Source: Woman arrested at Dirk Nowitzki's home is his girlfriend
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03:57 PM CDT on Thursday, May 7, 2009
From Staff Reports
A woman arrested at the home of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki is his girlfriend, a Mavericks source told The Dallas Morning News onThursday.
Cristal Taylor, 37, was arrested Wednesday morning at the home in the 10700 block of Strait Lane, near Royal Lane and Inwood Road, on warrants accusing her of a probation violation and a theft charge, Dallas police said.
Although she was booked into the Dallas County jail as Cristal Taylor, an indictment from Jefferson County identifies her as Crystal Ann Taylor and lists additional aliases: Christian Julie Wellington, Christian B. Travino, Crystal Nobles, Christy Nobles, Kristi Briana Westerhauf, Cristal Taylor Westerhaus, and Christa A. Westerhays.
Nowitzki addressed the arrest at Thursday's practice.
"It's pretty obvious that I'm going through a tough time in my personal life right now," Dirk said. "Like I always have, I want to kind of keep my private life private. I really am not at the stage where I can talk about it yet and feel comfortable talking about it. I'm more than happy to answer basketball questions, but I think at this point, I just can't talk about it."
For the next seven minutes, Dirk answered questions about the series against Denver. He downplayed concerns about whether the drama in his personal life would be a distraction.
"I'm a warrior," Dirk said. "I'll be ready to play."
Dirk's session with the media horde ended abruptly when WFAA-TV reporter Brett Shipp attempted to ask about claims by Taylor that she is engaged to Nowitzki and pregnant with his child.
"I'm not commenting on that," Dirk said repeatedly.
Earlier, KTVT-TV quoted anonymous sources as saying that Nowitzki had hired a private investigator to check into the woman's background - and that the investigator learned she was using an alias. KTVT and WFAA also reported that the woman in question was pregnant and that she and Nowitzki were engaged.
WFAA reported that its source said Taylor has been living with Nowitzki for about a year and that most in their circle of friends are aware of their engagement.
The Jefferson County indictment for theft of services alleges that she received dental services worth between $1,500 and $20,000, "intending to avoid payment for the service." The probation violation charge is from Missouri, where Taylor was serving a probation sentence for two counts of forgery and one count of felony stealing, authorities said.
