Report: Grizzlies Fired PA Announcer After Accusations He Made Upskirt Videos In Church

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Source: Deadspin.com

Rick Trotter has been calling Memphis Grizzlies games since 2006, but the team announced they’d fired him this afternoon after the Shelby County Sheriff’s office put out a warrant for his arrest. The warrant lists three charges for photographing persons without consent, issued today.

According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, police accuse Trotter of shooting upskirt videos:

Memphis police confirmed that their department issued the four-count warrant Tuesday, adding that there were at least three reported victims. The warrant alleges that Trotter was “making upskirt videos of church members,” apparently “while services were going on.”
Trotter got the job with the Grizzlies after he sent them in a demo tape. He had no previous experience in broadcasting. The Grizzlies said that they fired Trotter in July, but didn’t announce it until today.

The team offered no further comment. Trotter worked at Downtown Church until May, when he was let go. The church put out a statement decrying his “moral failures of a sexual nature:”

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[kestrel91316]

1. Is he a registered Republican? This has the right MO.

[Midnight Writer]

2. He was just doing a side job for Roger Ailes.

[Akicita]

3. What a creep.

[3catwoman3]

4. In church, of all places?

How utterly depraved.

[yellowcanine]

5. Yes, during services.

Memphis police confirmed that their department issued the four-count warrant Tuesday, adding that there were at least three reported victims. The warrant alleges that Trotter was “making upskirt videos of church members,” apparently “while services were going on.”

My guess is he is going to use the "doing research" card.