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New Lions RB accuses Bell of theft

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New Lions running back Rudi Johnson said former Lions running back Tatum Bell stole two of his bags from the locker room Monday. Johnson said when the bags were returned Tuesday, they were empty; missing were his identification, credit cards, about $200 in cash and some undergarments. "All this happened once he got released," Johnson said Wednesday as he came off the practice field. "He came here to get some stuff out of his locker. That's when he scooped the bags up. Some real shyster, conniving stuff, man." Bell said it was an honest mistake. He said he intended to pick up some bags for a former teammate, and he grabbed the wrong ones. He said he never opened the bags and doesn't have anything of Johnson's. "I ain't no thief," Bell told the Free Press in a phone interview. "I ain't never been one, and I ain't never going to be one. It was all a misunderstanding."

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Tatum Bell, Scott Boehm/Getty Images Tatum Bell, Scott Boehm/Getty Images
September 4, 2008  05:59 AM ET

this was a story monday/tuesday. better late than never t&r.

September 4, 2008  06:19 AM ET

Yea they are kind of late. But this is the best story I've read in along time. And as much as Matt Millen has stole from the Lions, I knew they wouldn't mention it.

September 4, 2008  07:03 AM ET

"I ain't no thief," Bell told the Free Press in a phone interview. "I ain't never been one, and I ain't never going to be one. It was all a misunderstanding."

I aint no poet .........
I aint never been one....
Aint got to be educated to make millions

September 4, 2008  07:50 AM ET

Stupid news.. pick up wrong bag and it is national news? Slow Slow day...

September 4, 2008  07:56 AM ET

If he struggles.. will he accuse Bell of stealing his talent???

September 4, 2008  08:05 AM ET

LOL, drj.

September 4, 2008  08:07 AM ET

"Some real shyster, conniving stuff, man".. best quote of the summer

September 4, 2008  08:14 AM ET

Ironically, this was Bell's longest carry during his time in Detroit.

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September 4, 2008  08:19 AM ET

I am pretty sure that he ain't no lying

September 4, 2008  08:20 AM ET

THIEF! THIEF!!! ...

September 4, 2008  08:26 AM ET

Welcome to Detroit Johnson. It's just the start of the Black Hole which is the Lions!

September 4, 2008  08:28 AM ET

So where's the ID and credit cards, the $200 in cash and more importantly, the undergarments? Will they, at least, show up on e-bay?

September 4, 2008  08:28 AM ET

haha he is saying he stole his undies. hilarious

September 4, 2008  08:30 AM ET

Had there been a goal line painted outside the building then Bell would still be standing there, scratching his head, trying to figure out how to cross it.

(OK, so it's an old joke)

September 4, 2008  08:57 AM ET

Rudi Johnson said if you see some Perry Ellis boxers on EBay, they're his.

September 4, 2008  08:59 AM ET

MY WALLETS GONE! MY WALLETS GONE!

September 4, 2008  09:04 AM ET

Shyster!

September 4, 2008  09:06 AM ET

Nice way to make friends among your teammates, accuse them of stealing

 
September 4, 2008  09:10 AM ET

Right now Tatem bell is shacked up in a crack house in Flint, MI with Rudi's underwear on his head

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