October 20, 2009 10:20 AM

Leah Ignagni Identified as Steve McNair's Other Lover in Police Report (Pictures)

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NEW YORK (CBS) Monday night Nashville police released the name of Leah Ignagni, slain former NFL great Steve McNair's possible second girlfriend.


EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: McNair's Lover Sahel Kazemi
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: McNair's Other Lover Leah Ignagni

Sahel Kazemi, a woman who had been having a relationship with McNair, allegedly shot and killed the retired quarterback and then herself on July 4, 2009.

McNair was married.

In an updated police case summary released Monday, Oct. 19, Ignagni told police that a woman in the same model car that Kazemi owned had been following her a few weeks prior to McNair's murder.

Ignagni said that when leaving McNair's Lea Avenue condo, she "observed a female inside a black Cadillac escalade parked outside the building. Ignagni said she noticed the Escalade follow her as she drove to her apartment," the summary states.

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Facebook Photo: Leah Ignagni.

Kazemi's former roommate Emily Andrews confirmed that Kazemi knew about McNair's other lover, police say. "Andrews said that Kazemi told her that she (Kazemi) found a tampon in the bathroom wastebasket in the Lea Avenue condo, and on another occasion, saw a female leaving the condo," the report states.

Was jealously at play in Steve McNair's death? The new police report does not specifically speculate on what role, if any, Ignagni might have played in Kazemi's mind, but they have previously stated they believed Kazemi killed McNair and herself because of stress, money worries, and jealousy.

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by rickthomas5 October 20, 2009 8:11 PM EDT
A bunch of bimbos being taking advantage of by a former NFL player. Just to show you how low end these skanks are, I say, once again, he's a HAS BEEN!!! If you're going to spend any time with a jock ladies, pick one that suits up every Sunday. This dumb women could pick someone off the practice squad with the Tennesee Titans that could do more for them. No they go after some country bumpkin, married and not making an NFL salary. Just shows you the difference between party girls and smart ones. And now maybe Armen Ketayen or however you spell his name can say that two stupid women dating the same man can easily lead one of them to blow off McNair's head in a rage. Then shoot herself. This is another sad story about party girls with limited brain matter getting themselves mixed up in the wrong situation and now one is dead and the other is headed for either a reality show or the cover of Playboy magazine.
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by badforu October 24, 2009 2:51 AM EDT
The deal here isnt anything about what your talking about. The deal is that 2 people got MURDERED. Kazime didnt kill Mcnair, they only want you to believe that, but with all these questions that have been floating around, and new questions still coming up, as people ferret out more of what the police are withholding. Im sure theres more to come.

No one DESERVES to be murdered, regardless of how unethical there life is.

Truth and Justice.
by badforu October 20, 2009 2:34 PM EDT
Since the text messages are out for McNair, has this woman ever texted him? Or did McNair ever text her? Is there any proof that McNair and this "other woman" had ever been in contact? Is there pictures of McNair and this other woman? I havnt seen anything to prove that this allegation is true.

The Jealousy part played into there Murder/suicide thoery.

On the roommate, i hadnt seen her saying any of this stuff on the Video she did immeditly after the incident. Ive only seen this other woman stuff in print.

Not saying the other woman didnt exsist. But there is no collborating evidence to the fact. Just her word. I would like to point out that the police give nothing to how they came to interview this woman. Strange.

Here is the Nashville PD version of what they found. www.police.nashville.gov/news/media/2009/10/McNairSummaryOct09.pdf
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