In Margaritaville, some people claim there's a woman to blame, but in San Diego, Tila Tequila says it's Shawne Merriman's damn fault.
Now it's up to the D.A. to sort out the whole sordid mess.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has handed off its evidence in the he-said, she-said case between the 27-year-old Shot at Love babe and the 25-year-old star NFL linebacker, and now it's up to prosecutors to determine whether to press charges.
Even though a tentative court date has been set, district attorney spokesman Steve Walker tells E! News, "We don't really have a timeline."
Meanwhile, Walker would not confirm a report that Tequila (aka Tila Nguyen) would be questioned by investigators today. She claims she was beaten up by Merriman and held against her will. Merriman says he was merely being a gentleman and refusing to let an intoxicated Tequila drive her car after a night of partying.
The D.A. has the power to file or reject charges against Merriman for the two felonies Tequila charged him with over the weekend: battery and false imprisonment.
If Tequila did in fact meet with investigators today, she must have been tired. The girl apparently stayed up all night tweeting!
"U guys all know me by now. Im a strong ass woman. I will never be a VICTIM of anything. So when someone lays a hand on me then lies. Its on," she wrote at around 3 a.m., followed by, "Anyway...enough of that. So tired of his lies. He should be ashamed....but at least I HAVE NO SHAME! I will stand tall and speak up! Wut!!!!"
"Only criminals make up as much excuses as they can to cover up their crime. I dont need to do that because I am not the criminal. Done...If he was really not guilty...then dont u think he wouldn't need to go out of his way to release that many stories to cover up? Suspect!!!!"
Indeed. Tequila went on for awhile in that vein.
The tiny Twitter terror checked in at about 11:30 a.m., posting this enigmatic tweet: "A real man is able to apologize. A real woman is able to forgive and accept the apology......."
Is that a hint?
—Additional reporting by Lindsay Miller
(Originally published Sept. 10, 2009, at 2:33 p.m. PT)
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