Jake Roberts Update: Jake Off The Wagon 2 Weeks Ago (Audio Clip)
Earlier this month Jake Roberts made headlines for an intoxicated incident at a wrestling benefit show in Lakewood, Ohio. Jake and his representatives released a statement claiming that a fellow wrestler had slipped a drug in Jake’s drink before the show, which was the reason for Jake’s outlandish behavior. This week, another independant wrestling promoter who booked Jake a week before the “incident” tells a wild (and sad) story of Jake abusing alcohol, finding then smoking crack cocaine.
Thanks to reader Joe White for emailing this in:
A local Washington D.C. radio station, DC101, does a morning show called Elliot in the morning (www.eitmonline.com) . They have been all over the Jake Roberts story since it happened. A few days ago they posed the following on their website:
Lakewood, Ohio and Firestorm Pro Wrestling are getting all the attention, but it turns out Jake “The Snake” Roberts was just as big a mess (if not bigger) at an Indie Pro Entertainment card the week before in Martinsburg. Josh Morningstar, part-owner of the promotion company, called to tell us exactly what transpired before, during, and after the 9/5 event. Here is the download link for the radio show: (RADIO INTERVIEW CLIP – MP3 AUDIO)
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