what's up what's up what's up everybody welcome back to the live with Brandon Blakey podcast of course I am your host Brandon Blakeley AKA Brandon Le TV welcome in everybody we had to go live today the the way that y'all showed out the way that y'all showed out for that live last night I owed y'all another one I absolutely ow y'all another live y'all y'all just been showing a lot of love man thank you to everybody that's been rocking with me on the live streams on the pre-recorded content daily weekly you know I got y'all locked in whenever you need it but thank you so much for subscribing liking commenting and all that good stuff welcome in everybody to the live with Brandon Blakey podcast y'all know why we here y'all know what's going on we got a talk about it we definitely got to talk about it welcome in welcome in everybody yes thank you again so much for all the support the love the comment the liking the sharing the subscribing man y'all really been showing a lot of love so much appreciation to y'all I know a lot of y'all tuned in to my last live where my last live I should say talking about Ashley Watkins the South Carolina star who's expected to be one of the team's best players ashy nles welcome in welcome in hey man I just want to say I am not too big to apologize and what I'm apologizing for is I didn't mean to come off of the way that I was condemning Ashen Watkins it's always guilty to proven innocent and I said that throughout the live but it did rub some people the wrong way the suspension has been lifted we're going to get into it we're going to get into it but you know I'm letting I'm letting some more people get in here before we dive into it but give me y'all's initial reaction to the news man ashon Watkins is back now we're not gonna act like she wasn't facing some very serious dire charges now but we definitely owe ashon Watkins in apology yes yes yes yes welcome in welcome in everybody look man a lot of people in the chat jumped the gun I was not one condemning her but I will say the charges was looking very nasty the publicity was not good and a lot of people were wondering how Don Staley would handle this situation turns out she didn't have to it was handled now giving y little update from one of the latest articles out the news was announced of course last night this is from W10 another respected station and actually my thing is if you if you saw like ashon Watkins as a physically imposing presence that's all I was saying is that she's a physically imposing presence but hey man my intent wasn't to rub nobody the wrong way I was not trying to insult a student athlete in that manner that that was not my intent that was not my intent Freda welcome in welcome in freda's kitchen yeah that was not my intent I wasn't trying to condemn her I was just painting a picture from the article what we said yeah absolutely absolutely y'all obvious scouted a basketball I've met eighth graders that are 610 like yes yes I Frank welcome in welcome in yes I mean I'm I'm doing my due diligence as a journalist reporting what's out there and that's why we're here today but I am not too big of a man to apologize my intent was not to offend anybody or paint Ashlin Watkins in a demeanor that you know disgraced her or insulted her in any way I'm a fan of Ashley Watkins I think this is great news she's a potential number one draft pick and I'm not trying to see no young player or no young person in general throw their life away over Something Stupid Frank welome in the headlines can make someone look like a minute sometimes you think you're doing the right thing and it's it's taken in the wrong way valid valid let's get into it a little bit let's get into it a little bit so from the article from Columbia South Carolina quote two trusted sources confirmed Wednesday that the suspension of University of South Carolina women's basketball player Ashley Watkins had been lifted following her arrest on Saturday a spokesperson y'all remember they were they said that and I think South Carolina did a good job I think South Carolina did a good job not rushing to release a statement now we know Watkins a spokesperson said any athlete arrested is suspended the spokesperson would not confirm on the record if Watkins was suspended at any time Watkins we know was charged with assault and kidnapping after after an incident at an on campus Affiliated apartment complex but she maintained her in inent through innocence through her lawyer rep Todd Rutherford and we mentioned he released a comment too saying basically that it was all nonsense and he turned out to be right John welcome in welcome in hey thank you same to you my God same to you blessed and strong yes yes thank you yes being you into the media you of all people should know the media can make things appear worse than what things are and and that's what happened that that's what happened it was those charges painted a very nasty picture there was and and then the the comments about that there is a video that was really damning and that was con that was goingon to convict her pretty much there was a lot of speculation out there pug Dad what's up what's up welcome in welcome in fra says suspension has been lifted but we still don't know what that means for her playing facts we we don't know that much and I'm going to get through the rest of the article we don't know if she's suiting up for the first game but we we do know she will play basketball again and that's the good thing yeah Don has been pretty closed mouth on this incident I know people probably have been asking her about it but I think South Carolina handled it the right way I really think they did I am hoping it works out for her I live in Colombia and attend all the games I've met her she was a pleasure yeah and she's a HomeTown kid you know hom State kid absolutely heard Malaysia fali like yeah you I mean you definitely want to see them succeed so and I think what made it sound really bad too is that the girl was a minor they're calling her a juvenile in this AR now we know Watkins was charged with assault and kidnapping after the incident on campus according to a USC police incident report Watkins was in an argument with a female juvenile at 650 Lincoln Street early Saturday morning the report States officers found the juvenile being restrained by Watkins and jumping over a ledge at the building's parking garage the juvenile initially told police Watkins hit her multiple times however later said Watkins never hit her so the girl lied let's talk about it Frederick let's talk about it my guy so the girl lied the girl blatantly lied on Ashlin Watkin will we ever know the real reason why who knows but the girl blatantly lied and that's what caused this whole stir Ashley got to stay away from this girl this girl this this this young lady is obviously bad for business a first degree assault and battery charge is a felony which we mentioned in the last live which means if convicted Watkins could face up to 10 years in prison just for that charge but that wasn't the only one her lawyer said a concern I think most people would be shocked to learn is restricting someone's movement for a moment in time is kidnapping and somebody mentioned that in the last live where they were saying you know there's a lot of different ways kidnapping could be interpreted and guys welcome in welcome in if this is your first time welcome into the live with Brandon Blakey podcast of course I am your host Brandon Blakey AKA Brandon Le t V make sure you hit that subscribe button comment like all that good stuff to stay up with the latest with the live Brandon blat podcast but yeah yeah the girl is obviously bad for business if she would jeopardize your future in your career that's crazy that's nasty work that and we see this happen with male athletes too getting lied on like it's not cool man stop lying bro said when and that's her lawyer when law enforcement charges a person with kidnap kidnapping it's often heavy-handed if the person isn't responsible for an abduction a kidnapping charge is considered a felony punishable by up to 30 years if convicted of the crime her lawyer also said misconceptions around the kidnapping is reason alone that the statute should change for South Carolina quote the kidnapping and this is uh Watkins lawyer talking the kidnapping statute needs to be changed because under the current current law if you restrict someone's movement for an instant for a moment you are guilty of kidnapping that defies logic that the general public would see when you see so and so arrested for kidnapping you would rightfully think that they've thrown someone in the back of their car that's what it sounded like that's what you think when you hear kidnapping you're definitely thinking somebody's getting put in a trunp and going for a ride or they've locked someone in their basement that's not what has to happen and to really understand this you also have to understand too what he what they're saying about kidnapping in South Carolina literally like you could stand and block a door and that's considered kidnapping in South Carolina the headlines were nasty man the charges sounded nasty it it sounded a lot worse than what it was and I think that's why South Carolina did a really good job of not rushing the Judgment yes cut all ties if she lied the girl blatantly lied if you're just joining the chat the girl blatantly lied on Ashlin Watkins and everybody ran with if she lied is that not filing a L report subject to legal consequences man I feel like when somebody lies and ruins your life they should do the bid that you were going to do like blatantly lying messing up somebody's future playing with her season and her draft stop that girl should definitely face some consequences man I'm right there with you Frederick that I mean she lied FR that's what I'm saying I literally thought she threw this little girl in a trunk or something and took off and went across state line like it was sounding crazy I thought she took someone's shot and skip town like what in the hell is going on like I I really thought Ashley Watkins crashed out I'm I'm not gonna hold y'all I really really thought Ashley Watkins crashed out look I knew she Byron welcome in welcome in look I knew she wasn't getting kicked off the team women's college basketball is big big business now South Carolina women's defending champs first of all if wife everyone got who got in a fight it is Big Business it is big business that is facts big pig welcome in welcome in my guy my guy RC on the backup page damn nobody going to visit and see with these lws like that's what I'm saying bro these laws are extremely outdated South Carolina is backwards right now they have video surveillance they shouldn't know if she lied or not and that that video should have been examined immediately before it even broke all these these news Cycles man because it was a bad look not only on Watkins but the program you had you had people calling Coach Don St out tzy welcome men I'm a South Carolina fan but y'all really believe she that she lied or okay Tav what so you feel like maybe she they they they had a talk with her in a in a room got her to change that story or something like that is that what you saying there's no consequence for women that make up false AR accusations Harley and we've seen so many careers y'all remember Sean Oakman the big defensive lineman for organ that was going viral or Baylor Baylor my bad he was at Baylor supposed to be a first round draft pick top 10 got lied on and never played in the NFL Don kicks sayaa yah off the team so don't sleep Don will get you out of there if you a problem definitely and I don't think Ashley's a problem but yeah D coach Staley is not putting one person above this program or this team you absolutely right Ashley like she will get you up out of there it don't matter who you are definitely what is y'all's initial reaction to the news and I'm GNA go through the article a little bit more so we know she posted the $30,000 bail and it's looking like as far as the legal situation she could be in the clear I haven't seen anything of official saying the case was dropped but if the witness if the if the key witness if the victim is saying that she lied and recanting the story then yeah all charges need to be dropped immediately immediately first off if everyone who got in a fight with their wife or girlfriend got fired the unemployment rate would be 90% yeah you were way too hard on ashon Watkins for these souped up charges and Byron that wasn't my intent that was not my intent I was not trying to paint her as guilty because she wasn't and I said that multiple times innocent until proven guilty now I was teed up energy was on 10 but y'all know my energy is always on 10 I never I've never want to see any young person or anybody throw their throw their future away it's funny to me that this piece of drama with SC was bigger news than us being undefeated national champions bro that I mean Sean Frank the story was everywhere the story was everywhere it spread like wildfire and I know I definitely ruffled some feathers too I remember the first time I saw Sean open on the field I was like when did a 40-year-old grown man play college football like bro Sean Oakman was supposed to be a franchise player that man looked like a created character carear down the drain BR you never got into a fight with your wife or girlfriend of course you know I had arguments with females I've never gotten physical though I don't believe in putting my hands on a woman at all but yeah as far as getting into arguments of course of course some of these girls crazy out here Byron you already know yeah I'm not perfect and I'm not gonna act like I am I'm human just like y'all I'm just now hearing this news from you yeah yeah frck man I'm just saying this is big news I know a lot of people tuned into the first live people like drama people like bad news people tune in for that lol they both probably put hands on each other we will never know the truth that's the thing they might have and genuinely we will like you said like you just said we may never actually know the truth but if they got surveillance footage man that should have ruled out a lot initially before this thing even took off the only way I'll go with that theory is if they find out Watkins was dating that victim then you know there's something fishy like a Carl Malone situation that's statutory man that ain't nothing to play with especially down south you will get your tail locked up for playing RC I'm glad that the drama is over and she can get back to her life hopefully the legal case is properly dismissed and she can take it as water under the bridge and just go back to SC game plan yeah I'm right there with you RC like and cut ties cut ties from this girl delete her number get her off social media never talk to her again like get away from this girl because she is bad for business I think the change the channels and pages that were saying Watkins careers need to cancel their channels for jump with the gun with false reports and yeah that's something I'm not going to do that's something I'm not going to do I'm not going to condemn someone for views like we didn't know it was worth talking about there was speculation in the air we heard about the suspension there is a possibility she may never play basketball again but to to condemn her and say that her career is over is irresponsible man I completely agree with you RC she could also have tried to get money from a potential yeah from from a future Lottery Pick and y'all see the WNBA contracts are on the way up we're talking serious money now man now this is big news just for Ashley her life as a person is is looking like it's gonna get back on track um and she'll get past this but also you know this is huge news for South Carolina and their Championship hes now I think they still had chance to win a title without Ashlin but now with Ashlin like they are hands down the number one team it's them and everybody else but this would have been a major loss for this program the cops should be fired for even making those charges local police officers try to ruin South Carolina Women's Basketball teamon it was nasty work it was it was those charges were trumped up they sounded really bad anybody face those charges I would have said the same thing they sounded really really bad and they they were hyped up and her I sh shout out to her lawyer because her lawyer maintained her innocence the whole time said that stuck to his story and said that we would all realize this was nonsense and he he obviously knew the girl was lying he obviously knew the girl was lying and that what really happened in the dark or what we think happened would come to light but ashon Watkins should absolutely be exonerated charges drop suspension is lifted like man let this young lady go on with her life let her get back to doing the main thing which is playing basketball now we know that South Carolina front court is loaded but Ashlin Watkins is a Player of the Year type level Talent she's a number one potential draft pick in the WBA draft if she decides to go pro but 20 years old like mistakes happen I'm just glad this didn't cost her everything cuz just from reading the reports it sound like Ashley Watkins had completely crashed out y'all I'm not gonna hold you but we know that that is how the internet is I mean you could see a 30 second clip from from an hourong video and rush to judgment I'm not here to condemn her or say that her career was going to be over because that was just too far we don't know we don't know and I'm not here just to talk just to talk I was hoping for the best for the victim as well as Ashlin Watkins and now maybe maybe we find out Ashlin Watkins was actually the victim she good though I I don't think she's a troublemaker just probably got in a very emotional situation yeah yeah I would agree people were trying to say she had a temper like I've never heard of ashon Watkins getting in any trouble not getting kicked out of any games or anything like that Tessa Johnson is about to open her own culinary ARS program this season by the way she gonna cook all over oh talk to him she impressed me big time in the championship game and she was killing my team yo RC she can man I could watch Tessa Johnson shoot the basketball all day beautiful jump shot man and it looks like it's going in every time I mean between her Malaysia full Wy tahena pal pal Raven Johnson Breezy Hall mdy McDaniel like that backourt is stacked that back court is absolutely stacked and then the front Court too man with with Ashlin coming back Khloe kid who I think is going to have a a breakout year for sure I think this is going to be a big year for her siia Fagan Miriam daa like that front court is insane and Ashlin Watkins is gonna be a big part of that this would have been a huge blow to South Carolina but bigger than that I'm hoping this she's able to put this past her not harp on it people won't hold it against her cuz I mean people don't forget especially when accusations like this people just don't forget so I hope they give her the benefit of the doubt I really do but give me y'all's initial reactions here in the news what does this mean this for South Carolina in y'all's opinion we we had to do this live man we we owe we owe Ash an apology I'm not saying we isn't everybody but everybody that jumped the gun and I don't feel like I necessarily jumped the gun but I didn't want to come off that way and that's obviously how some perceived it and that that wasn't my but big news coming out of Columbia South Carolina man I just can't believe the girl blatantly lied though like that's that's terrible and it's making it look bad for other women out there that aren't crying wolf that may really be in a dangerous domes situation man you can't just play with people's lives like this you cannot just play with people's lives like that man like when this type of situation happens the person crying wolf should do the sentence that the person they tried to get in trouble was going that's how I feel about it and y'all let me know y'all's T because we see this happen in men's sports all the time and careers get ruined and you find out it's a lie but it's too late there's no coming back I mean this is just it's great news for Ashley man great news for Ashley y'all give me y'all's initial reactions right now in the chat I've went through the article I will go through it again but just y y' y'all's initial reaction to the news when do y'all think ashy could possibly see the court again when do y'all think ashlon Watkins realistically will see the report again Frederick says my son went through something very similar and later the girl confessed that she lied although she walked Scot free my son paid a ton of legal fees defending himself and for nothing man I'm sorry y'all had to go through that frederck for real no Montreal we just getting into it I'm gonna go over the article again um Audrey thank you so much for tuning in welcome in welcome in thank you for doing this live it takes a certain level of humility to do what you're doing absolutely and I'm never going be too big to apologize or to admit if I was wrong or offended somebody because that was not my intent that was never my intent but I'm definitely not too big to apologize but no basically Montreal what's going on ashon Watkins suspicion has been lifted the the minor that initially called the police and got the police there pulled the fire alarm recanted her statement initially saying that ashon Watkins hit her multiple times and that wasn't the case the girl blatantly lied on Ashley Watkins and caused all this stir the girl lied and you assume she will be exonerated and the charges in the case will be dismissed and dropped and hopefully for Ashlin say man she can just get back to playing basketball but the big thing is the girl lied and her lawyer kept the whole story the whole time telling people that it didn't sound as bad as it was or that it wasn't as bad as it sounded on top of that we learned that South Carolina's kidnapping laws are way outdated the fact that if somebody tries to walk out of a door and you stand in front of it that could be considered kidnapping most of us read kidnapping an assault and thought Ashley Watkins had completely crashed out and threw some girl in her trunk or something crazy that's what the picture was painted that's how it was painted that's what we were fed I believe I handled the the Ashley situation properly I never blamed her condemned her I never said her career was done facts I said we should pray for her we should remember she's human a young human yeah 20 years old still learning still learning but yeah those are the biggest takeaways from the live if you're just joining in the suspension has been lifted and it was an automatic suspension South Carolina spokespeople said when whenever ever a player of any any athlete of any sport is arrested they are suspended so that was protocol okay hey appreciate the update storm 36 Liberty 40 at the half thank you for the update thank you thank you thank you best player dude what are you talking about wel could been Martin Ashley is not the best player bro I ain't gonna hold you ashin is the most dominant player on South Carolina let's be honest now I think it'll be between her and Malaysia full Wy for best player this year but nah let's not do that ashon Watkins is a potential number one draft pick in the WNBA draft she's potentially a dominant Elite player on both sides of the basketball the most athletic player in women's college hoops she is going to dominate this year book it see that's why I love this channel you your explanation and coverage is unmatched hey Montreal thank you so much for that I really try to just be as informed as I can you know I I was a a news I was a TV reporter for a while worked in sports media for years so you know I know the game and I just try to bring y'all my take but also keep it with integrity and deliver the truth as best as I can so I appreciate that when do y'all think Ashley could see the court realistically will she miss some games like where do y'all see this going yeah accent she be throwing it down yeah Watkins be dunking that thing she can jam yep welcome in accent welcome in guys if you're just joining if you have any questions about anything you may have missed go ahead and hit the chat hit the chat I'm here for the question and answers and if this is your first time welcome in to the live with Brandon Blakey podcast I am your host Brandon Blakeley AKA Brandon Le TV make sure to hit that subscribe button comment like share and all that good stuff thank you ask if the girl that that said that Watkins repeatedly hit her lied it's come to light that the girl completely lied the girl lied and blew up and tried to blow up ashon Watkins career in the process the girl lied but she's also young she's a minor but yeah the girl lied I don't know if they were in a relationship it just said that they knew each other so I don't know if there's something bigger under this story um but yeah the big thing is the girl the police showed up and Watkins was restraining the girl Montreal says I don't think she that she will miss any games but it's a big wakeup call for everyone absolutely absolutely I mean this is probably a very humbling experience and I just hope Ashley can put it behind her and get back to playing basketball cuz we've never heard her making trouble or being in trouble before this but this is like one of them stigmas when it gets on social media where the media takes it runs wild with it this is one of those stigmas that could stick with you and then there's even more speculation about her with the underage girl like you know what I'm saying like it just it paints a really bad picture and it gives people a lot to really dissect and assume when they don't have the facts but this live was a must I had I man I had people in the comments talking about it like I wasn't gonna pull up and go live about this I'm never ducking this smoke I'mma tell y'all that right now she didn't do anything she should Miss zero seconds of playing time yeah we know the suspension has been lifted so it seems like now once all this is resolved it'll be up to Don st's discretion on how to handle it but I think the university did well not rushing the Judgment not just jumping out there and releasing a statement exactly right after it happened like they said they were still Gathering the information I think they did their due diligence and now the truth is coming out the truth is coming to light now but I hate that if she didn't do anything at all man I hate that she's even going through this CU I mean this man this mentally is draining like if you ever been to court and had to do this and you know have the opportunity where you think you might lose your freedom I mean that's nothing to play with like Watkins got a lot to lose whatever she does she needs to cut all ties from this girl like delete the number delete the Snapchat get her off social media never talk to her again literally lit like she's bad for business she's bad for business but yeah keep hitting me in the chat let me know y'all's initial reaction man we went through the big points if you missed it and want me to repeat something let me know um if you have any questions let me know and just initial reactions man this is big news and I wanted to make sure we went live to really discuss this situation dissect it break it down so that's what we have been doing for the last half hour but if y'all have any questions comments concerns within the chat let me know I'm here for y'all Brandon offs subject question fber are currently sitting in the six scene playoff position what do you think do what do you do they need to do to rise up to the fifth seed they need to keep winning and they need Seattle to keep losing Seattle has been very up and down since the break though man I tell you they were my dark horse to win the N to uh win the WNBA title but no there's been way more than four double doubles there's been a lot more than four double doubles Caitlyn Clark and Angel ree got more than for themselves but yeah they just the fever just need to keep winning they need Seattle to keep sliding oh triple doubles I don't know how many there's been but I guarantee Caitlyn's got two of them and if there are only two more I'm guaranteeing Alyssa Thomas has got them at definitely got the other ones Sho let me see if I can let me do a quick Google real quick let's see let's see I'm just doing a little research to see about these triple double there's only been 41 in league history oh there's only been there's only been 40 triple doubles in league history Clark is the only rookie in WBA history to record even one triple double all time Alyssa Thomas has 10 triple doubles Sabrina has four Candace Parker has three yo Caitlin's already tied for fourth for most triple doubles all time that's insane that is insane yeah that's pretty much what yeah the fever need to win out and they hope they gota hope Seattle drops a few more games definitely but yeah Elissa Thomas I mean walking triple double arguably could have won MVP last year yes and guys before we get up out of here man y'all let me know about some more topics y'all want to talk about throughout the week of course I will be live tomorrow after the fever game y'all already know the Bob's there but y'all let me know some other topics y'all want to hear throughout the weekend as well yo Fredick she gotta be top four she gotta be top four in the MVP race who calling me on the live man come on now you got CC third accent okay so you got uh Asia Wilson obviously number one for everybody and then who you got number two nefisa Kier then Clark at three maybe Sabrina at four clarendon's had like a really up and down season for the LA Sparks man but her having a triple double sounds crazy okay okay I see you accent guys I am gonna call it because y'all know Thursday night football's coming up but I will be live again y'all make sure to comment on this video once it's posted let me know more topics anything y'all want to chop it up about but this live was very NE Neary had to do it man had to do it so much love to y'all that is a wrap for us for all the latest and the greatest make sure to join our memberships we got exclusive content coming daily weekly whenever you need it share comment like subscribe to stay up with the latest of the live with Brandon Blakey podcast until next time okay fever free agency got you got you hey free fer free agency I got you I got you but hey aent I appreciate you I I appreciate you um I appreciate you with the facts thank y'all for bringing the facts when y'all come in I still got the best chat on YouTube I stand by it and that's all because of you people you great people thank you for rocking with me until next time everybody Frederick Montreal we out