Sean Payton Acused Of Stealing Vicodin

Yesterday the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that the Saints former security director is suing the Saints for covering up the theft of vicodin by two team officials. According to ProFootballTalk, the two theifs are Joe Vitt and head coach Sean Payton.

"A former employee who resigned just before the 2009 regular season threatened to go public with these unfounded charges unless we agreed to pay him an exorbitant sum of money," said Greg Bensel, vice president of communications for the Saints. "We refused, and now he has gone public. We will aggressively defend these false allegations in court."

Geoff Santini, the security director, claims he was forced to quit his job.

According to Santini, Vitt and Payton took a total of 130 Vicodin pills. Don't rule out Payton taking 129 pills, and Vitt taking 1, or vice versa. According to ProFootballTalk, Vitt has a painfull medical condition, and Payton does not.

"I have reviewed Geoff Santini's lawsuit and the unwarranted publicity it has received," Payton says in a statement provided to us by the Saints. "I have never abused or stolen vicodin or any other medication and I fully support the Saints' position in this matter as expressed by Greg Bensel yesterday.‬‪"

This is defiantly a top story in the makings...