Tila Tequila talks about her lawsuit against Shawne Merriman

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San Diego: Tila Tequila (San Diego 6 CW photo)

Tila Tequila (San Diego 6 CW photo)

She says she was scared for her life.

For the first time, we’re hearing from reality TV star Tila Tequila about her citizen’s arrest of Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman back in September.

Tequila is angry and emotional as she reflects on what has been a very difficult time for her since that night at Merriman’s house.

“I’m not one of those women who’s a groupie, that hangs out with superstars and drools all over them. I have my own business,” said Tequila.

Tequila denies drinking alcohol that night at the San Diego club Stingaree as was previously reported, or at Shawne Merriman’s house, but she says drugs were consumed by the people at his house.

“Jay — Shawne’s brother — manufactures ecstasy at Shawne’s house in one of his rooms,” Tila claimed. “Manufactures them just for Shawne so that it won’t show up in his blood test or drug test.”

Tequila says after the group took the ecstacy, it was off to the bedroom. She says Merriman was with two women and wanted Tequila to be a part of the party. When she refused and wanted to leave Merriman’s home, she says Shawne became violent.

“He tackled me down to the couch just like how he tackles those football guys,” she told us. “I couldn’t breathe. Then I felt my eyes starting to pop out of my head cause the blood was cutting off from my neck. I was scared for my life.”

Merriman denies ever touching Tequila. And District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis did not bring criminal charges.

“I just wished he didn’t have to do that cause I don’t want to hurt him. I don’t want to hurt his career,” Tequila reflects with regret. “I wanted to say, ‘Lights out, baby,’ you know? Cause that’s what I used to do at his games and I would be so proud of him and I said, ‘Why did you have to do this?’ ’cause I want to see him do well.”

Tequila has a $1.5 million civil suit against Merriman. She says she will donate every dime to her charities if she wins.

Watch Jeff Powers’ interview with Tequila. The complete six-part interview can be seen on SanDiego6.com.

Merriman responds to Tequila

SAN DIEGO - Using her webcam at home on Thursday, Tila Tequila accused Shawne Merriman of being a pedophile and a racist.

“He sleeps with minors and forces them to take drugs. So he sleeps with these little girls,” Tila charges in her video. “He don’t even like black girls — he don’t even support black people — so I don’t understand why you support him.”

The video diatribe was posted Thursday morning. Tequila and her attorney have filed a $1.5 million dollar civil suit against Merriman following an incident in September at his home; an incident District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis declined to pursue in criminal court.

“The DA’s office has said in the previous case I didn’t do anything wrong,” Merriman said. “There’s no criminal matter being done and it’s just obvious at this point of what it is and we’re just going to wait and see.”

As for being called a pedophile and racist, Merriman called the accusations disgusting and said Tequila’s video is a disturbing look inside a troubled soul.

“I haven’t paid attention to that at all,” claimed Merriman. “I think that a lot of that speaks for itself and I just let her talk about those things and that doesn’t do anything for me or anybody else. I’m just concentrating on Denver and that’s the only thing that’s important to me right now.”

Tequila’s attorney also noted that he stands by his client and is going full speed ahead with the civil case.

Jeff Powers reports for San Diego 6 News where this story originally appeared.

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Comment by: General Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:57 am

Tila need her ass whooped. She’s a damn lie, this interview didn’t make me feel a bit sympathetic to her. REAL people no he story is bullshit. She uses drugs heavily. She was stripping, and ranting on cam the other night. Is that how a person who has a “charity” acts?

Many people recorded this show, and will be proud to hand it over to the defense team, to show that Shawne wasn’t lying about what type of person she is. Oh, and the video on the site has been made private by her, i guess she knew that this video was going to prove something.

But as i said before, some who saw the video recorded it. Once you see it, you will know that she has problems, and is a habitual liar. She doesn’t need money, she needs help.

Her fifteen minutes are almost up. She has about twenty seconds left, and she’s in overtime mode trying to extend those minutes.

Comment by: alisha Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:06 am

this is most retarded thing i have ever heard. are you KIDDING ME right now? woww thats all i can say…is WOW like honestly tila? first off, if he tackeled her like a football player…then she would have had some kind of bruise or something because he is huge and she is tiny…also where are the marks on her neck?? cause if her eyes felt like they were popping out of her head…pretty sure he was doing it really hard and were there any marks on her neck? were there any marks at all on her? because im pretty sure there would have been if he did that to her.
and also why would she say that she wanted him to good and wanted him to do well still and then she tells everyone that his brother manufactures drugs just for him so that they wont see it in his tests…wow i dont know what to think about this…on one hand tila is taking things too far..posting things on her myspace about him and bashing him…do you see him doing that for retaliation? noo you dont…and on the other hand…if he did do that to her, then he should be punished!! because no one should take any kind of abuse from anyone.

Comment by: Smh @ Tila Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:09 am

Smh @ this chick doing all this to promote her whack ass album

Comment by: eww yr gross Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:28 am

no one believes this girl. stop giving her the time of day. she has a history of fabricating the truth. so out of touch with reality it’s really pathetic. read her twitter… she’s delusional. watch her ustream… scary.

Comment by: Serious? Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:48 am

She has some serious psychological issues. she strips for young teenage boys and girls on the internet and calls them “snitches” if they don’t tune in, she makes up fake charities, she lies about everything, she calls paparazzi when she go’s out and if they don’t show up she lashes out at them (paps don’t consider her a celebrity which she isn’t) she claims to be a ninja, she claimed she makes 4 million a month one day, next day she says she makes 20 million a month, she lied saying she was pregnant by a famous rapper, she makes up stories about saying its rumors of her dating certain celebrities (foot note…if ever tila say she’s heard about rumors of her dating a celeb she’s just making it up in her had) she lied about someone breaking in her house and placing her mut in a trunk…then later admitted she did it…..this little girl is sick in the head….now she’s trying to be like rihanna with the interview LMAO….and she gets naked and masterbates in the name of “trying to save the world” lmao….alien girl is hilarious

Comment by: jerrion Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:20 am

i feel so bad for her i believe her she doesn’t really have a reason to lie. i don’t see why anyone else wouldn’t believe her.

Comment by: I'M NOT A GROUPIE Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:34 am

i’m sure she was hoping those crocodile tears would get her some sympathy… not so much. no one in the entertainment industry or hollywood wants anything to do with her so she has resorted to stripping and masturbating on ustream to minors. she looks dirty… take a bath for godsake. she is not relevant or newsworthy. she is an epic failure on every level. she is ALWAYS someone victim. POW.. BAM.

Comment by: Alan Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:39 am

why would someone tila’s size let a lone tila her self make shit up i have a friend that is like a sister to me and is small like tila and she was beaten by a man that was larger than her she showed me the pics of the bruises which happened the week before some people just have a faster healing rate than others. to all the haters your just jealous your not on t.v. and if you want to bash me then fuck you. i stand up for the little people cause i’m a giant 6′7″ with a big heart

Comment by: TROUBLE DA HUSTLA Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:48 am

I THINK U LYING. U BROKE TRYNA COME UP SNITCHING ON THAT MAN. U EMOTIONAL BECAUSE U WUS ON THE X-PILLS TOO! U WUS HIGH. U TRYNA BOOST YO SORRY A** CAREER.

Comment by: TROUBLE DA HUSTLA Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:52 am

U BROKE TRYNA COME UP SNITCHING ON THAT MAN. U EMOTIONAL BECAUSE U WUS ON THE X-PILLS TOO! U WUS HIGH. U TRYNA BOOST YO SORRY A** CAREER.

Comment by: lexie Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:02 am

wow i feel so bad for tila,,you go tila i hope you win ur case hun cause u diserv it,n stop hateiing on her,she didnt do shit to you.so jus get over it*p.s tila i hope you win ur case u deserv it n hes jus a stupid football player afterall*

Comment by: this is out of hand Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:05 am

okay lets go over this. i believe tila was hurt by him but i also thinkshe is taking this a little far. he probably got outta head she was probably really upset and scared what was happening that she strectched what really did happen a little bit. but i do no believe that he really did nothing to her. tila isn’t the kind of person that would make up something so horrible like this because if the truth came out that none of this happened her career would be down the drain.

Comment by: Standupman Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:18 am

Tila i believe u.

Comment by: kbronx Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:34 am

I can’t believe any network would air this piece of nonsense from Tila I can’t drink Tila. For months after the incident she claim that she couldn’t drink and then she did an inside edition interview claim it shouldn’t matter if she was drinking. This girl lies about everything, one week she was pregnant by a famous rapper, she makes up stories about saying its rumors of her dating certain celebrities (foot note…if ever tila say she’s heard about rumors of her dating a celeb she’s just making it up in her had) she lied about someone breaking in her house and placing her mut in a trunk…then later admitted she did it…..this little girl is sick in the head….now she’s trying to be like rihanna with the interview LMAO….and she gets naked and masterbates in the name of “trying to save the world” lmao. I don’t known how any jury in the world after hear about her history of lies can’t award her a dime. Someone should return her to the ant farm

Comment by: LOLOLOLOL Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:36 am

AHAHAHA this girl is a joke…her whole life is a joke…she’s a pathological liar

“i just want him to apologize…and gimme tons of moneyyyyy!!!!”

Comment by: Really? Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:17 am

Am I the only one who thinks that Shawne Merriman tackling Tila Tequila would’ve sent her straight to the ER? However, she had no visible bruises. And ecstacy JUST for Shawne so it doesn’t show up in blood tests or drug tests?????? LOL. If Shawne’s brother can do that, he has a future with pharmaceutical companies. That’s extremely impressive. He has drug kingpin potential.

Comment by: She's Bipolar Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:22 am

I guess she didn’t like being the “Sideline Ho.” Anyway, I smell a defamation of character lawsuit coming. This crazy thing better watch what she says on Twitter, TV and Ustream (by the way, she looked high on that video) because it can be used against her in the Civil case. Also, her lawyer better be lucky he doesn’t get disbarred or suspended for filing a frivilous lawsuit. I don’t believe for one second that he tackled her like he tackles people on the football field. She would still be laid up in the hospital from that hit. I’m sick of this little girl making a mockery out of Domestic Violence and women who have actually been abused. This little girl makes decent women of the world look bad. As for Merriman, please stay away from jump-offs, hos, sluts, hookers, groupies, etc. You probably could’ve avoided all this drama if you just would’ve chose a decent woman.

Comment by: Hyikhfrty Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:35 am

Tila is f”"kn rotten anything for attention shes just a slut n a liar!! If u read her twwets one day shes gettin married tge next shes lesbian then shes drunk then she tells us shes a physciso wow i stop followin her everyone should attention ugly asian whore

Comment by: You are a Groupie Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:03 am

I want to know what kind of network would air this mess? I truly believe Tila suffers from multiple personalities or Bipolar disorder because she is one hot mess. She has lied about being pregnant, lied about her house being broken into, tried to committ suicide via twitter and now this mess. She even claimed via twitter that the San Diego police tortured her for 4 hours. Some of her rants:

Tila Tequila
As for the San Diego Police. Ohhh my god that was such a sad & scary thing I had to go through. All Alone. They all teamed up & tortured me
Updated 2 days ago via Permalink

Tila Tequila
They tortured me for 4 hours! I was so dehydrated & exhausted from crying I BEGGED the police “MAY I PLEASE HAVE SOME WATER IM SO DEHYDRATED
Updated 2 days ago via Permalink.

I hope Mr. Merriman sues this little girl for every penny she has left. This Psycho is making a mockery out of Domestic Violence and women who have actually be abused. I wish she would crawl into a hole after this case is over because a lot of people are tired of hearing from this girl. Tila, grow up and please, please, please seek the psychiatric help you so desparately need. As for Mr. Merriman, stay away from women with questionable backgrounds. If you would’ve chose a decent woman, you probably wouldn’t be going through this drama right now.

Comment by: Tim B Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:21 am

Her 15 minutes were up about 1000000 hours ago. Time to let it go Tila. You were drunk, the bar tender witnessed it and no charges were filed. I cannot stand civil suits like this. You are a money hungry vamp get a life.

Comment by: nate Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:28 am

Tila is definetly a drama queen and perhaps the most scandalous thing of all time maybe even the anti christ, but dont want even want to give her the time or day. But Merriman as much as I despise Tila..dude you should definetly started focusing on Football and forget about chasing tail and partying, your one injury away from losing a hell of alot of money and perhaps your career..I guarantee merriman will be broke one day. Tila is definetly no good, but Merriman aint any better..think about it scum attracts scum…dude banged this bitch so many times, and probably bangin 8 other girls at the same time..merriman learn from that situation with Mcnair some dumb bitch blew his head off his shoulders,..My little nephew looks up to you man, he’s got the Merriman jersey..but after all this drama..you can even keep your own personal life in check, I took that jersey and threw in the garbage, and bought him a thomlinson jersey, atleast that brother helps people and give back to the community.

Comment by: Amanda Figgins Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:09 pm

All I have to say Tila, is Thanks for makin’ me a Fighter! Christina Aguilera “Fighter”!

Comment by: Kim Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:19 pm

Is it just me or is one of her eyes way bigger than the other one? Anyways, this girl makes me sick.

Comment by: what in the &%(* Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:29 pm

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The only sympathy i have for this girl is that she is OBVIOUSLY mentally handicapped by something. Now, there is potentially some truth to the matter with him getting angry but SHE is taking it to a whole upscale level. I mean seriously?! Not only is she lying shes making her lies UNBELIEVABLE… I mean SERIOUSLY does she expect us to believe that some guy is randomly sitting in a room concocting x pills that dont show up in drug tests?! Pretty sure if some football players brother could do it thousands of teenagers wouldve figured it out by now too. Unbelievable. This case will go nowhere for her, i dont understand why she cant just fade out like the rest of low-profiled celebs no she has to make some big over dramatic deal over this bs. I feel so sorry for people with domestic abuse or mental, but the only case of abuse in this is HER mentally abusing everyone by lying and her putting merriman through this . Even with her twitter bullcrap she talks about losing a child she said something along the lines of “yeah and then i looked down and there was blood and chunks of my baby” WHAT!!?? DID YOU SERIOUSLY JUST TWEET THAT THERE WERE C-H-U-N-K-S OF YOUR UNBORN CHILD ON THE FLOOR!?!?!? omggg. I lost a child, and the things that happen when you lose a child should be PERSONAL. Someone get this bitch off the tv and into a psych ward

Comment by: MM Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:01 pm

omfg guyz.. i believe her ! im like..on her side rite now.. and if yall r thinkin ‘where are her bruises?’ THAT WAS FCKN SEPTEMBER MAAN! it probably healed by now.. gosh.. [btw.. like..that interview like..almost made me cry.. THE END.. lulz.. :P]

Comment by: SPH Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:29 pm

I wonder if the TilaArmy could be catergorized as a cult because some of these people are brainwashed by the b@#ch! A note to all men: PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM WOMEN LIKE THIS. This psycho is nothing but a pathological lying attention seeker. She gets pleasure out of ruining other people’s lives. If she was banned from the internet, she would have nothing to live for. Please get psychiatric help immediately because mental illness is a very serious matter.

Comment by: beanizes Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:02 pm

I believe her. I love tila!

Comment by: Wow... -___- Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:40 pm

Oh at first I thought she was cool and crap, but she’s psycho. All she wants is attention. The END. xD

Comment by: Tila's Dumb Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:16 pm

Okay if Shawne really did tackle her like he would to a football player on the field, she would be seriously injured…Why would football players wear all that protective gear on the field even when theyre being tackled by someone their own size if nothings going to happen to them then? This little midget would be dead if a guy as big as Shawne did that to her. God she makes absolutely no sense. Anyone who believes a word that comes out of her mouth is on the same cocaine that she is on. And why is she saying she doesnt want to hurt him? She clearly wants to hurt him by suing him for 1.5 million and accusing him of having sex and drugging up minors and manufacturing his own drugs. I hope she gets some serious help.

Comment by: jj Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:20 pm

im just wondering why she didnt go to the hospital shes like 100 pounds if even that i mean he would have broken her bones or something jeez!…and that if she did a “citizens arrest” like she claimed wouldnt he have like beaten the phone outta her hand when she tried to call the cops? i understand that she has mental issues, but she needs therapy! on her twitter on her birthday she put a tweet that said “you dont turn 21 everyday” and she 28 lmao so that just proves shes a liar.

Comment by: Ciara@k@Quinn Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:21 pm

Ok what you all fail to understand is that abuse is wrong. Just like ms. Rihanna. she was man handled as well. No one deserves that ever even males. People dont understand that certain trama that you might go though in life comes back to the mind when another tramtic trama happends. Tila is shouting out about it because there is alot of woman that go though the same thing she did, but the diffrence between them and tila is that tila is strong enough to talk about it. rihannna just now came out about it but before she didnt she was ashamed and felt like it was her fault. No one on this earth has a right to put there hands on another person EVER. Of couse they are fraking out about shawne, he is a great foot ball player and they want to keep him and they want him to have good things to say about him if not then he will not play any games as well as becoming broke. But just because you have money and you are famous does not mean that they have the right to order people around and put there hands on people, thinking to them selfs that they will get away with it. Wrong. They have the pics just like rihanna had pics. pictures speek louder then words people.

Comment by: ML Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:19 pm

does anyone notice her right eye is bigger than her left???

Comment by: micheller Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:56 pm

ok so I think there is some truth to this but I dont think it was as bad as she is making this because I have had something similar happen to me and let me tell you should would way more upset she was calm in the begining come on now it was fake and she wasnt cryin that bad tila your not a good actor just give up u was cool for a min. but that min. is way over u just need somethin to get u in the spot light again cuz your tv show is over so now u have nothin just give it up and leave the man alone just drop it also u wouldnt be in positions like this if you would dress like a lady and not such a hoe you have to leave something to the imagination and u put it all out there all the time

Comment by: Etan Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:22 pm

Man, there sure are a ton of haters… not saying she is telling the truth, but what if she is? I have seen many football players get charges like this so why not add one more to the case…

Anyway, if you feel the need to vent more about this go over to http://www.muttr.com and do so there, it’s anonymous!

Comment by: OHM Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:27 pm

This little girl is not Rhianna. CB is only like 180 and look what kind of damage he did to Rihanna’s face. So picture what a 6′4 270lb linebacker can do to a 4′11 100lb woman if he tackled her (without a helmet and pads) like he tackled people on the field. Can you say intensive care for Tila! Meanwhile, the DA dismissed the case because she felt an assault didn’t occur. I wish this basket case would just go somewhere already because people are getting sick of her lies.

Comment by: bob johnson Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:52 pm

Who is this hoe? She is a nobody she is not a celebrity she needs to craw back under the trailer she came out from.

Comment by: D.M Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:17 am

Is sad that society put athletes on a pedestal. They get away with everything. If it was someone big like Beyonce or Taylor Swift more people would pay attention to it. Abuse is wrong. No matter who you are. This girl got beaten by this man. Just because this girl is not your typical role model does not mean she deserved it. Sad that people or fans of Shawn is making up excuses for violences on women.

Comment by: Jen Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:13 am

Wish Jane was there then he would be cryin instead of her LOL its so true u know he beat her thats what men do they think they own us.

Comment by: random Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:05 pm

Tila said nothing about money so stfu. If she wanted attention she has other ways she can do that. she wouldnt make it up. oh and btw she doesnt need his money!! she got her own money..

Comment by: Fred Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:46 am

I don’t know either of these two people, and don’t think I want to. All I know is that a man who lived next to Merriman (when the latter lived in Scripps Ranch before moving to Poway) said that he was the nightmare of the neighborhood: driving fast on residential streets at all hours, allowing trash to accumulate, having loud and wild parties far into the night, and treating his neighbors with contempt. You can see some of these narcissistic traits on the football field.

I love football, but I feel a little sorry for these “Bolts” devotees who put their brains into deep-freeze whenever a thug like this is exposed to sunlight.

Comment by: Guest Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:16 pm

This is what happens when you constantly lie on people. No one will believe you. While abuse is definitely ever okay, I don’t believe she was ever hit by him. If this 6′4 270lb football player shook, choked and tackled her like she has been claiming, then there would be more than just bruising on her arms. She’d probably have a concussion, a serious neck injury, broken bones; something. BTW, didn’t she go to the hospital? I would sure like to see those hospital reports. Hopefully Tequila hasn’t bitten off more than she can chew.

Comment by: Cmon Man Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:09 pm

Cmon now. You know how you know she’s lying? She said he did E and then tackled her.

We all know that nobody on xtasy ever tackles anyone.

Case closed.

Comment by: Can't Stand Tila, But.. Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:56 am

As much as I can’t stand this woman and I think she’s an attention whore in general, this sort of issue isn’t something you “make up” for publicity. I’m sure she knows of other ways to get that attention. Especially when these issues usually turn into a “he-said-she-said” battle.

As for the bruises that everyone demands to see, violence doesn’t always produce such obvious markings like that of Rhianna or something. I was punched in the face by an ex-bf and got a light bruise. Does that mean it was okay since I didn’t have any broken bones?

No matter how she dresses or behaves, violence should never be condoned.

Comment by: Gee Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:28 pm

Whoever she is, she seem like she need some serious mental help

Comment by: sdmike Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:43 pm

her attorney should tell her to shut up

Comment by: Isy Posted: December 1, 2009, 1:49 pm

this girl is crazy, and annoying, she even said it in her myspace blog that is she BI-POLAR. can someone get this disturbed girl some help!

Comment by: Jeremy Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:26 am

She’s obviously lying. No way ANYONE would get violent after smoking pot and taking ecstasy. Anyone who has ever tried either of these drugs can confirm this. I hope the defense attorney brings in witnesses to attest to this fact.

Comment by: Roxy Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:07 pm

so sad, I used to like her! anyone who watches this video can see that crazy nut needs help! Her story doesnt make any sence and what is she gonna say when the videos come out in his defense? ooooppsss! CRAZY!

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