I don’t know how to say this so I’m just going to say it; Pat the Patriot, beloved mascot of the New England Patriots and inspiration to Boston-area children since 1960, has been arrested in a prostitution sting. But it gets worse: Evidently Pat was caught answering a naughty ad on Craigslist. Placed by a policeman in Rhode Island.
Rumor has it that local prostitutes called Pat by his other nickname, “The Revolutionary Minuteman.” They did not mean it as a compliment.
Law enforcement sources told NBC 10 one of the johns who tried to pay for sex with a prostitute was 47-year-old Robert Sormanti of Warwick. He is one of several people who plays the Pat the Patriot mascot.
“The Pat Patriot mascot costume is worn by multiple people, each of whom are held responsible and accountable for their actions. The individual in question has been suspended. The mascot responsibilities will continue to be fulfilled by others,” said a statement from the team.
Sormanti was one of eight johns arrested in the sting, and is one of several people who play Pat the Patriot. Who knows precisely what’s been going on in that costume since he’s occupied it?
As if a team mascot doesn’t have it bad enough; now the other people who wear the Pat costume are going to have to hear it from drunken Boston fans for the rest of eternity. Two more regular-season home games, including Sunday vs. Carolina. Get your signs ready.
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Man who plays Patriots mascot arrested in prostitution sting [Turn to 10.com]
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- Califgirl - Dec 12, 2009 at 9:33 AM
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I can’t believe that the key to happiness is to pay someone to pretend to like you for a few minutes. It’s like preferring cheap fake chocolates over a sensuous Godiva truffle. It may be fun on the surface but ultimately very depressing inside. You have a choice to hang around people that are good for you, or bad for you. Think about it. Really.
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- willmose - Dec 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
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As a true patriot, Pat the Patriot supports free enterpise. Lighten up, it not like he was a star QB that fathered a bastard.
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- Ed - Dec 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
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Uh…actually they can.
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- Iraqi cheddar - Dec 12, 2009 at 9:47 AM
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Your chocolate analogy is garbage, and if you can’t appreciate sleeping around a little, then you’re probably ugly, and can’t get a good poke from anybody but the resident hicks at your local watering hole. i choose NOT to hang around you, because you’re fat, and we all know it.
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- TedC - Dec 12, 2009 at 9:51 AM
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Sure they can. ‘Innocent until proven guilty’ is only applicable in the legal system. It does not apply to the relationship between an employer and employee. Should it turn out the minuteman was actually innocent most employers would put the employee back on the payroll. However, in a prostitution sting this is extremely unlikley. But I do agree with most of the comments about this story – why is it even being covered?
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- RickD - Dec 12, 2009 at 9:51 AM
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Rob, they sure can fire him, it’s called employment at will.
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- 3pieknow - Dec 12, 2009 at 9:53 AM
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“The Drug War guys and the No Fun guys are coming…….”
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- Bubba - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM
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Isn’t soliciting prostitution across state line a federal offense. Seems to me these cops are the ones that should be put in jail. As for the poor “Minuteman”, better stay home and take things in hand next time.
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- Bert - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM
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Califgirl – Some men need sex because it feels good, not because they want to be ‘liked for a few minutes’. And some men just don’t have “a sensuous Godiva truffle” to trifle with.
Unless you are a psychiatrist, your evaluation of the situation is your own personal thought as a woman, and not based on reality.
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- JV - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:13 AM
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Actually, at present he’s suspended, which is a prelude to termination, but not before he’s found guilty, at which time he’ll be fired. Of course, he’s just as good as fired, but from a legal perspective, they’d open themselves for a fat lawsuit if they fired him for simply being charged or indicted. What a country!
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- scribe - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:14 AM
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And in this garden of Edan, with temptations galore
It’s boobs versus thongs, It’s hard to keep score
But there are still those who spit and throw stones
I hope the shattered glass of their house does not cut to the bone
PEACE ON EARTH!!!
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- JV - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:19 AM
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EAW is kinda shaky in Mass…ask companies like EMC who do lots of layoffs, and the occasional termination… There are plenty of attorneys who live off the fees they receive for successfully prosecuting employers who use the EAW clause as a defense…. by doing a suspension (without pay, I’d imagine) and waiting for the criminal case to come to fruition, Pats management has taken the right course…
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- hairy jake - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:19 AM
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Boston didnt invent wierd sex addicts and they have little to boast about otherwise. Give it up and besides, any man who has such little self worth as to dress up for a bunch of drunken men has BIGGER issues than sexual depravity. Word up Boston. Get a life
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- Rational Please - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:19 AM
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Who cares what this guy does in his free time….really, worry about your kids and not some 47 year old sports mascot.
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- hairyjake - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:22 AM
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Hey Jim, YOU should do some spell checking of your own boob brains. “We LIVE IT?” people who live in glass houses shouldn’t shower in the nude LOL LOL LOL what a waste
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- fun times - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:23 AM
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Well if it is not the “sign of the times”, an extraordinary gentlemen has been busted in a prostitution sting. Not only will the ailing economy not heal the “wounds” of past relationships in the availability of respectable females in the dating game, the governments that offer jobs to those to thwart this kind of excitement, men and women being able to talk about sex freely, in a forum away from TV, which seems to be the nuetral zone, cause everybody knows they have some very steemy sex scenes going on TV where we here that nobody gets charged with a crime.
So if you want to play with pussy, it looks like you will have to let the media moguls make a buck about it, probably a “real life” TV webisode where single men actually show the “pro life” assholes that wining and dining before a sexual encounter are acceptable ways to have excitement outside of the DSM-IV manual.
When “Christman ” and his flock use the manual as a bible and study from it to divide and conquer the population then you have to wonder the efficacy of “XTC” in the first place, which is a widely used aphrodisiac in those enclaves to stimulate the eroticism of the bible. In essence this is church vs. individuals with “no name”.
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- Ed - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:27 AM
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Big friggin deal…the dude only wanted a hummer. Excellent use of our police resources. Idiots!
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- GeorgeBurnsWasRight - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:27 AM
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Now if he was still wearing the costume while visiting the prostitute, that would be weird. . .
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- TESSA - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM
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WILLMOSE, why do you call an innocent baby that horrible name? Call the father that, call the mother that, but leave the baby out of it!!!!!!!
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- Nova - Dec 12, 2009 at 10:40 AM
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Seriously…don’t you guys have anything more newsworthy to report than this 4th rate tabloid drivel? I’m saying that even for tabloid news, this is 4th rate drivel.
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- AS - Dec 12, 2009 at 11:05 AM
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It’s Massachusetts, you dont need a reason to be canned. Every company has that privilege here.
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- joe gingras - Dec 12, 2009 at 11:05 AM
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Tiger Woods sets a new standard for male pigs.
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- Pedro - Dec 12, 2009 at 11:23 AM
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Who said anything about pretending to like someone? You don’t go to a prostitute to chat, you go there to f—k. You think these women have any intentions of talking to you for 4 hours about some random garbage? Please, these women know what they’re doing and the majority of them like it as much as this guy did. Sure, some get exploited, but seriously, not everyone has their panties in a bunch like you. Some people see the world and entertainment as just that…not everyone tries to make a moral war out of everything. Some people just want to get off. Simple as that.
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- Richard L Pugh - Dec 12, 2009 at 11:28 AM
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But they can fire him for putting himself in a situation that got him ARRESTED.
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- mike a - Dec 12, 2009 at 11:28 AM
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Cant wait to see the handheld signs on gameday. Gonna be hilarious…if they are allowed to be shown. Who knows,considering the prissy (not to mention fickle) nature of the media. They have no problem reporting on this drivel ,but when it comes to the fun part (the signs), i am thinking they will be sensored. Please media nit-wits ,report on something we care about for a change. As for the police that set up this sting …find something better to do with your time please. Those of us that have been victims of car theft, and a variety of other crimes that actually have a victim involved ,see this kind of police behavior and cringe. The only victims in this event are the other employees that have to wear the mascot costume. They will bore the brunt of fans ire on gameday. Congrats..you have made some peoples lives miserable .Enjoy that.
