OK, we have been reluctant to even mention this, but it's been
out there for a while now, and you're probably going to hear about
it sooner or later. In fact, a lot of Arizona State fans have
already heard the unsettling news. A former ASU cheerleader has
evidently decided to leverage the life skills she learned in Tempe
into a career in, uh, the adult film industry.
We're going to leave her real name out of it for her family's
sake, but she goes by the aliases Courtney Simpson and Cory Heart.
It's pretty sad, but making matters worse, she has brought the
Sun Devils into it. We'll leave the sordid details to your imagination,
but there are photos and video of the woman plying her trade while
wearing an ASU cheerleading outfit, or at least an exact replica.
There are shots of her cheering the ASU basketball team, and the
girl is identified on at least one adult Web site as a "former
Arizona State University cheerleader."
We're told by an ASU official that she was dismissed from the
cheerleading squad, but not for the adult stuff, which apparently
happened after she left in 2004-05. Of course, we wondered if
the school could take legal action. "ASU vigorously protects its
trademarks and intellectual property," spokesperson Terri Shafer
said. "(ASU) will look into this matter and take appropriate action
if it believes there is an issue of infringement."
We also found that cheerleaders are required to sign an agreement,
which includes: "I know that I am part of a team representing
ASU and will therefore always try to present myself in the best
interest of the university."