Celebrity Justice
Connors Smacked Over Smack Talk

Now we know why tennis legend Jimmy Connors got hooked up by cops on trespassing charges.

On Friday, Connors was standing in the ticket line at UC Santa Barbara for a basketball game when he got into what we're told was a "heckling situation" with another dude in line. Though we don't know what they were arguing about, we do know they were in each other's faces when campus cops came to break it up.

The fuzz told both guys they could not enter the Thunderdome for the game. Jimmy then belligerently gave them an ultimatum -- either arrest him or he was walking in.

The cops chose door #1.





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Mr. Connors was on one of my flights to LA. He was polite, well mannered and friendly. I find this story hard to believe. What I did notice was the gawkers that he attracts. People are envious of a man this successful. Jealous.



Posted at 6:48PM on Nov 24th 2008 by Sky Mattress

17. Santa Barbara Nazi Police can't keep outta other people's business. Oink.

Posted at 11:15PM on Nov 24th 2008 by The Real Deal

18. Connors did the right thing. The police have ZERO authority to prevent people from entering a public venue without DUE PROCESS. He should sue whichever "authority" hooked him up, as he was NOT violating any statutory law, and can not be "presumed" to have done so without a full hearing. His public notoriety is NOT the issue; his CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS are the issue. Everything else in this fact situation is immaterial. See you all in court.

Posted at 6:32PM on Nov 25th 2008 by JJ Abercrombie

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