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Pittman's wife calls him a 'caring father'
David J. Cieslak
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 2, 2003 12:00 AM
Former Arizona Cardinal Michael Pittman's wife calls her husband a caring father, despite a weekend incident when he slammed his Hummer into her Mercedes as she tried to flee their Ahwatukee Foothills home with their 2-year-old son.
Pittman, 27, who was arrested Saturday on suspicion of felony aggravated assault, endangerment and criminal damage, flew into a blinding rage when he hit the car knowing that the toddler and a teenage babysitter were trapped inside, Melissa Pittman said in an interview Sunday.
"He just doesn't think rationally when he's angry," said Melissa Pittman, 25, who married the Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back following a two-month courtship that began in 1999 when they met at a Valley gym. "We all were scared. When you have a Hummer coming toward you and you're in a car, it's a scary situation and you don't know what's going to happen."
Melissa Pittman said the problems started Saturday afternoon when she accused her husband of having an affair with another woman.
During the argument, she attempted to leave their upscale gated community with one of their two children and an 18-year-old babysitter. Melissa Pittman disputes police accounts that the argument started because Michael Pittman wanted to take their son to the Buccaneers training camp in Florida, saying the disagreement was solely based around the alleged affair.
Michael Pittman was released Saturday from Madison Street Jail and apparently left Sunday morning for training camp with the Buccaneers, who acquired the running back last year after he spent four years with the Cardinals. Attempts to reach him were unsuccessful Sunday.
Pittman remains on probation stemming from two domestic violence incidents in 2001. He was suspended for one game then, and NFL regulations indicate he could face harsher penalties pending the outcome of Saturday's incident.
Pittman's wife calls him a 'caring father'
David J. Cieslak
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 2, 2003 12:00 AM
Former Arizona Cardinal Michael Pittman's wife calls her husband a caring father, despite a weekend incident when he slammed his Hummer into her Mercedes as she tried to flee their Ahwatukee Foothills home with their 2-year-old son.
Pittman, 27, who was arrested Saturday on suspicion of felony aggravated assault, endangerment and criminal damage, flew into a blinding rage when he hit the car knowing that the toddler and a teenage babysitter were trapped inside, Melissa Pittman said in an interview Sunday.
"He just doesn't think rationally when he's angry," said Melissa Pittman, 25, who married the Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back following a two-month courtship that began in 1999 when they met at a Valley gym. "We all were scared. When you have a Hummer coming toward you and you're in a car, it's a scary situation and you don't know what's going to happen."
Melissa Pittman said the problems started Saturday afternoon when she accused her husband of having an affair with another woman.
During the argument, she attempted to leave their upscale gated community with one of their two children and an 18-year-old babysitter. Melissa Pittman disputes police accounts that the argument started because Michael Pittman wanted to take their son to the Buccaneers training camp in Florida, saying the disagreement was solely based around the alleged affair.
Michael Pittman was released Saturday from Madison Street Jail and apparently left Sunday morning for training camp with the Buccaneers, who acquired the running back last year after he spent four years with the Cardinals. Attempts to reach him were unsuccessful Sunday.
Pittman remains on probation stemming from two domestic violence incidents in 2001. He was suspended for one game then, and NFL regulations indicate he could face harsher penalties pending the outcome of Saturday's incident.
