Editing Marv Albert (section)

==Sexual assault==
Albert was accused of sexually assaulting a 42-year-old woman in 1997.<ref name="Marv Albert Calls Accuser A Liar">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sABEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1359,1368910 |title=Marv Albert Calls Accuser A Liar |work=[[Durant Daily Democrat]] |date=7 November 1997 |access-date=30 October 2011 }}</ref> The woman accused Albert of throwing her onto a bed, biting her, then forcing her to perform [[oral sex]] after a February 12, 1997 argument in his [[Pentagon City]] hotel room. DNA testing linked Albert to genetic material taken from the bite marks and from semen in her underwear.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/14927210.html?dids=14927210:14927210&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+21%2C+1997&author=Brooke+A.+Masters&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Albert+Case+Merges+Sex%2C+Significance%3B+Lawyers+Expect+Trial+To+Look+at+Social+Issues&pqatl=google |title=Albert Case Merges Sex, Significance; Lawyers Expect Trial To Look at Social Issues |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=21 September 1997 |access-date=30 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107012454/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/14927210.html?dids=14927210:14927210&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+21%2C+1997&author=Brooke+A.+Masters&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Albert+Case+Merges+Sex%2C+Significance%3B+Lawyers+Expect+Trial+To+Look+at+Social+Issues&pqatl=google |archive-date=2012-11-07}}</ref> During the trial, another woman, Patricia Masden, testified that Albert had bitten her on two separate occasions, in Miami in 1993 and in Dallas in 1994, which she viewed as unwanted sexual advances.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/15425801.html?dids=15425801:15425801&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+25%2C+1997&author=Gary+Mihoces&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=New+witness%27+allegations+%27carbon+copy%2C%27+judge+says&pqatl=google |title=New witness' allegations 'carbon copy,' judge says |work=[[USA Today]] |date=25 September 1997 |access-date=30 October 2011 |first=Gary |last=Mihoces |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107012445/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/15425801.html?dids=15425801:15425801&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+25%2C+1997&author=Gary+Mihoces&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=New+witness%27+allegations+%27carbon+copy%2C%27+judge+says&pqatl=google |archive-date=2012-11-07}}</ref> Masden, a VIP liaison for [[Hyatt|Hyatt Hotels]], claimed that Albert called her to help him send a [[fax]] from his Dallas hotel room, where she found him wearing "white panties and [[garter]] belt".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=feIxAAAAIBAJ&pg=1582,5261707 |title=Surprise witness 'belts' Marv |work=[[Reading Eagle]] |date=25 September 1997 |access-date=30 October 2011 }}</ref> Albert's defense team said that the judge blocked most of what they wanted to bring to trial in Albert's defense, prompting them to accept a plea deal from the prosecutors. Albert pleaded guilty to [[misdemeanor]] assault and [[Battery (crime)|battery]] charges, while a [[felony]] charge of forcible [[sodomy]] was dropped.<ref name="GuiltyPlea">{{Cite news |last=Janofsky |first=Michael |date=1997-09-26 |title=Marv Albert Pleads Guilty And Is Dismissed by NBC |language=en |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/26/us/marv-albert-pleads-guilty-and-is-dismissed-by-nbc.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702225631/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/26/us/marv-albert-pleads-guilty-and-is-dismissed-by-nbc.html |archive-date=2011-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/almanac/video/1997/albert/albert.mov |title=CNNSI archive of video news coverage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605143121/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/almanac/video/1997/albert/albert.mov |archive-date=2007-06-05}}</ref> He was given a 12-month [[suspended sentence]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web |date=2006-05-29 |title=Albert Receives a 12-Month Suspended Sentence |url=http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/marv/marvalbert.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060530021403/http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/marv/marvalbert.html |archive-date=2006-05-30 |website=Court TV News}}</ref> The conviction was expunged from his record a year later, in accordance with the terms of his sentencing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/34964049.html?dids=34964049:34964049&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+09%2C+1998&author=Patricia+Davis&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Marv+Albert's+Record+Cleared+in+Biting+Case%3B+Judge+Dismisses+Charge+a+Year+After+Trial&pqatl=google |title=Marv Albert's Record Cleared in Biting Case; Judge Dismisses Charge a Year After Trial |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=9 October 1998 |access-date=30 October 2011 |first=Patricia |last=Davis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107012504/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/34964049.html?dids=34964049:34964049&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+09%2C+1998&author=Patricia+Davis&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Marv+Albert%27s+Record+Cleared+in+Biting+Case%3B+Judge+Dismisses+Charge+a+Year+After+Trial&pqatl=google |archive-date=2012-11-07}}</ref> In an interview with [[Barbara Walters]], Albert maintained that his accuser had requested he bite her. He also denied her accusation that he had requested she bring another man into their sexual affair. He described her recorded conversation with the police on the night of the incident as "an [[Academy Award]] performance".<ref name="Marv Albert Calls Accuser A Liar"/>

[[NBC Sports|NBC]] – for which Albert worked for over 20 years – fired him hours after he entered his guilty plea.<ref name="GuiltyPlea"/> His last NFL broadcast for [[NFL on NBC|NBC]] before being fired was the 1997 [[1997 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]]-[[1997 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] game alongside [[Randy Cross]] and [[Len Berman]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=1998-07-01 |title=TV SPORTS; After Decades of Words for Albert, Silence |language=en |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/01/sports/tv-sports-after-decades-of-words-for-albert-silence.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702225641/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/01/sports/tv-sports-after-decades-of-words-for-albert-silence.html |archive-date=2011-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://8thgrademathfeldman.pbworks.com/w/page/86826805/1997%20NFL%20on%20NBC%20Schedule |title=1997 NFL on NBC Schedule |access-date=2023-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105084936/http://8thgrademathfeldman.pbworks.com/w/page/86826805/1997%20NFL%20on%20NBC%20Schedule |archive-date=2023-11-05}}</ref> [[Bob Costas]] took over for Albert on ''[[NBA on NBC]]'' in the [[1997–98 NBA season]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=1997-11-26 |title=BASKETBALL; Thomas Is Teamed With Costas on NBC (Published 1997) |language=en |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/26/sports/basketball-thomas-is-teamed-with-costas-on-nbc.html |access-date=2023-08-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527070931/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/26/sports/basketball-thomas-is-teamed-with-costas-on-nbc.html |archive-date=2015-05-27}}</ref> [[Tom Hammond]] would eventually move up to the #2 team{{clarify|date=November 2023}} (behind [[Dick Enberg]], [[Paul Maguire]], and [[Phil Simms]]), while [[Dan Hicks (sportscaster)|Dan Hicks]] would primarily call games with Hammond's old partner, [[Jim Kelly]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}{{relevance inline|date=November 2023}} NBC rehired Albert less than two years after firing him, with Chairman of [[NBC Sports]] [[Dick Ebersol]] stating that, "Marv has done what he had to do" since being fired.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=1999-06-30 |title=PRO BASKETBALL; NBC Rehires Albert 2 Years After Firing Him |language=en |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/30/sports/pro-basketball-nbc-rehires-albert-2-years-after-firing-him.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123183455/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/30/sports/pro-basketball-nbc-rehires-albert-2-years-after-firing-him.html |archive-date=2010-11-23}}</ref>