Jose Canseco May Have Just Tweeted the Name of Rape Victim and/or Be Crazy

Jose Canseco — former All-Star outfielder, admitted steroid user, part-time fantastic Twitter idiot — apparently just live-tweeted the police arriving at his Las Vegas home, then said he has been accused of rape, then proceeded to publicly name his apparent accuser to his more than 500,000 followers... and delete the whole thing. Oh, and there were bikini photos. And the woman's phone number. And talk shows. And cats.

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Sure, there's a possibility that his account could have been hacked, but perhaps more troubling is that this kind of social-media behavior isn't exactly out of character for Canseco. Here are his tweets today (we've obscured the name of the alleged victim) — these three messages have since been deleted:

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A celebrity live-tweeting a rape charge and a visit from police would be a first, yes. At this time, it's unclear whether or not anything Canseco's account is tweeting about is true — there's no word from police. But Canseco (or whoever is manning his account) continues: 

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If this is a true charge, Canseco has started a frenzy by doing exactly what you're not supposed to do with rape victims besides not assaulting them: name them in public, which as we've seen with many high-profile rape cases over the years, is known to prevent future victims of sexual assault to come forward. And Canseco has already thrown the apparent victim's credibility into question, and maybe even revealed more about the accusations before the police do:

After those tweets were deleted, Canseco's account then sent out this picture of a tanned, bikini-clad woman — without any context:

Which was followed up with another tweet, again naming the apparent (but not yet alleged) victim and saying the bikini-clad woman is the same person:

Then Canseco tweeted the apparent phone number of this woman: 

Then he tweeted that "i am willing to take a polygraph on national tv" and asked the woman "will u do the same." 

Then:

Obviously this is absolutely bonkers. But the thing is, Canseco is sort of known for being bonkers and tweeting ridiculous things — for instance getting weird about Lance Armstrong's steroid use and explaining "ancient" gravity. As Gawker's Adrien Chen pointed out, Canseco has used ghostwriters in the past, which could mean that there may be people other than Canseco with access to the account. That's one thing for gaining followers and being funny, but this is not funny at all.

We'll keep this story updated as it develops.