Steve McNair, Sahel Kazemi | 07/10/2009 10:30 am

Steve McNair Taped Youth Suicide PSA Before Being Killed in Murder-Suicide by Mistress Sahel Kazemi

Tennessee health officials say they won’t air suicide prevention ad after NFL quarterback’s death; funeral for killer mistress today.

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Image: Keith Allison/Flickr

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was killed last weekend in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide, carried out by his mistress, Sahel Kazemi. But in an eerie twist, the news today is that the former Tennessee Titans player taped a youth suicide prevention public service announcement with Tennessee health officials before he was killed, CNN reports.

"It seems broadcasting it now is not only inappropriate, but doesn’t serve the community, his family or memory — or the issue we hoped the PSA would help address," said Jill Hudson, a spokeswoman for Tennessee’s Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.

McNair was married and had four children. A public memorial was held for him Thursday. Nashville police said Wednesday that he was fatally shot four times on July 4 by 20-year-old Kazemi as he slept on a sofa in the downtown Nashville condo in which he lived. Kazemi then turned the 9-mm semiautomatic on herself. At one point in the history of their relationship, Kazemi thought McNair was going to leave his wife, and had suspected he was also having an affair with someone else. That could be true. The New York Daily News reports today that a stripper at a Minneapolis club claims she had a six-year relationship with the football player.

Funeral arrangements are set for Kazemi on Friday in Jacksonville, FL.

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As long as they have a $20 bill…they won’t have to take out the trash….?

By Kelly In Texas on 07/10/2009 7:43 pm

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Ok yes I feel for his wife and kids and I feel for the family of Kazemi but in noway do I feel sorry for McNair or the girl. She knew he was married and he knew he was married & what he was doing was wrong. I am not saying either one of them got what they deserved but I do not feel sorry for them…He was a scumbag for cheating on his wife while she was at home doing her part in raising their 4 kids.

These athletes feel just b/c they are who they are they can get away with doing this stuff, much like politicians and celebrities. Your not above the law…if his wife knew about this affair then I dont feel sorry for her b/c she should have left him.

By C Hardy on 07/10/2009 1:26 pm

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I do not understand why the lover of the married individual is blamed more that they broke up the marriage or relationship of the one who is cheating. The cheater is the destroyer of the commitment.

I see this on all the the shows such as Maury Povich that the person who is cheating states that the other person is a "ho" when in reality they are the "ho".

Look at Elizabeth Edwards, she blames the mistress for the affair and not her husband. He is the one who made the decision to do this. Put the blame on the right party.

Jenny Sanford has the right idea. She kicked her cheating husband to the curb and states that he is the problem. He needs to wake up and stop this behavior. He also needs therapy to work on his marriage, it is not Jenny’s fault that her husband is a lying piece of scum. Like asking his wife, HIS WIFE for him to continue the affair with the mistress and she the smart wife told him know no way. Yet he continued with it and he maintains that he loves the mistress that she is his soul mate. He wants to refall in love with his wife. He does not value the 20 year marriage as he is a pig. Jenny might divorce him and she is the one with the money in the relationship and get someone who is committed to her and the kids.

I also hear that because the governer was not allowed to see his wife and his kids is the reason why he did not spend time with his boys on Father’s day. That is a load of crock, he could of seen them but choice to go to the mistress instead. Got to love his priorities.

By Rachel M on 07/10/2009 3:51 pm

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Interesting you should say that. Someone on another forum recently was commenting about a similar situation. He or she said it seemed like the man is always blamed more than the "other woman".

They are both equally to blame. It takes two to tango. I have no use for a woman who takes up with a married man. It was especially ironic in this instance because she was supposedly upset that he was seeing yet another woman. Well, she wasn’t in a very good position to complain about that! But I also have no use for a man who cheats on his family. From what I understand, McNair met this girl at a restaurant while he was there with his wife! How low is that?

By Deena B. on 07/10/2009 5:08 pm

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I was making the point that the married person or someone in a commited relationship did not have to get involved in the affair.

There are ones who are the future lovers who do chasing after the person how will be involved which is true. But then again it goes back to the person in the relationship who makes the decision to do this. Notice how I write about persons not just men, but also women do this too. My father cheated and my parents got a divorce. It was all his fault and his choice. As my father said he still wanted to continue to be married after he moved into other woman’s house. He stated he was coming back to my mom and she did not believe him.

One problem that I see is the way Actors (men and women), Singer (also men and women), TV, movies, books, articles etc shows a glamorise a version of divorce and infidelity which do not match the below.

I have had a look at statistics which states that 50% of married women cheat and the married men are 60% com in 2008. In 1998 the numbers were 24% of men and 14% of women. The interesting part of the facts is that the reasons that this has gone up is due to the internet they are stating. They also state that only 3% leave the marriage. I would have never guessed that. Link to page quoted: http://www.catalogs.com/info/relationships/percentage-of-married-couples-who-cheat-on-each-ot.html but that is only one view.

He was a dog having an affair with the girl who he did meet her while his family eating. That the girl suspected that he was having another affair which might be right but it does not justify her killing him. Also is it not funny that the shoe was on the other foot for the girlfriend.

By Rachel M on 07/10/2009 5:53 pm

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Yes, I know. And I was just saying that someone else felt it was the other way around, as far as who gets the most blame, and that it was unfair. So I think it just depends on who you ask. As for me, I simply don’t see any distinction at all between the two.

I did not say, or even imply, that it was funny that the shoe was on the other foot. Ironic, yes. Funny, no. Nor did I imply that she was justified in killing him. Death is never funny. I hope you were referring to someone else?

By Deena B. on 07/10/2009 6:14 pm

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Hey Rachel…so true…the dad is a cad…

By Kelly In Texas on 07/10/2009 6:05 pm

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My heart goes out to his wife and children but it also goes out to the family of the twenty year old - she was still a child herself really - taken in and lied to by that creep ….

By canuck canuck on 07/11/2009 10:18 pm

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I don’t condone murder or adultery but…according to news sources, she believed they were going to get married and even listed her furniture for sale on craigslist prior to what she thought would be moving in with him…he co-signed for a Cadillac and then stuck her, a waitress, with the payments…she knew he was moving away from her emotionally and described this to a stranger at the diner, but one surmises that he did not tell her anything straight out which is what probably made it so difficult…the other woman she thought he was seeing is unlikely to have been the stripper, who is in Wisconsin, although she could have traveled…but equally likely it was someone else and that he was actually four (or more) timing his wife….Kazemi by all accounts was intelligent and alert, not imbalanced until maybe the last week or so—I expect that he led her on, one way or another, until he realized it was getting out of hand as she was ready to take action (move in with him) and he had no such intention….he went on so many trips with Kazemi, and visited her family so that it is hard to imagine that his wife did not have an inkling that something was going on, unless he simply spent most of his marriage away from home…Kazemi was a young woman who lost her mother at the age of 9; her family moved from Iran to Turkey to the US…she sometimes worked 2-3 jobs to support herself…she was a very resourceful young woman to come through all of that. I think he worked her over and that is simply worse than just having an affair. This is a whole other side to him that is very far from the openhanded and generous supportive person so many people see him as. He comes across as emotionally dense, shallow, and insensitive. I feel very sorry for Kazemi’s family and for her that she became so emotionally overwhelmed; it is a sad situation. McNair did not take great pains to hide what he was doing so I find it very difficult to imagine that neither his wife nor teenaged sons knew that something was going on.

By F Fox on 07/12/2009 11:07 am