From yesterday’s Daily News:
… A friend of Huguely’s who played lacrosse with him in summer leagues told the Daily News that Huguely “partied really hard and when he was drunk or f—– up, he could be violent. He would get out of control.”
Huguely was described by the summer league teammate as “obsessive,” constantly texting and calling Love, to the point that people close to her worried about the relationship.
[N]o protective order had been filed in the local magistrate’s office.
A former Virginia student who was friends with both Love and Huguely described a disturbing incident in which Huguely recently reportedly attacked Love, then had no recollection of it the next day, which precipitated their final breakup. “He was really messed up and punched a window of a car on the way over to her apartment that night,” the friend said, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of consideration for Love’s family. The friend said Huguely had been seen breaking bottles at another party before Love’s death and had told people he was going to her apartment to get Love back…
May 7th, 2010 at 1:26PM
Almost all of this, including the lack of comment from the team, is completely consistent with steroid-induced rage. It’s not clear what, if anything, the summer league player believes Huguely was “f— up” on.
The one surprising item is the amnesia in the last quoted paragraph, assuming the gossip is accurate. Steroids don’t normally cause that.
Right.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:44PM
Dom: ‘Roid rage is a distinct possibility. I’ve been wondering, in the last few days, about what investigators are finding in Huguely’s bloodstream and urine — Don’t know if they routinely check these things. I assume so.
And I wonder whether they will just find a stew — Steroids, alcohol, drugs… I don’t know how all of those things interact…