Former Miami Dolphins head coach Ryan Crow has finally explained the drama that turned a simple party into a full-blown police situation. And according to him, the whole mess started with something very dangerous. Not football, not money and not cheating.
No, Party gossip!
Crow revealed that the argument between him and his girlfriend, the one that eventually led to his arrest, began after some comments were made by the wives of his former colleagues during a social gathering.
Yes, a party with coaches, their spouses, and apparently enough awkward tension to power a small city.
Newly released Ft. Lauderdale Police Department body cam footage reveals Crow explained to officers that he and his girlfriend quarreled following a trip to a party that was hosted by the Dolphins.
“The people I work with, their wives are really — it’s a tight group,” Crow said. “And they’re kind of weird. And I’m going through a divorce — I just introduced [my girlfriend] into that world. It’s kind of like a nasty world.
“She got introduced in it. I think they told her some stuff that really upset her. Don’t know what. Still working through that. And that’s kind of what triggered everything. That’s kind of what it was. Plus alcohol.”
As Crow was recounting the story, one cop actually joked that it all sounded like an episode of “Real Housewives.”
“With a bunch of alcohol,” Crow added.
Crow’s girlfriend later confirmed to police at the scene that one of the WAGs’ remarks was what ultimately sparked the turn in her and her boyfriend’s night.
Party gossip is capable of causing chaos and this is a typical scenario.
“We were at the Dolphins work party,” she said. “I was talking to one of the wives or whatever. [Crow] is still married, so we got to talking and this and that, and she was like, ‘I just want you to know, like, we’re not mad at you.’
“She just went into a whole bunch of stuff.”
The woman said when she relayed the conversation to Crow, “he got really mad.”
“He got, like, angry and he went, like, ‘What the f—k?’,” she said. “And he threw something, like, angrily or whatever. And I was like, ‘That’s not my fault. That’s kind of your fault because you were the one who told lies.’
“And then it just kind of went from there.”
The woman went on to say that Crow pushed her amid the spat.
Crow was arrested on one count of misdemeanor battery, but in October, prosecutors dropped the case, writing in a decline memo that the alleged victim “was adamant that she did not want charges filed” and was “uncooperative with the prosecution of this case.”
“There is no reasonable likelihood of conviction,” they added in the memo, “and this case is being declined.”
So the moral of the story might be this: if you’re attending a party with former coworkers and their spouses, maybe avoid the snarky comments, because apparently one awkward conversation can turn a casual night out into a headline nobody wants.
