Cheerleader fired from IPL
A South African cheerleader has been fired from her Indian Premier
League gig after writing a behind-the-scenes blog about cricketers
misbehaving at post-match parties, media reported Wednesday.
Gabriella Pasqualotto said she is considering taking legal action
after the Mumbai Indians sent her home following a complaint from an
unnamed cricketer about her blog, "The Secret Diary of an IPL
Cheerleader", South Africa's New Age newspaper said.
"I wrote what I experienced as a cheerleader. But I am considering
taking legal action because I feel that I was fired over something small
and silly," Pasqualotto told 'The New Age'. "I also think that the
situation was handled unprofessionally."
In her blog for the web site thealternativecricketalmanack.com,
Pasqualotto wrote about her experiences in India and the post-match
naughtiness of cricketers, "the most loose and mischievous sportsmen I
have come across".
"Usually only after day matches there is an exclusive after-party and
at night is when it all happens. The music pumps, the drinks flow and
the cricketers come and go," she wrote.
"The real fun happens in the VIP rooms where the players and night
owls can cause scandal! "Ol' Graeme Smith will flirt with anything while
his girlfriend lurks behind him. The Aussies are fun but naughty, such
as Aiden Blizzard and Dan Christian."
According to South African newspaper The Witness, the 22-year-old was
one of 40 local women chosen for the IPL cheerleading squad that went to
India at the beginning of April.
Pasqualotto told the newspaper that an Australian cricketer who was
upset over her blog complained to IPL chairman Chirayu Amin, who ordered
her manager to send her home.
"I was sent home as if I was a criminal. I was treated as if I had
taken drugs or done something awful, and I was never offered an
opportunity to give my side of the story," she said.
Pasqualotto also writes on micro-blog Twitter as @IPLGirl, where she
had more than 1,000 followers Wednesday morning. JOHANNESBURG, ednesday,
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