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Arrest for Don Mattingly's Son -- Spitting Image

Posted Jul 22nd 2009 2:15PM by TMZ Staff

The son of former New York Yankees star Don Mattingly was arrested in Evansville, Indiana yesterday after cops say he shoved his poor mother to the ground -- then spit in her face.

According to an affidavit acquired by The Evansville Courier & Press, 24-year-old Taylor Mattingly told cops he jumped the fence at his mom's house to confront her over an insulting text message she sent to him.

Taylor also admitted he "snapped" and flipped over a patio table, broke a door and window and tossed furniture into the walls of their pool house.

Mattingly was booked in the county jail and faces preliminary charges of battery by bodily waste, battery and criminal mischief. He was released on $250 cash bond.

Lucky for him, the jail's camera was broken at the time -- so no mugshot for the hall of shame.

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1. looks like mom has either a drug or mental problem. sad

Posted at 6:44PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by mom

2. He jumped the fence? WTF!

Posted at 6:46PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by THE ONLY Mememememememe

3. How sad to push ur own mother down.

Posted at 6:49PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by MJ may you find peace in the next life that u werent able to find in this cruel world

4. U gotta know the whole story, she is a lush arrested herself many time, angry that the boys took daddy's side in teh divorce, bitter and getting revenge and trying to humilate the boys and daddy don

Posted at 6:55PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by Jen

5. Obviously he should be checked for ROIDs. To attack your own mother means you have a problem.

Posted at 7:02PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by Jay

6. i wonder what was said in the text

Posted at 7:11PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by Kate

7. BOO

Posted at 7:11PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by MODERATOR IS A LOSER

8. Yeah, he beats his girlfriend (or wife/boyfriend/whatever), too. There's no way he can spit in his mom's face, then go home & be a sweetheart.

Posted at 7:22PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by Layla

9. WOW he is still alive.......His mother didnt do a good job raising him cause this will never be a thought of any of my kids seriously

Posted at 6:57PM on Jul 24th 2009 by kf368

10. So, I'm sure we will see the same number of "THESE PEOPLE don't know how to act" comments that we would if the participants were BLACK, correct? Or do you egalitarian Klansmen give a pass to WHITE men who beat up their MOTHERS and SPIT on them? What vile and disgusting behavior from this white trailer trash!

Posted at 7:38PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by Black and Not Cracking

11. If he isn't on drugs, it sounds like he needs a good psychologist and some meds - that's a LOT of rage, even before he got around to assaulting his mom.

Posted at 7:50PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by Sidney

12. That's NY for you!

Posted at 7:57PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by CaramiaDarling

13. You know this is a White mama. A Black mama would plunged the butcher's knife in her boy's chest for spitting on her. We should be hearing about young Taylor's tragic passing at the hands of his mother for disrepecting her.

Posted at 11:19AM on Aug 8th 2009 by Prince

14. Them people sure don't know how to act - you'd think they were black.

Posted at 8:27PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by Egalitarian Klansman

15. balls

Posted at 8:31PM on Jul 22nd 2009 by balls

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