Keith Olbermann Versus Rachel Marsden: Who's The Bigger
Stalker

post from Jossip on 30 March 2007 05:30:05 PM. © Jossip

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Yesterday, we told you about Rachel Marsden, the Canadian pundit (and nightly contributor to Red Eye) who recently grabbed headlines for refusing to acknowledge the damaging effects false rape charges have on the purported "defendants." Which was particularly scandalous in light of reports yesterday that revealed Marsden has a history of stalking her college professors, pleading guilty to criminal harassment and filing extremely questionable date rape and sexual assault charges.

Then last night, Keith Olbermann got in on the fun on Countdown, naming Marsden as the Number One Newsmaker of the Day for, "explain[ing] to Fox viewers how the Duke lacrosse players won't suffer any long-term aftereffects from the false rape accusations made against them.

And while Marsden certainly may have set herself up for media criticism, Olbermann's scrutiny is already causing some people to wonder whether it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

"Keith Olbermann is the last person who should comment on someone being stalked," snipes a source inside ESPN. "While [Keith] was at ESPN, he went out with UCONN women?s basketball player Rebecca Lobo a few times, but it didn?t end there."

According to our tipster, Olbermann wouldn't leave Lobo alone once she decided she was no longer interested, and reportedly starting keeping tabs on her by monitoring her calls and persistently writing her notes.

Says an insider, "Lobo was close to taking out a restraining order against him, but spared him—and herself—the negative publicity that would have ensued."

All of which sounds rather like a slam-dunk harrassment case, provided it's true. And for Olbermann's sake,** we certainly hope it's not. Because if he's ever driven to closely to the car in front of him, RSVPed too quickly to an invitation or stood to close to a fellow party-goer, we have a feeling Marsden is going to fire back. And you can bet she'll find out whether Keith has any skeletons (or restraining orders) in his closet.

**And, of course, Rebecca Lobo's.