A cheerleader for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association has been fired over her softcore Website.
Lindsey Marshal’s site included a few banners posted not by her, but by affiliates, looking to milk a little extra out of her connection to the Raptors, according to Tony Edwards, who represents site owner AvenueBlue.
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“[She] was told by the Raptors she was fired, or her services were no longer required, simply because she had this Website, and some banners depicted her as a Raptors dancer,” Edwards told AVN.com, emphasizing that at no time did Marshal herself affix such banners or approve of any affiliate who did.
Marshal herself is declining comment on the matter for the time being. Edwards said she went out of her way to keep her Website completely distinct from her work with the Raptors, using the site to help pay for her college education and to further her dancing career.
“I don’t know when the team found out about it specifically,” he said. “She was fired in the last couple of days.”
A spokesperson for the Raptors was unavailable for comment as this story went to press.
While Marshal remains in the official Dance Pak photo on the Raptor’s site, her name is not mentioned and the hyperlink to her bio has been removed.
Marshal’s site is a predominantly softcore site, featuring still and video images, and offering a few of her self-made video and DVD products. “It’s like a college girl site,” Edwards said. “She’s a starving student trying to make a few extra dollars by trying to have this site. She’s trying to advance her dance career. Unfortunately, due to the Raptors’ decision, this is having a negative effect on her personally. She’s using the site and her modeling just as an aside to pay her rent and advance her career.”
