Josh Shaw admits to lying about pool rescue story, suspended indefinitely by USC

[LiberalElite]

Source: NY Daily News

Josh Shaw's ankle story has come back to bite him, and USC will probably feel a chomp, too.

The Trojans’ star cornerback came clean Wednesday and admitted he had fabricated a heroic story about saving his drowning nephew from a pool over the weekend — a story the university itself published to explain the team captain’s dual ankle injury.

Southern Cal has suspended Shaw indefinitely as a result of his confession and apology.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/josh-shaw-admits-lying-pool-rescue-story-suspended-indefinitely-usc-article-1.1919439

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Good Morning America was lauding him as a hero yesterday.

[mackerel]

1. What's the real story?

[Baclava]

16. Jumped off a balcony with his ex’s stereo.

ex called the cops

[mackerel]

17. Thanks

[Politicalboi]

2. If only he had slugged his girlfriend

He would have only got suspended from a few games.

[7962]

4. Ouch!!

[geek tragedy]

3. Cheaty Petey is gone, but his legacy endures nt

[BlueJazz]

5. I find it hard to berate somebody who admits he/she lied and apologizes.

[LisaL]

6. Sounds like he had no choice but to admit it.

[BlueJazz]

7. Oh...Note to self: Maybe I should read and learn the whole story before making comments.

Thanks

[Thor_MN]

8. I did pull a 3 year old out of a pool - there's was nothing heroic about it.

Watching my cousin's daughters swim in Aruba, I saw a child go down the little slide into the pool. Red swim suit, my girls were wearing blue and green. Quick check, see both girls, turn around and see a little girl standing on the bottom with half a foot of water over her head. I dashed for her and got to her at the same time as her father, who rolled in over the edge of the adjoining hot tub. We launched her her to a height of seven feet so fast she must have experienced gee forces. She was crying right away, so it was all good. To be honest, she wasn't the only one crying, like I said nothing heroic about it, I'll never forget seeing that little head underwater.

[LisaL]

10. He claims he jumped from the second floor to save his nephew.

And injured his ankles in the process, but still managed to save the nephew.
Which is where the heroism comes from. Of course the story was completely fabricated, made up to explain his ankle injury.

[Thor_MN]

14. Shouldn't that be "where the 'heroism' comes from"?

Because there wasn't any.

[Hoppy]

9. No Wheaties box for him.

[Judi Lynn]

11. He should be beaten within an inch of his life, in public, and put in stocks.

I've never been this infuriated, and incensed as an American.

Then he should be thrown into the deepest, darkest dungeon to spend the rest of his days repenting his LIE!!!!!!!

Is he a demon, or what???????

[Enrique]

13. lol

[jtuck004]

12. Who? Never mind. n/t

[nilesobek]

15. This lie is not uncommon and can

have multiple motivations, for instance, who is going to pay the medical care? It takes me back 20 years to when a friend had a motorcycle accident and we sat around getting high scheming how we would disguise it and claim my friend had an accident at work. There was always a feeling that if you got hurt at work you concealed it but if you got hurt anywhere else you claimed to got hurt at work. This solved a lot of insurance problems.