegas, you know you can't dress like a bum either, to get in.

June 17, 2008  07:09 AM ET

with that said....Hopefully he is fine and can get back to a pro bowl form.....and move on from what happened in Denver with Darrent. Hopefully Javon can find a way to cope with it all. Good luck to Javon and the Raiders.

June 17, 2008  07:26 AM ET

Where were his people? Was he doing it "Big Willie Style" all by his lonesome self? Probably a set-up.

June 17, 2008  07:29 AM ET

T Y P I C A L !

You can't....

Oh, never mind.

June 17, 2008  07:32 AM ET

I was in a club in Vegas once and Larry Johnson of the Chiefs bought shots of Petron for everyone (I'm being honest here, not trying to make stuff up to get attention). Is that a waste of money? Sure, but at least that's wasting money in a way that will make you friends, not enemies. Buying alcohol to soak people in a club is not only a stupid way to waste money, its a way to make enemies. Javon Walker has always been about "getting paid," even when he was back with the Packers (he threatened a holdout after his first productive season). Its nice to know that pouring champagne on people is what he wanted all that money for.

When I first heard this news I was concerned for him, but after hearing this, it sounds like he may have invited this on himself.

June 17, 2008  07:34 AM ET

Oh yeah..........Party like a Rock Star
(wait - he is an athlete and pillar of society)

June 17, 2008  07:38 AM ET

The fools that go there don't realize that sin is a transitive verb and the locals are hoping and planning that the sin is against you.

June 17, 2008  07:42 AM ET

The fools that go there don't realize that sin is a transitive verb and the locals are hoping and planning that the sin is against you.

BelichickforPreside

HUH? Got any more shrooms?

June 17, 2008  07:51 AM ET

1. Dom P is a poor-man's expensive champagne.

2. Javon Walker? I wouldn't want Javon Walker spraying me with a fire extinguisher if I was ablaze.

3. Why can't these guys just go out, relax and have a good time? Always have to act ignorant.

June 17, 2008  07:57 AM ET

Wanna bet BigBlue4u is lying about Larry Johnson buying him a shot....geek.

June 17, 2008  08:00 AM ET

. Why can't these guys just go out, relax and have a good time? Always have to act ignorant.

I don't think it's an act. He has to be legitimately ignorant.

June 17, 2008  08:10 AM ET

All but jackmanrob can ignore this. Um. Vegas is called, and sometimes even promotes itself as 'sin city'. People think they go there to sin. What they do not appreciate is that the sin industry in Vegas has people who want to rip them off and 'sin' against them. So you go there and get into trouble like Javon here. Lots of people get into trouble. Celebs and otherwise. Anyone interested in what happened to me? I could do a blog. I can't supply shrooms. Wish I could.

June 17, 2008  08:15 AM ET

To those who ignored the above post: I meant to say that Vegas rips you off and I tried to be poetic when I talked about sin in my post above. I got in trouble in a swing and gambling mode when I tried to party with excessive money and women. I would go back there but the place is full of jerks.

June 17, 2008  08:15 AM ET

I could do a blog. I can't supply shrooms. Wish I could.

BelichickforPresident | 06/17/08

I understand.....and do want to hear the story.

June 17, 2008  08:17 AM ET

Hopefully he's alright and makes a full recovery because you don't wish that on anyone. Just recently, Javon received the good news that someone cofessed to murdering his buddy, Darrent. In hindsight, he should've invited all of his Raider teammates to the Wynn, reserved a VIP section, and sprayed them with the bubbly. Not making light of this, but it's as close as they'll get to that euphoric feeling of winning the SB.

June 17, 2008  08:24 AM ET

confessed...excuse me.

 
June 17, 2008  08:28 AM ET

Why don't you just wear a suit made out of $100 bills. I love how these just make targets out of themselves.

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