Anna Benson: Still Crazy After All These Years

[batmagadanleadoff]

Baseball wife Anna Benson arrested after raiding husband�s apartment with gun, bulletproof vest




Anna Benson, the wife of Baltimore Orioles' Kris Benson, is in the stands to watch her husband pitch against his former team, the New York Mets, at Shea Stadium.

Anna Benson used to be "baseball's hottest housewife" � or so said the magazine covers. Now she's an estranged baseball wife who was arrested and booked on trespassing, assault and gun-possession charges. Her husband Kris Benson � who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles, among others from 1999-2010 � called police in Georgia reporting that Anna had allegedly attempted to raid his apartment on Sunday night with a gun and metal baton while wearing a bulletproof vest. Celebrity gossip site TMZ has the skinny: According to law enforcement, Kris � who filed for divorce last year � reported that Anna showed up in a rage last night after being forced by the court to vacate their marital home. Kris says Anna arrived and immediately whipped out an "expandable metal baton," threatening to hit him. But it didn't stop there ... Kris told police Anna then pulled out a handgun and demanded money. She must have been expecting Kris to pull a gun on her too ... because she was allegedly wearing a bulletproof vest at the time of the alleged assault. According to the police report, Kris told Anna he would get her the money following the altercation ... but then left the home and called police instead. This is the latest � and easily the saddest � twist in the Kris Benson-Anna Benson story. She was the ex-stripper wife who vowed to sleep with the entire New York Mets team if he cheated on her. She parlayed her baseball wife mystique and firecracker personality into modeling and poker playing, everything culminating in the most fitting place � the "Baseball Wives" reality TV show, which aired in 2011. But all was not all in Bensonville, as Kris filed for divorce in 2012. She alleged infidelity after that. He hasn't played in MLB since 2010 when he was a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks and appeared in three games. The couple has three children together, plus another they raised from Anna's previous marriage. For their sake, here's hoping the next chapter in the Benson saga doesn't require guns or bulletproof vests.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/anna-benson-famed-baseball-wife-arrested-raiding-husband-213858535.html

[Farmer Ted]

Looking at the mug shot, she should have petitioned the court for a supply of Proactiv in the divorce settlement.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Separated at birth?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Okay, so, Anna... your turn. F*ck, Marry, Kill... Kris--"

-- "YES, YES, AND YES! Am I right, girls?"

[Vic Sage]

she'll be very popular in the prison yard.

[batmagadanleadoff]

More details emerge:

ESPN, citing a police report, said that in addition to carrying a handgun and wearing a bulletproof vest, she also entered the home with a hatchet, an expandable baton, a taser and a knife. She allegedly entered the house via a garage and confronted Benson in a bedroom. The ESPN report said she got the gun out of her purse and told her husband she wanted $30,000. Kris Benson was able to leave the house and call police, who arrived and found Anna smoking a cigarette on the back porch.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/07/09/anna-benson-arrested/2504295/


(Photo: From Cobb County Sheriff's Department)

[batmagadanleadoff]

More details emerge: ESPN, citing a police report, said that in addition to carrying a handgun and wearing a bulletproof vest, she also entered the home with a hatchet, an expandable baton, a taser and a knife. She allegedly entered the house via a garage and confronted Benson in a bedroom. The ESPN report said she got the gun out of her purse and told her husband she wanted $30,000. Kris Benson was able to leave the house and call police, who arrived and found Anna smoking a cigarette on the back porch. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/07/09/anna-benson-arrested/2504295/ (Photo: From Cobb County Sheriff's Department)

This piece reports that Anna Benson was also packing syringes when she broke into her former marital residence.

http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/anna-benson-armed-to-the-teeth-reports-1.5656370

[Fman99]

Vic Sage wrote: she'll be very popular in the prison yard.

I just sprayed my own pants with mace.

[Frayed Knot]

"... that in addition to carrying a handgun and wearing a bulletproof vest, [benson] also entered the home with a hatchet, an expandable baton, a taser and a knife."

Hey, with that crazy bitch, those could all just be items that are in the pocketbook she carries around every Tuesday afternoon.

[Edgy MD]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: This piece reports that Anna Benson was also packing syringes when she broke into her former marital residence. http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/anna-benson-armed-to-the-teeth-reports-1.5656370

I think that piece is inaccurate, and that the syringes were rather among the items seized during the investigation, not necessarily what she was carrying.

[Lefty Specialist]

So Anna confronts him with a gun, demands money, lets him walk away and then sits there smoking a cigarette while she assumes he's going to get her $30,000? She should be prosecuted for stupidity if nothing else.

And hey, who couldn't see this (or something like this) coming a mile down the road?

[Edgy MD]

If you could prosecute for stupidity women who trade on their charms with sugar daddy husbands and companions, and are surprised when the deal sours, well, there wouldn't be enough room in the jails. The sexy, sexy jails.

[Frayed Knot]

Kris found out what Chuck Finley also found out; that marrying some tarted-up T&A queen seemed like a good idea at the time.

[MFS62]

ESPN, citing a police report, said that in addition to carrying a handgun and wearing a bulletproof vest, she also entered the home with a hatchet, an expandable baton, a taser and a knife.

That reminds me of the old joke in which the mob boss tells the underling, "I want you to poison him, stab him, shoot him, chain him to a piano and drop him in the river. Oh yeah, and make it look like an accident."

Later

[Centerfield]

Don't look for a wife on the pole.

Don't look for a wife on the pole.

Don't look for a wife on the pole.

Don't look for a wife on the pole.

[MFS62]

Centerfield wrote: Don't look for a wife on the pole. Don't look for a wife on the pole. Don't look for a wife on the pole. Don't look for a wife on the pole.

Right on.
The broads behind the bar are better listeners.

Later

[Farmer Ted]

TMZ posted the 911 audio.

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_audio/070913_anna_benson_911_audio_1-2.mp3

[Guest themetfairy]

I give him credit for staying so calm while dealing with the idiots on the phone....

[Edgy MD]

That's some scary stuff.

[Guest cooby]

Link wouldn't open for me, prolly getting too much traffic.


Gotta say her makeup artist is a genius. She fixes up well.



Edit: Got to hear it, poor guy, he sounds very frightened, makes you feel right there with him. Glad it turned out all right; this could have been a real tragedy.

[Farmer Ted]

Can't wait to hear the recording Kris made of the incident.

Kris, meanwhile, was a HS teammate of Marlon Byrd. Where's Burkhardt when you need a back story interview?

Supposedly, A friend of Anna's was watching the youngest when this all went down. Anna told her that she was going to a trade show featuring body armor at the convention center. The only thing booked at the convention center that night was a jewelry show.

This is rich. Sadly.

[Guest themetfairy]

I'm glad that the kids weren't in the house when this was happening.

[batmagadanleadoff]

cooby wrote: Glad it turned out all right; this could have been a real tragedy.

I'm not defending Anna, but do you think she meant to follow through on anything if she thought Kris wasn't getting her the dough? Who knows?

[Edgy MD]

That's the problem with gunzzz. Once you pull one out, whether you mean to follow through on your threat or not, you only have to make one tiny mistake.

A person overwhelmed by rage or fear has to make dozens and dozens of bad decisions to kill someone with their hands. If they have a knife, a dozen bad decisions will do the trick. With an automatic or semi-automatic handgun, a momentary --- even passing --- lapse of judgment and you're a murderer.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: That's the problem with gunzzz. Once you pull one out, whether you mean to follow through on your threat or not, you only have to make one tiny mistake. A person overwhelmed by rage or fear has to make dozens and dozens of bad decisions to kill someone with their hands. If they have a knife, a dozen bad decisions will do the trick. With an automatic or semi-automatic handgun, a momentary --- even passing --- lapse of judgment and you're a murderer.

I totally agree. I was just wondering, though.

[nymr83]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: cooby wrote: Glad it turned out all right; this could have been a real tragedy. I'm not defending Anna, but do you think she meant to follow through on anything if she thought Kris wasn't getting her the dough? Who knows?

Really???? So we should believe the bank robber who swears he would have never pulled the trigger? throw the bitch in jail for a really really long time (assuming Kris' allegations are true)

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Edgy MD wrote: That's the problem with gunzzz. Once you pull one out, whether you mean to follow through on your threat or not, you only have to make one tiny mistake. A person overwhelmed by rage or fear has to make dozens and dozens of bad decisions to kill someone with their hands. If they have a knife, a dozen bad decisions will do the trick. With an automatic or semi-automatic handgun, a momentary --- even passing --- lapse of judgment and you're a murderer.

Why do you hate America?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Nymr83 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: cooby wrote: Glad it turned out all right; this could have been a real tragedy. I'm not defending Anna, but do you think she meant to follow through on anything if she thought Kris wasn't getting her the dough? Who knows? Really???? So we should believe the bank robber who swears he would have never pulled the trigger? throw the bitch in jail for a really really long time (assuming Kris' allegations are true)

I wasn't defending her, or asking anyone to believe anything. I simply wondered if she would've really harmed her husband if she thought he wasn't getting her the money she demanded.

[Guest themetfairy]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: cooby wrote: Glad it turned out all right; this could have been a real tragedy. I'm not defending Anna, but do you think she meant to follow through on anything if she thought Kris wasn't getting her the dough? Who knows?

Who knows is right. She probably didn't know.

Was a toxicology report done? I wouldn't be surprised if she was on something when she did this.

[Guest cooby]

Well, the whole bullet proof vest thing is what makes me think she was prepared for a fight. If she just had a gun and a knife and a hatchet, maybe that could have been a bluff, but wearing a bullet proof vest says "lets fight".

$30,000 is a lot of money, but it's a weird amount to demand. That makes me curious too.

Agree with Metfairy on toxology.