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Lions rookie offensive lineman and first-round pick Gosder Cherilus was ordered Wednesday to serve one year of pretrial probation for his role in a Boston bar brawl in which a patron was seriously injured, the Boston Globe reported. Cherilus also was ordered to pay the victim $52,000 toward his medical bills. Cherilus and teammate DeJuan Tribble, stars at Boston College, were celebrating Cherilus' 3rd birthday with teammates at a bar last July when they intervened in a confrontation between a patron, Sean Maney, and a State Police sergeant, Joseph Boike, a part-owner of the place. Maney testified in Boston Municipal Court that Cherilus grabbed him in a two-arm choke hold and dragged him across the room while Boike and Tribble repeatedly punched him, according to the Boston Globe. Maney testified that he and Cherilus slammed into a table, that he lapsed in and out of consciousness, that Cherilus and Tribble kicked him, and that he suffered a spinal injury that required surgery.

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June 26, 2008  07:23 AM ET

"Cherilus and teammate DeJuan Tribble, stars at Boston College, were celebrating Cherilus' 3rd birthday", underage drinking accounts for yet another outbreak of unnecessary violence. When will we learn?

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June 26, 2008  07:31 AM ET

That's far too young to be picking a fight. He should hold off from that stuff until he's at least 7 or 8 years of age.

June 26, 2008  07:56 AM ET

hes only 3 years old? the sky is the limit for him

June 26, 2008  08:01 AM ET

Just glad I am not a lions fan. Do they do any background check on these guys before they draft them? This happened a year ago...They would do better to just put 200 names on a board and throw a dart...

June 26, 2008  08:02 AM ET

Trade him to Cincinnati.

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June 26, 2008  08:13 AM ET

An African American beats up an Irish American Cop in the City of Boston and lives to tell about it....Say what you want, but we have come a long way..

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June 26, 2008  08:22 AM ET

50 he was on the cops side...as far as I can tell.

June 26, 2008  08:24 AM ET

Think your right. My fault. Too early..That explains a lot though...

June 26, 2008  08:29 AM ET

hes only 3 years old? the sky is the limit for him
bkelly | 06/26/08, 07:56 AM


I had the same thought. This guy is going to get huge...

June 26, 2008  08:31 AM ET

Another non-Cowboy player gets in trouble with the law. Imagine that!!!

June 26, 2008  08:32 AM ET

Two lions threads, they have not recieved this much press since Barry Sanders quit on them.

June 26, 2008  08:46 AM ET

...They would do better to just put 200 names on a board and throw a dart...

50yearfan | 06/26/08, 08:01 AM

I thought that's what they did!! Maybe they have an even more pitiful process.

June 26, 2008  08:57 AM ET

I thought that's what they did!! Maybe they have an even more pitiful process.

CowboyDave | 06/26/08, 08:46 AM

Yeah but the only players on the board are wide receivers.

Does the full article say anything about the punishment the cop received?

June 26, 2008  08:59 AM ET

nope they have Bubbles the Chimp making the final call in their war room.

June 26, 2008  09:11 AM ET

So, Bubbles the Chimp changed his name to Matt Millen.

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June 26, 2008  10:37 AM ET

WOW..........the man (child) is 3 years old and he's whuppin' other peoples arses in bar fights..........he must be one bad mother f'er

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