Kellen Winslow sued for $133,000 after allegedly trashing house

Kellen Winslow II is making news in nearly every corner of the country this week.

The new Seattle Seahawks tight end is being sued for $133,000 after being accused of trashing a luxurious San Diego-area house he and his wife had rented for $9,000 per month.

"Every corner of the home was damaged," according to the claim, which was obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune.

The house was adorned with Persian rugs that were allegedly "stained with dog urine and also littered with dog feces. ... The house was overpowered with a putrid stench of animal waste."

Winslow's camp is denying the story.

"It's a shakedown of a professional athlete," said his attorney, Brian Watkins, who also offered explanations for holes drilled in the walls (to hang TVs), unpaid utilities (an honest mix-up) and the dog waste (an accident that Watkins says was cleaned).

The Winslows lived in the home during the first six months of 2011.

"They want to portray it as though Kellen Winslow had a fraternity of football friends partying," Watkins said. "But the house was rented for his wife, who was pregnant. She was living there with her mother and a housekeeper. There was no partying going on. Kellen was rarely even there. "

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded Winslow to the Seahawks on Monday. Winslow suggested that new Bucs coach Greg Schiano was upset he wasn't training with his former team in Tampa this offseason.


(usatoday.com)