By: Rusty Brooks
New York Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge is having an awful off season. Already hampered with serious injuries from September, his girlfriend making front page news over a DWI has brought his private life into the press.
Yanksgoyard blog reported: suffered his rib injury and punctured lung back in September, but none of it was diagnosed until shortly before the start of spring training. It was expected his season would be delayed months before the COVID-19 outbreak bought him some time to recover, though it seems he’s lagging behind considering he’s yet to swing a bat after over two months since being sidelined.
Back in February, Samantha Bracksieck, the 26-year-old girlfriend was pulled over in Arizona because the headlights of her 2017 Honda HR-V were off, and she was traveling 10 mph over the speed limit.
“I could smell a strong odor of an intoxicating beverage coming from inside the vehicle and from her breath as she spoke,” one cop wrote in the incident report, adding that Bracksieck was slurring her words and had bloodshot eyes. She was charged with “extreme DUI” for an alleged blood -alcohol- concentration level between .15 and .19, The NY Post reported.
Her arrest was kept under wraps until May when a sports gossip site reveled this incident.
“Jeter was private but didn’t mind his name being out there. He was showboat private,” said an insider. “Aaron is the total opposite. He is quiet. The arrest had to be a gut punch to him.”
NY Post reported; Then it got worse. A few days later, police body-cam footage from the arrest was leaked and revealed that the brunette had dropped her famous boyfriend’s name, asking, “Do you know who my boyfriend is ? My boyfriend is in the spotlight in New York media in general. And now here I am handcuffed in Arizona, Like, that is not good.”
Yanksgoyard reported:” it’s also fairly telling that we haven’t heard a peep from Judge this offseason, even in regard to his recovery and outlook for the 2020 season. One can expect the moment he opens himself up to the media, he will be subject to questions about this incident, and it’ll be the last thing he’ll want to address”
But perhaps Judge is feeling a bit better about all of this after Bracksieck’s former college professor and adviser had nothing but good things to say about her to The Post. That’ll no doubt help take the negative edge off this story.
Judge is surely looking forward to the season finally starting so the gossip about his girlfriend will be out of the spotlight.
