Sabtu, 05 Mei 2012
Ex-NBA All-Star accused of sex trafficking
The charges were contained in an arrest warrant Friday. Robertson has not been apprehended.
Authorities claim the 47-year-old former Spurs star was part of a ring that kidnapped a 14-year-old girl from San Antonio, forced her to have sex with clients and to dance at a Corpus Christi strip club last year.
The girl escaped her alleged captors, prompting an investigation. Seven people have been charged, including Robertson's girlfriend, and he's the only one who has not been arrested.
The seventh overall pick in the 1984 draft, Robertson averaged 14 points over 10 seasons and was voted to four All-Star games.
Obama Kicks Off 2012 Bid With Rallies
The decision to kick things off in the battleground states is no accident, representing two crucial areas in the 2012 challenge. According to a recent Washington Post poll, in Virginia Obama is leading Romney with registered voters by 54 percent to 44 percent. As the Post reports:
The Democratic president has a key advantage in his bid for reelection: The coalition of Virginians that helped propel him to victory in 2008 -- young voters, suburban Washingtonians, women and African Americans -- is largely intact. Yet the survey shows that voters in the state are split on Obama's signature health-care reform law and that they remain deeply pessimistic about the way things are going in the country, creating a potential opening for Romney.
In Ohio, however, Obama and Romney are in a virtual tie. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows the president with 44 percent of the vote, and Romney with 42. It's a particularly dicey showing for the president, who was ahead in the state by 6 points just a month ago. It's no surprise, then, that he's zeroing in for the campaign.
Of course, unofficially the president has been focusing on these and other swing states for months. He was just in Virginia on Friday afternoon, speaking to Arlington high school seniors about his push for Congress to prevent student-loan interest rates from doubling in July. Last month he also visited colleges in Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa and Colorado to speak on the same issue, which has grown into a campaign-shaping theme.
But with Saturday's rallies in place, the campaign has made it official. As Campaign Manager Jim Messina said to reporters in a Wednesday conference call, "Welcome to the general election."
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