
Cheerleader packed off for blogging
A South African website on Tuesday said that a cheerleader from South Africa has been sent home for blogging on various aspects of the IPL.
Gabriella Pasqualotto, who happened to be a standout beauty and a member of the Mumbai Indians' cheering contingent, was ordered to pack up and leave after her identity as a blogger was revealed. The move was made after a cricketer lodged a complaint to the IPL chairperson, reports say.
Pasqualotto's manager was notified and the IPL girl was forced to board the first available flight out of India.
Pasqualotto was also reportedly approached by the owners of an Indian website who proposed to her that she write for them. After only a couple of blogs, a fellow cheer-girl tipped off the Mumbai Indians players.
Pasqualotto's blogs dealt mostly with her experience in India and the glamorous world of IPL. However, it became an issue after it was reported that she made some allegations against the cricketers, that they are 'not so innocent in the after-match parties,' the website reported.
Before the commencement of IPL-4, the cheer girls had been told to behave in accordance with the team rules and to not get too close to the cricketers. Pasqualotto, though, feels it is just hypocritical. She alleged that quite a few cheer girls have been 'intimate' with some players despite the warnings.
“On Tuesday, last week, 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. We couldn’t go anywhere without the crowds mobbing us and many of the girls did not behave. But nothing I wrote was directed at any one person. I think the cricketer who complained had a guilty conscience," the girl was quoted saying by the website.
She added: "It's a joke. There were cameras everywhere at these after-parties watching what they got up to. The guys treated us like pieces of meat," she was quoted as saying.
“The Aussies are naughty, a certain someone played kissing catches with three girls known to me and had a girlfriend back home. He told them: ‘Come back to my room, I want to cuddle!’
“These cricketers are the most loose and mischievious I have come across.
She also claimed that she was forced to return without cashing her traveller's cheques or even given time to buy a phone card.
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