Ripping The Sean O'Haire 'Followup Article'; SC Newspaper Attempts To Lessen Severity Of A Crime

You have to just love the Sean O'Haire 'followup' articles floating around the net. You would have to live under a rock if you didn't know that Sean O'Haire has had problems at clubs and bars in the past. We reamed him big time when he assaulted two females at a club last year. (CLICK HERE for ARTICLE #1 from the 2006 story)

As bad as those actions were though, you can't use them to 'paint a picture' that could incriminate O'Haire regarding last week's incident. Sure we can joke about it. But for the Island Packet Paper to do it is pretty stupid. Here's what they wrote this past weekend on O'Haire.

A message to the Packet. Do we think O'Haire provoked it? Maybe. Did he deserve the ass kicking? Probably then. However, that does not give anyone a free pass to commit such a serious assault on someone. If so many people say O'Haire provoked it and was 'waiting outside', remember two things. One, noone called the Police. And two, the other person then went outside willingly to 'fight'. And if he was such a problem at that club, why allow him back over and over and over? That makes everyone involved just as wrong.

Interesting how they chose not to dig up the past of the individual who criminally assaulted O'Haire. But then again it's South Carolina and we already know how weird they can handle their criminal justice system.

But then again, I'm not telling you something, you don't already know.

We will certainly discuss this tonight during our Minority Report Webcast. Here's the article:

Ex-wrestler charged in the past

The former pro wrestler involved in a fight outside a Hilton Head Island bar had previously been charged in four fights on the island, but had been convicted only once.

Sean Christopher Haire, 36, who won tag team titles as Sean O'Haire in World Championship Wrestling in 2000 and 2001, told Beaufort County sheriff's deputies he was attacked outside the Hilton Head Brewing Co. March 30.

Haire was found guilty a year earlier of assaulting a woman at the former Club Hypnotic, a dance club, in June 2004, according to Hilton Head Municipal Court staff.

A sheriff's report filed then alleged Haire argued with a woman and pushed her to the ground. Her female friend came to her aid.

Haire punched the second woman before kicking her in the back while she was on the ground, according to the report. He was charged with two counts of assault, but was only convicted of one count.

Before going to trial, Haire was in jail for 11 hours. He was sentenced to time served.

In the March 30 incident, Haire filed a report alleging he was defending a friend jumped by three men at the "Barmuda Triangle" when 28-year-old Juan Brantley punched him in the eye.

The blow fractured Haire's orbital lobe and resulted in other fractures to his face and skull, the report states. Vision in his left eye is impaired and he faces extensive plastic surgery, doctors told deputies.

Haire has obtained a warrant for Brantley's arrest. Brantley had not been arrested as of Friday afternoon, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Witnesses dispute Haire's version and say Brantley was acting in self defense. The deputy who took Haire's report was unable to contact Brantley and only Haire's account was represented in the report.

Haire would not be interviewed because his lawyers instructed him not to discuss the incident. Brantley couldn't be reached for comment.

Dave Robertson, general manager of Hilton Head Brewing Co., and several witnesses who contacted the Packet on Friday say Haire was the aggressor. They say a friend of Haire's went into the bar to start the fight and Haire was waiting outside to participate in it.

In a sheriff's report he filed March 17, Brantley accused Haire of trying to start a fight at another local bar.

Haire had previously been accused of:

• Trying to goad a DJ at Club Paradise into a fight in April 2004.

• Throwing a woman to the floor, fracturing her tailbone, in a bathroom at Shag's in April 2004.

• Threatening to beat a 62-year-old man at an island strip club in October 2003.

In 1992, he also was arrested on assault charges. Details weren't available Friday.