How this Mexican journalist managed to steal Tom Brady’s jersey following the Patriots Super Bowl victory is one that he needs to explain. But, because he couldn’t keep his mouth shut, the jersey was found in his home.
Tom Brady’s missing Super Bowl jersey was on top of everyone’s list right after they won the whole thing. Even the FBI got involved and that’s how they managed to find this missing child. The FBI got the answers no one could figure out but alas, one person, who happens to be a journalist, is the culprit behind this theft and his name is Martin Mauricio Ortega.
During Super Bowl time, there are events daily and Ortega made sure to not miss it. In fact, he came loaded with items because he intended to spend Super Bowl week getting autographs and not working. Because he shared how he truly felt, other journalists who were working hard shared what he said. In this case, snitches don’t get stitches.
“When I met him he was carrying a football helmet and he was bragging about having the signatures of former Super Bowl MVPs, and he was a little disappointed that Marshall Faulk refused to sign it,” said Ariel Velazquez, who covered the game for the Mexican daily El Universal. “He also said that he was not there to work: ‘There are people here to do that.'”
Anyone in that situation would share these details.
Mexican journalists who were in Houston for the game and interacted with Martin Mauricio Ortega, former director of the tabloid La Prensa, told The Associated Press that he brought multiple NFL memorabilia items, including a Kurt Warner jersey he hoped to sell to the former quarterback for thousands of dollars.
Ortega may have started a rule that’s never been thought of-time to search the media’s bags after they leave the game. Hopefully this doesn’t actually go into effect.
“He told me that he was not there to work, that he was a fan,” Arturo Palafox said. “And that he had asked for vacation from work to spend it at Super Bowl week, and he had attended more than 20 of them. He showed me Warner’s jersey with his signature and told me a story about how Warner was surprised that he was in possession of the item,” Palafox said. “He said he planned to gather interest from Warner to sell him the jersey for $8,000.”
His credentialing goes way back too. His tenure began in 2005. One can only imagine the items found in his house. This violates ethics on so many levels.