TAMPA - - Two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were arrested early Sunday morning at a Tampa nightclub.
According to a police report Kristen Lanier Owen, 22, and Angela Ellen Keathley, 26, were arrested after an incident at Banana Joe's in the city's Channelside district at 2:10 a.m. One cheerleader was charged with battery, the other with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
The police report claims the two cheerleaders were having sex with each other in a stall at the bar when other patrons got angry they were taking so long in the bathroom.
Owen and another person started arguing and Owen hit that person in the face, according to the report. Keathley was escorted from Banana Joe's and the police report said she was so drunk she could barely stand and described her as rude and belligerent with police.
Other Panthers cheerleaders bailed Owen and Keathley out of the Orient Road Jail late Sunday morning.
The cheerleaders made the trip to Tampa on their own. Cheerleaders are on the sidelines only at home games. Team officials at Sunday afternoon's game said they were aware of the report, but declined further comment.
