Police report damning for Georgia AD Damon Evans
The police report from the Georgia State Patrol officer who arrested Damon Evans in Atlanta Wednesday and it’s a damning document for the Georgia athletics director.
According to the report, filed by GSP Officer Mark Cabe, Evans’ black BMW was weaving noticeably on Roswell Road, which initiated Cabe to U-turn his cruiser and execute a stop. After Evans pulled into a parking space at the corner of Roswell Road and Chastain Drive, Cabe reports that he “noticed that the subject had a pair of lady’s red panties between his legs.” Later in the report Evans admits that the panties belonged to his passenger, 28-year-old Courtney Fuhrmann of Atlanta.
“She took them off and I held them because I was just trying to get her home,” Evans said, according to police.
While trying to conduct a field sobriety test on Evans, Cabe reports that Fuhrmann got out of the passenger side of the car several times despite instructions from both the officer and from Evans to remain in the vehicle. After failing to obey a final warning, Fuhrmann was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
“I have a young lady and she is intoxicated and I am just trying to get her home,” Evans reportedly told the officer.
Police report that Evans failed a field sobriety test. “Used his vehicle for balance” and “subject kept his left heel on the ground almost the entire test . . . after instructed (to hold it) approximately 6 inches of the ground,” reads the report.
Evans refused a breathalyzer, then began to plead with the officer.
“I am not trying to bribe you but I am the athletic director of the University of Georgia,” the officer reports.
“The subject admitted again that he’d been drinking and started crying,” McCabe writes. Evans asked the officer to take him to a motel.
“I am not going to bribe you but is there anything you can do without arresting me?,” Evans asked, according to police.
When off-loading Fuhrmann at the jail, the officer asked her how long she had been seeing Evans. “Only a week ago,” she replied, according to police.
Fuhrmann also stated: “I promise you one thing: He will get off. . . . It will be erased because he is the Athletic Director of UGA and he has that power.”
Upon dropping off Evans at the jail, “the subject began crying uncontrollably,” the police report says.
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Holy Cow
July 2nd, 2010
7:01 pm
Seth – I am sorry you’ve never had a girl take off her panties in the car.
PDX Dawg
July 2nd, 2010
7:02 pm
Steve – so far, you’re not talking about anyone other than Evans. Names?
Good Grief
July 2nd, 2010
7:04 pm
That’s the best you’ve got Shane? Come on, you can do better than that.
Steve
July 2nd, 2010
7:04 pm
PDX
Again, I am just passing along what some friends who are die hard uga fans–some went to college there–told me yesterday. That this kind of stuff happens more frequently than you think. Again, I am not saying it doesn’t happen at other institutions across this country. Just that from those I have spoken with, there is a alcohol problem in Athens from the student body to the top level. This is my last comment. Enjoy making excuses.
sandyspringsjacket
July 2nd, 2010
7:05 pm
(Officer Mark Cobe in my hero!
Shane
July 2nd, 2010
7:06 pm
Steve, WE GET IT!!!
Glory Glory
July 2nd, 2010
7:07 pm
For you Tech fans out there……
Panties is a female term for “under-britches”. I know what your thinking, that all under-britches have either Star Wars characters or Alf on them. But not for a “female” (a speciman rarely seen on GT campus and never touched by a GT student).
Please don’t drink and drive. But if you ever get those red panties in your lap, you’re in business son!!!
Shane
July 2nd, 2010
7:07 pm
And that is the best I have.
seth 93
July 2nd, 2010
7:07 pm
holy moron
i actually prefer house or hotel moron.
Shane
July 2nd, 2010
7:08 pm
Amen, Glory Glory. You deserve an A+
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
July 2nd, 2010
7:09 pm
Sounds like he was laughing it off to begin with. Think maybe he’s had previous encounters of the same nature with the Athens PD and suffered no consequences? That’s sure what it sounds like to me!
Fire him NOW!
Damon Evans
July 2nd, 2010
7:09 pm
I love red!!!
Big time?? Not
July 2nd, 2010
7:09 pm
Pat Dye said he wasn’t “man enough” Maybe he was?
Oh, four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes
John GT 91
July 2nd, 2010
7:10 pm
Man this just gets worse. Why didn’t he just resign yesterday. Unbelievable. Very sad story for his family. I feel for his wife and kids. Gotta get the maggot out and bring back Vince. Good luck with all this.
PDX Dawg
July 2nd, 2010
7:10 pm
Steve: what excuses am I making? I have said over and over that Evans should be fired. If you have some info of others then by all means, I am all ears. The thing is, you claim to be privy to information about other administrators at UGA whom also have these issues. All I have asked for is who – you cant say. If you dont know anything sepcific, shut your yapper about how much “house cleaning” UGA needs to do bc it implies that these issues are wideapread
Damon Evans
July 2nd, 2010
7:10 pm
I love red panties!!!
Buckhead Bulldog
July 2nd, 2010
7:10 pm
sandyspringsjacket,
That actually made me crack up. Oy! : )
Steve
July 2nd, 2010
7:13 pm
Not referring to you making excuses PDX. My bad. I was referring to the others on here.
He HAS had other encounters with the law from those I have talked too IN ATHENS and it’s a problem in Athens. It’s not just him who gets preferential treament there. Again, not saying it doesn’t happen in other places. Just saying I believe it happens at UGA much more than other places.
Gotta run. Good luck.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
July 2nd, 2010
7:14 pm
And to think, Dawg fans were making fun of Tebow for crying. At least he didn’t cry like a baby becuase he couldn’t face the consequences of his own actions. This guy is a TOTAL embarassment to the flagship university of the state and needs to be fired immediately. What in the world is Adams waiting on? If he waits any longer, then the Board of Regents should can him, too.
Holy Cow
July 2nd, 2010
7:15 pm
seth likes it missionary with the lights off too.
PDX Dawg
July 2nd, 2010
7:19 pm
Steve – If you dont know of anyone else at UGA who has these same issues stop saying that they need to “clean house”. If you do, name them. Otherwise, stop talking out your a…..
collegeballfan
July 2nd, 2010
7:24 pm
CMill July 2nd, 2010 6:28 pm
“Not to defend AD Evans, but was it really necessary to include the panties being in the front seat in the police report or to question Furhmann about a relationship? Completely irrelevant to the situation.”
You are kidding right? Are you old enough to remember the Bill & Monica affair in the White House. Do you remember the details in the House impeachment report? Do you remember the cigar?
I would think that a man with the intelligence to talk someone into paying him $550,000. a year would have the intelligence to keep his brains between his ears and not between his legs. Apparently not!
There is such a thing as discipline. Evans has none. There is such a thing as love for one’s family. You decide on this one CMill.
Bob in SF
July 2nd, 2010
7:26 pm
Buh-bye Damon! Mr.Adams will be looking for your resignation on his desk Tuesday morning.
GoDOGS1
July 2nd, 2010
7:34 pm
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don’t take no jive! – “If he waits any longer, then the Board of Regents should can him, too.” Oh please, please, pretty please CAN the POS too. At least we know the fat pig’s days are numbered after Sonny ‘ yes, I’m partially retarded” Purdue is out of officealong with certain BoRegent scuzzes
fpm
July 2nd, 2010
7:39 pm
At least the skank had the common decency to wear Bulldog red panties!
They were probably Alabama crimson or USC garnet, a plant to get rid of Damon.
heywood...
July 2nd, 2010
7:44 pm
MARK RICHT FOR A.D.
Hairy Dawg
July 2nd, 2010
7:45 pm
Damon’s gotta go. He was doing a good job, but he really crapped the bed.
Juice
July 2nd, 2010
7:55 pm
Comical , hate to see the dude go out like this , I guess the folks at UGA were happy with him , but after this report , there’s no way UGA can justify saving this man’s job. The best thing he could do for himself , family and the UGA is just go ahead and resign , bow out gracefully , too late for that , just bow out.
1980 was so long ago
July 2nd, 2010
8:02 pm
“I am not trying to bribe you but I am the athletic director of the University of Georgia,” the officer reports.
“I am not going to bribe you but is there anything you can do without arresting me?,” Evans asked, according to police.
Glory! Glory!
Mike T.
July 2nd, 2010
8:03 pm
I never knew the proper procedure for taking a woman home was for her to take off her panties
while you hold them.
Juice
July 2nd, 2010
8:11 pm
Man, this has got to be embarassing for his wife and kids.
harold
July 2nd, 2010
8:14 pm
Tough legal position for the University if precedants with others ( like assistant coaches/ former assistant coaches/teachers) are different than those for Evans.
Georgia will survive this huge black eye just like they did the Jan Kemp scandal and the Harrick test scandal. As bad as this hurts Georgia and the SEC, this too shall pass!
instant replay
July 2nd, 2010
8:22 pm
This just in, If the panties had been yellow all he would have gotten would have been a fifteen yard
penalty.
.
July 2nd, 2010
8:28 pm
Wow! Finally, harold throws a little class out on the UGA blog. Thanks harold!
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2010
8:29 pm
I get a kick out the comment “need to send a message” everytime I read it. Does the message that is NOT acceptable for a senior administrator to get caught driving around drunk with a fluzzie at midnight really require sending? Don’t ya think that one kind of goes without saying? In fact it’s impossible to send a message that it WAS okay. Nobody in thier right mind thinks that.
Grow some damn thicker skin and let it sort out.
harold
July 2nd, 2010
8:38 pm
Georgia is a sister/brother school. We are the SEC and we stick together when the family is attacked!
buckhead benny
July 2nd, 2010
8:40 pm
I bet what is going thru some of the heads of some of the players he has terminated for conduct issues or that he has lectured for being arrested right now? If he truly wants his AD job he needs to man up and take responsibility for his actions and explain why he was cheating and what the heck he was doing. Otherwise, if you don’t want to talk and use these I made a mistake crap and no specifics. Then, he needs to end this agony for alumni, students, and athletes. Its almost like he is dragging everyone that is associated with the University into his problem the longer this goes on.
Jim007
July 2nd, 2010
8:42 pm
Bye Damon, You are a Loser !!
Willie Humpitt
July 2nd, 2010
8:47 pm
Well, yes, I guess he will.
Sid
July 2nd, 2010
8:47 pm
Hey WOW !!! I’m a ‘born again” Christian and I know that I’m saved which doesn’t mean I can do anything I want.You must not have read the Book of Romans !!
Willie Humpitt
July 2nd, 2010
8:48 pm
Never thought anything could make the Jim Harrick fiasco seem not so bad, until now.
Willie Humpitt
July 2nd, 2010
8:52 pm
Should make everyone appreciate a man of character, so thank Richt for being who he is.
He COULD have said that the panties were his !
July 2nd, 2010
8:59 pm
“If you drink and drive , you lose”
You drank , you drove. You lose…
AltamahaDawg
July 2nd, 2010
9:07 pm
Jim Harrick was cheating in his official capacity. He was functioning directly on behalf of a UGA program and brought serious trouble to campus. The university had liablility and blame in the deal.
So how would this be remotely the same from the Universities standpoint?
True Dawg
July 2nd, 2010
9:14 pm
Damon’s actions are perfectly in line with the type of adulterating and law breaking conduct which the University has associated itself with since the hiring of the weasel Mike Adams. alas the mobster Leebern and suzy “7th commandment” Yuckalan, unfortunately These are the people who run this once classy university..
p.s. Good Work Mikey on the hirings of Damon Evans and Jim Harrick both have worked out quite well!!
Tide Roll
July 2nd, 2010
9:18 pm
Goober Perdue, Michael Adams, Don “the poison peddler” leebern, Suzanne Yoculan, Damon Evans. Can’t you see geargia. Can’t you see. you got no class. And there’s no one in the whole state of georgia to clean it up. It’s the grossest university in the country, and ya’ll don’t even know it. PITIFUL
ga gator
July 2nd, 2010
9:24 pm
No pun intended, but I don’t have a dawg in this discussion. Born and raised a gator and dating a beautiful Ga Dawg season ticket holder. I hate this for UGA and from what I hear of Adams he is too arrogant and stupid to do the right thing and that would be fire Evans. The AD really has 3 functions: Evaluating and hiring coaches and fund raising. I have the perfect name for the job. Hershel Walker,
UGAgrad71
July 2nd, 2010
9:29 pm
How could DE ever confront MR or any other UGA coach about the conduct of a student athlete
cought in similiar circumstances in the future!
RealDawg
July 2nd, 2010
9:32 pm
At least her panites were red and not crimson or scarlett.
Tide Roll
July 2nd, 2010
9:37 pm
Steve, You’re damn right there’s an alcohol problem at Georgia, that’s how the sleazebags make their money.By putting underage kids at risk.Perdue, Adams, Leebern, Yuculan, Evans. You don’t need a can of Lysol up there, you need a tanker full.