Crystal Taylor (Cristal) Arrested At Dallas Maverick’s Dirk Nowitzki’s Home On 8 Warrants (Photos)

Posted on May 8, 2009

Dallas Maverick’s forward, Dirk Nowitzki, is going through a rough patch after the woman, Cristal (Crystal) Taylor, was arrested at his Dallas home. Update: Cristal Taylor (Crystal Taylor) says she’s pregnant with Dirk’s baby. Read here. .

Update: Cristal Taylor (Crystal Taylor) says she’s pregnant with Dirk’s baby. Read here. .

Nowitzki said that the problems in his personal life will not affect his ability to play basketball in the upcoming game.

Dirk said he’s “going through a tough time in my personal life right now” but that “they know I’m a warrior,” Nowitzki said after completing his first practice since the arrest. “I’ll be ready to play.”

On Wednesday morning, Dallas police officers went to Nowitzki’s house to arrest Cristal Taylor with warrants for her arrest in Texas and Missouri, according to Dallas Police Department spokesman Lt. Andrew Harvey.

Sources say the warrants were discovered when Nowitzki’s team of legal advisers hired a private investigator to research Taylor’s background. Two Dallas television stations (KXTA-TV and WFAA-TV) have reported that Cristal Taylor is Dirk Nowitzki’s fiancé.

“Like I always have, I want to kind of keep my private life private,” Nowitzki said. “I really am not at the stage where I can talk about it yet and feel comfortable talking about it. So I’m more than happy to answer basketball questions, but I think at this point, I just can’t talk about it.”

Crystal (Cristal) Taylor is still in Dallas County Jail on Thursday on $20,000 bond after being taken into custody on warrants. Taylor’s warrants were for financial crimes. Taylor violated probation for two counts of forgery and one count of felony stealing in Missouri, as well as a theft-of-service charge for failing to pay $10,000 in dental work in Beaumont, Texas.

She was jailed under the name Cristal Taylor, but has numerous aliases including Crystal Ann Taylor, Christian Julie Wellington, Christian B. Travino, Crystal Nobles, Christy Nobles, Kristi Briana Westerhauf, Cristal Taylor Westerhaus, Christa A. Westerhays, Deborah Jackson, Shana Mancini, Crista Santiago, Crystal Ann Santiago, Crystall Ann Taylor and Kristin L. Rogers.

When pressed about the nature of his relationship with Taylor, Nowitzki said three times that he would not comment further and asked if there were any more “basketball questions” before the interview was halted.

“This is a private, personal issue and I think we all need to respect that and not ask questions about it,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. “I think that’s the right thing to do at this time.”

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