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| Corsairs coach Ray Lewis leaving Meemaw Murrman's residence on Saturday after confessing to being responsible for the death of Bakers icon, Mr. TD. |
By Ariel Mutha-Tafoya
FSN Sports
In a stunning development that could shake the NFFA to its core, sources say that new Corsairs coach Ray Lewis has confessed to the 2004 killing of Bakers’ team mascot Mr. TD.
According to the sources, who requested anonymity, Lewis, a longtime member of the Bakers’ team, made his tearful confession to Deputy Commissioner Meemaw Murrman on Saturday.
“He didn’t mean to do it,” one of the sources said. “He told Meemaw that he had been asleep on a sofa in the closed-off Bakers Museum at the Cherry Bomb Café, when Mr. TD walked in wearing a luchador mask and startled him.
“Ray was still half-asleep, and before he knew what he was doing, he had grabbed Mr. TD and strangled him. In a panic, he took the body to a motel on Dickerson Road and made it look like a suicide.”
Another source said that the burden of living with this secret for so many years had taken its toll on Lewis. “He needed to free his soul, but he couldn’t do it while he was with the Bakers,” the source said. “Ray Ray felt like Meemaw would understand.”
The shocking revelation is bound to further complicate relations between the Bakers and Corsairs. Lewis has already been the source of controversy between his old team and his new team in recent weeks, with the Bakers filing a breach of contract lawsuit against the Corsairs and Commissioner Bill Money ruling that the Corsairs must compensate the Bakers with their first-round pick in this year’s draft.
It appears, however, that there will be no criminal charges forthcoming. According to the Metro Davidson County District Attorney’s office, the statute of limitations on killing monkeys expired three years ago.
Neither Lewis nor Murrman could be reached for comment Monday. When apprised of the story, a person who answered the phone at the Bakers team offices gasped audibly and then said, “Mr. TD was more than a mascot. He was QCurl Sharif’s cousin and boyhood friend in France. Please don’t run this story. It will only reopen all the old wounds." The person paused, then added, "Although I have to admit, the luchador thing does sound totally like Mr. TD.”
According to the sources, who requested anonymity, Lewis, a longtime member of the Bakers’ team, made his tearful confession to Deputy Commissioner Meemaw Murrman on Saturday.
“He didn’t mean to do it,” one of the sources said. “He told Meemaw that he had been asleep on a sofa in the closed-off Bakers Museum at the Cherry Bomb Café, when Mr. TD walked in wearing a luchador mask and startled him.
“Ray was still half-asleep, and before he knew what he was doing, he had grabbed Mr. TD and strangled him. In a panic, he took the body to a motel on Dickerson Road and made it look like a suicide.”
Another source said that the burden of living with this secret for so many years had taken its toll on Lewis. “He needed to free his soul, but he couldn’t do it while he was with the Bakers,” the source said. “Ray Ray felt like Meemaw would understand.”
The shocking revelation is bound to further complicate relations between the Bakers and Corsairs. Lewis has already been the source of controversy between his old team and his new team in recent weeks, with the Bakers filing a breach of contract lawsuit against the Corsairs and Commissioner Bill Money ruling that the Corsairs must compensate the Bakers with their first-round pick in this year’s draft.
It appears, however, that there will be no criminal charges forthcoming. According to the Metro Davidson County District Attorney’s office, the statute of limitations on killing monkeys expired three years ago.
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| Mr. TD statue at Grey Goose Stadium. |
