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Jackson's own Fred Smoot has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from his part in the Minnesota's infamous sex-boat cruise on Lake Minnetonka. Smoot, you recall, brought new meaning to the term "cover 2" for his antics with the hookers/strippers who provided the entertainment for the orgy cruise.

Also, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that Smoot was suspended for the Vikings' season finale last Sunday for violating curfew. He stuffed pillows in his bed to make it appear that he was in bed. Can't believe that didn't work, Fred. Has that ever worked, except in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?