"The Rae Curruth Story" will air Sunday on ESPN @ 9AM

[Dpantherman]

By Pat Yasinskas

Just received word that “The Rae Carruth Story: 10 Years Later’’ will air on Outside the Lines on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN.

Here’s the quick summary that was sent out as part of the preview:

“A decade after then-Carolina Panther's receiver Rae Carruth commissioned the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend, the couple's son delivered at six months in the aftermath of the shooting, suffers from cerebral palsy. The bullets missed the unborn baby, but oxygen to his brain was cut off. Now, 10, Chancellor Adams has learned to walk more than 150 steps without assistance. And the man who pulled the trigger that fateful day is seeking forgiveness for committing the crime that landed him a 50-year prison sentence. For his part, Carruth is not talking.’’

Carruth has refused all media requests since the incident took place. “The man who pulled the trigger’’, according to what transpired in the trial is Van Brett Watkins and he does speak. Watkins confessed to the shooting and testified against Carruth to avoid the death penalty. If you remember anything about the trial, you’ll recall that Watkins is a very outspoken person. That hasn’t changed.

“I don't like Rae Carruth. I probably would do something to Rae Carruth if I seen him,’’ Watkins said in a television interview from prison.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/7818/carruth-story-10-years-later-coming-sunday

[Jangler]

[TylerDurden]

Thanks for posting dpanthers, not sure if I'll check it out though... F*ck Rae Carruth. I hope that bitch has gotten his ass ripped a new one in prison, repeatedly. He's a piece of sh*t.

I was curious about Carruth's background after seeing The Observer's story on Chancellor and had googled him... I found some crazy stuff. I think one site gathered some of its info from someone who had wrote him as a pen pal while he's been in prison. I learned a lot of stuff that I had never heard before when all of it happened (I mean, I was like 14 or 15 when it happened, so don't remember a lot).

But, I didn't know Carruth already had children with another woman in Cali before he met Cherica. I also didn't know Cherica was a stripper (don't remember the media ever reporting that), but it made her no less of a person in this situation. I also didn't know when the cops came to serve the warrant or question him within a few days after the shooting that he answered the door naked with another woman in the bed. He really is garbage.

Also, the story The Observer did on Chancellor was heartbreaking. Just think of what that kid could've done and been had his dad not been a psycho, murderous, heartless dickhead... Most likely, he never would've had any of the problems he's having now and been perfectly healthy. Rae Carruth is a disgusting excuse for a human being.

I'm off my soapbox now...

[Whitaker 24]

Agree with this. Anyone see his son at the Panthers game running out with a group a while back? I thought how odd it was that his dad used to play for the panthers, and here the kid is running out with RC's former teammates playing a game.

[Gman was right]

Gman cant wait!

[DaCityKats]

rip shareka adams. she was bad as hell, you got to be a pussy to put a hit out on a broad.

[Dpantherman]

Im watching to get an update on his son. I've read about it, but I interested to see what how the special is done, and who they get interviews with.

[Gman was right]

If I remember right Sherikas mom and son were on the Oprah show a few years ago.

[Dpantherman]

If I remember right Sherikas mom and son were on the Oprah show a few years ago.

Didn't see it. I don't watch Oprah

[DaCityKats]

i remember watching the watkins guy on the stand.that muthfuga is cold blooded.

[Gman was right]

I dont either. I just happened to be flipping through the channels one day and saw the video piece on Carruth then they interviewed Sherikas moms afterwards. She said Carruth is still denying what he did and she wanted him to get help. They talked to the kid but he could barely talk because of his condition. Like I said this was a few years ago.

[beastson]

Please... dont remind us

[Dpantherman]

Have a look at that 1997 draft. lots of familiar faces:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_nfl_draft

[SorthNarolina]

Didn't see it. I don't watch Oprah

i watched oprah one time and i was lucky enough to watch an espiode where the talked about poop and diarrhea for 25 mins. It was good tv.