FC Dallas CEO Allegedly Choked, Suffocated, Punched His Wife in NYC Hotel

All, Crime, MLS, Soccer, What the hell is wrong with people Stephen Douglas November 15th. 2012, 12:51pm

Hal Douglas Quinn, the CEO of FC Dallas (MLS), was arrested Saturday afternoon in a New York City hotel room for attacking his wife. Quinn and his wife, Elizabeth, were in town to celebrate a birthday. The details of the celebration are insane. From the New York Post:

“It was his 50th birthday party Friday night. We had a lovely night, and unfortunately things went wrong,” Elizabeth told The Post, adding that they plan to stay together. They have two small children.

The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Quinn allegedly pummeled his much-smaller wife’s face and body, choked her with both hands, and held a pillow over her face until she passed out, the sources said.

Quinn was arrested at 4 p.m. on charges of assault and strangulation, and his wife was treated by paramedics at the scene for injuries to her face, arm, legs and eye, which was swollen shut, the sources said.

Sounds like a wonderful guy. Quinn has been with Dallas since 2010. [via New York Post]

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50 Responses to “FC Dallas CEO Allegedly Choked, Suffocated, Punched His Wife in NYC Hotel”

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Patrick Division Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Done told her twice already, I guess.
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mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Someone to root for.
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ms621 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there relationship might have underlying issues.
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roastbeast Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Im 6-foot 210 and have never done this
/Every man dies not all men truly live
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Bob Chipeska Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:56 PM
trying to knock Jerramy Stevens out of the headlines?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Another incident of the culture of violence and lack of decency within the soccer world.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Throw the book at him. She should let him go. He will do it again. Book it.
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gfunk supreme Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Hal Douglas Quinn, the CEO of FC Dallas (MLS)
Upon first glance I thought you started this off with “Ha! Douglas Quinn…”
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njensen79 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Throw the book at him. She should let him go. He will do it again. Book it.
Oh he already has. This isn’t the first time he has hit her.
/no proof, but who cares right?
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ThatsSoTaguchi (Now With Zip) Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
“What’s love got to do, got to do with it…. what’s love but a sweet old fashioned notion… what’s love got to do, got to do with it… Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken!!!”
(does a sexy shimmy)
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Quite the handsome couple.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Elizabeth, this was an unsuccessful murder attempt. Take the kids and head to your sister’s house (in the movies, women always has a sister out of town).
Trust me on this, I’m a proud member of the Lil Detective JMacs.
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BFFredo Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:05 PM
pummeled his much-smaller wife’s face and body, choked her with both hands, and held a pillow over her face until she passed out
If he’s willing to do this at the hotel, what’s he willing to do at home, where he can cut all the telephone lines?
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Happy Birthday Bitch.
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ms621 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
Elizabeth, this was an unsuccessful murder attempt. Take the kids and head to your sister’s house (in the movies, women always has a sister out of town).
Or hire Bud White as a bodyguard.
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cracker jack Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
and unfortunately things went wrong
Oh, lady.
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cracker jack Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
Elizabeth, this was an unsuccessful murder attempt.
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
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sousedbergin Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Elizabeth, this was an unsuccessful murder attempt. Take the kids and head to your sister’s house (in the movies, women always has a sister out of town).
Or hire Bud White as a bodyguard.
Do not seek protection from a dashing British man who is a spy.
/Small penises and bad teeth
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rodmansrage Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
tried to beat the ugly off her?
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ThatsSoTaguchi (Now With Zip) Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:13 PM

Elizabeth, this was an unsuccessful murder attempt.
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.

That ability is how you know he’s strong enough to protect you and the little ones.
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sousedbergin Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
Writes in notebook:
Mug Cracker Jack’s husband.
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ms621 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:13 PM
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
Gyp Rosetti seeks them out.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
I’m guessing this guy is wealthy.
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sousedbergin Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
I for one would never date someone capable of throwing me from a train.
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cracker jack Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Writes in notebook:
Mug Cracker Jack’s husband.
Hey! I meant mental ability! But yeah you could probably beat him up
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johndewar Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
She is not doing her kids any favors by sticking around, either.
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HawkEye Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
and unfortunately things went wrong
Leader for understatement of the month
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johndewar Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:15 PM
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
I’m guessing this guy is wealthy.
And if she divorced him, with a couple of domestic violence incidents on his rap sheet, so would she be wealthy.
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ThatsSoTaguchi (Now With Zip) Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
On the plus side we’re discussing MLS.
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sousedbergin Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Hey! I meant mental ability! But yeah you could probably beat him up
Does that make you part of my harem by right? Not sure, where the lawyers at?
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ms621 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
On the plus side we’re discussing MLS.
And the Massachusetts Library System is very grateful.
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Nada Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Based on the details and injuries, I would have wagered the CEO of Dallas FC was Craig James.
If, that is, the wife was a hooker.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:18 PM
I’m guessing this guy is wealthy.
It’s always comforting to know there will be a nice spread at your funeral the following spring.
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cracker jack Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
I just read the part where this happened mid-afternoon, and not late at night after some booze/drug filled bender. I think that makes it even worse.
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Nada Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:21 PM
And if she divorced him, with a couple of domestic violence incidents on his rap sheet, so would she be wealthy
I’m thinking that’s the reason Jeramy Stevens married Hope Solo. After she punches him out a couple more times, he can divorce her and live off her moolah.
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starkweather Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Which of those dudes is the wife?
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Nada Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Im 6-foot 210 and have never done this
Is that a Drew Brees 6-foot?
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ThatsSoTaguchi (Now With Zip) Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:22 PM
just read the part where this happened mid-afternoon, and not late at night after some booze/drug filled bender. I think that makes it even worse.
I know I make sure to only beat my wife during the socially agreed upon hours of 10PM to 5AM. Pacific, of course.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:24 PM
I know I make sure to only beat my wife during the socially agreed upon hours of 10PM to 5AM. Pacific, of course.
A man (with a neck tattoo) must have a code.
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roastbeast Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
beat her once, shame on him, beat her twice, well, uh, hehe, um, never get beat again
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roastbeast Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:27 PM
A man (with a neck tattoo) must have a code.
gooch’s neck tattoo IS a code
a UPC code for his subscription to Baseball America, that is!
/i don;t know gooch
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roastbeast Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Is that a Drew Brees 6-foot?
if that means can i throw a sweet spiral, absolutely
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sousedbergin Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Never marry a man with three first names.
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Der Kaiser Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
I’m shocked that a CEO of a MLS team earns enough to take out of town trips to celebrate birthdays.
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starkweather Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Never marry a man with three first names.
/Scribbles “game over” in tiny little notebook.
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scripty Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
I cannot even begin to imagine rationalizing staying with someone who had the ability to choke you until you passed out.
Serious ?: You can choke people til they pass out but not die? How much longer if you choke somebody would they die? This is crazy.
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ThatsSoTaguchi (Now With Zip) Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Serious ?: You can choke people til they pass out but not die?
You’ve led a sheltered life.
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cracker jack Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Serious ?: You can choke people til they pass out but not die? How much longer if you choke somebody would they die? This is crazy.
They always die in the Lifetime movies, I feel so misled.
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starkweather Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Not that I’ve got first-hand experience but it would take about 2 extra minutes of choking after they pass out to kill most people.
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spencer096 Says:
November 15th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
doesn’t it only take 60 lbs of pressure to close off the blood flow to the brain or something?