It’s been a pretty rough year for Chicago Bears safety Brandon Meriweather. Back in March, the former New England Patriot was questioned by police in lovely Orlando, Florida, about a shooting that he was linked to outside of a bar in even lovelier Apopka. On Sept. 3, the Pats gave Meriweather the heave ho and the Bears decided they would take a chance on him. Spoiler alert: More bad press.

29-year old Biloxi, Mississippi resident James Roberts has been charged with rape and the venue of said heinous act was in Meriweather’s home in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Police Chief Edward O’Leary, whose department investigated the allegation with state police assigned to the district attorney’s office, said the reported incident occurred in Meriweather’s home.

Meriweather has not been charged in the matter. “There has been no allegation against anyone but Roberts,” Traub said. (Via The Sun Chronicle)

Meriweather first made a name for himself when he was questioned after a shooting outside his home in South Florida while he was playing for the Miami Hurricanes. Meriweather shot at a man who had first fired at his roommate and teammate Willie Cooper, and the police found that Meriweather hadn’t done anything illegal. That same year, Meriweather was one of the players involved in the infamous on-field head-stomping fight between Miami and Florida International.

But while Meriweather has managed to maintain his innocence throughout controversy, he cannot escape his one true crime…

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New England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather has been accused of shooting two people in his native twon of Apopka, Florida. Meriweather allegedly shot the two men after Meriweather’s friend allegedly beat up the sister of one of the two men in an establishment called the Blue Jeans Lounge. Wow, that sounds a lot worse than wearing a woman’s headband.

Orange County Sheriff’s Office records list Nico Stanley, 23, and Quentin Taylor, 24, as victims in the Feb. 28 shooting on W. 17th Street and S. Central Avenue in Apopka.

No charges have been filed in the shooting. The Sheriff’s Office is expected to release more information about the case later this afternoon.

–Orlando Sentinel.

The Patriots nor Meriweather had comment. Meriweather had a terrific season with the Patriots in 2010, so much so that he reach a million dollar’s worth of escalators in his contract, which expires after 2011. But a million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars. I’m presuming that helmet-to-helmet hits and attempted double homicide falls somewhere in between.