Minnesota Vikings boat party scandal An alleged sex party occurred on October 6 , 2005 on Lake Minnetonka with seventeen key members of the Minnesota Vikings football team ; including quarterback Daunte Culpepper , Fred Smoot , Mewelde Moore , Pat Williams , Bryant McKinnie , Nate Burleson , Ralph Brown , Troy Williamson , Travis Taylor , Kevin Williams , Jermaine Wiggins , Lance Johnstone , Moe Williams , Ken Irvin and Willie Offord . Two houseboats were rented and some , but not all of the players performed sexual acts in front of crew members . Prostitutes from Atlanta and Florida were flown in for the party , in order to perform the sex acts . There were apparently ninety people on the two boats . An anonymous former player of the Minnesota Vikings claimed that this is not the first time that such an incident had happened . The scandal has sometimes been referred to as the Love Boat scandal after the television program , or as the Smoot Boat Scandal in the news . Allegedly , photographs were taken at the party showing people engaging in sexual intercourse . As of December 2005 , four of the players have been charged with misdemeanors related to the events ( see below ) . The incident . A woman called police around 9 : 20 p . m . on October 6 to report that approximately " seven black men " had urinated in her yard after exiting a " big shuttle bus limousine " , according to the transcript . The woman later mentioned that the men were " sitting at Al and Alma ' s " , the name of the charter cruise company that the Vikings players were later alleged to have used for the party . Stephen Doyle , attorney for the charter company , said some of the sex acts alleged by witnesses to have taken place during the party included , " Masturbation , oral sex , anal sex , woman on man , woman on woman , man on man , toys , double penetration , middle of the floor , middle of the couches , middle of the room . " The cleaning crew reported finding " used condom s , K - Y Jelly , Handi Wipes , wrappers for sex toy s " and said " it was just incredible how it was left . Never in the history of this group of people have they ever had anything like this . ' " According to Doyle , there were no drugs and no minor s on the two boats and that not every Vikings player aboard acted inappropriately . Those involved in scandal . Fred Smoot . Smoot was the alleged ringleader of the entire operation . He is said to have been the one who hired the boats for the cruise on Lake Minnetonka . Smoot ' s agent has dismissed these claims . Smoot , however has not denied that he was on the boat that night . Smoot allegedly held a double - headed dildo and inserted it into the vagina s of two women who were lying on the floor in the lounge area . After one woman left he continued to " manipulate the dildo " inside the other woman in front of the young crew . Merritt Geyen , who worked at the docks , told a sheriff ' s detective that three men planned the charter boat cruises . The day before the party , Geyen told the detective , Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot showed up with another man she did not recognize . Lance Johnstone . Merritt Geyen , a dock employee , told the detective that crew members showed Johnstone , Smoot and an unidentified player around the boats , went over menus and talked about specialty liquors . Smoot then signed a contract for the event and gave his address and phone number so she could bill him for it . Johnstone put his credit card down for the $ 1 , 000 deposit and said the rest of the bill could be added to his card later . Mewelde Moore . Moore admitted being on the boat , but he claimed that " nothing happened " . Asked if he saw strippers or sex on his boat , Moore immediately replied : " Sex ? What are you talking about ? Is that what – man , that ' s crazy . Sex ? Come on . Look man , I ' m engaged so . . . none of that . Thing about that . . . that – that put me in trouble . " Darren Sharper . Sharper said " I know I didn ' t do anything wrong . So I don ' t worry about it at all . " He also claimed he was not " on the boat in question . " Koren Robinson . Robinson said he was not on either boat and was upset the " Minneapolis Star Tribune " associated him with this incident , given his effort to rebuild his life after struggling with substance abuse . Robinson says " I wasn ' t there , as far as the whole situation , I just know I wasn ' t on the boat , and I don ' t want to get involved . I don ' t want my name brought up because of what I just went through and what I ' m still going through . So for my name to be brought up like that is just crazy and upsetting , because I don ' t want anyone looking at me because I had nothing to do with it . " Bryant McKinnie . McKinnie allegedly picked up a naked woman , placed her on the bar and performed cunnilingus on her in front of the crew and other guests . Later that evening McKinnie and three other men were spotted sitting in deck chairs receiving fellatio from four women , which was also observed by the crew in a public area of the boat . When asked , McKinnie said , " I ' m upset my name is on the list , but I ' m going to let my lawyer handle that . " Ralph Brown , Travis Taylor , Moe Williams and Jermaine Wiggins . The aforementioned players have refused to comment . Zygi Wilf , Vikings owner . " Lack of discipline will no longer be tolerated at any level . The events of the past week are unacceptable . If there was any sense that we would look the other way regarding this type of behavior , I want to make it extremely clear that this behavior will never be tolerated again . " Once the investigation is completed , Wilf said he will punish the players with fines and / or suspensions , although he did not say whether termination was an option . He added that there will be " no exceptions " for players involved . Aftermath . On October 19 , 2005 Vikings Owner Zygi Wilf , in a reportedly profanity - laced tirade , threatened to remove players from the roster who were involved in the planning of the party , according to " Sports Illustrated " . Vikings Head Coach Mike Tice echoed the calls of Wilf , but wouldn ' t go as far as endorsing Wilf ' s view on punishment . He instead said that if any players were found in the police investigation to have acted inappropriately or criminally he would definitely take action . The Vikings created a 77 page Code of Conduct and distributed it to all the players . They also hired a former FBI agent and NFL investigator as head of security ( a position that had been eliminated for several years ) to help keep the players out of trouble , and contracted the help of a private security firm . On December 15 , 2005 , Culpepper , McKinnie , Smoot and Moe Williams were charged with indecent conduct , disorderly conduct and lewd or lascivious conduct . If convicted , each player faces a maximum of 90 days in jail on each count . All players pleaded not guilty on January 6 , 2006 . Charges against Culpepper were dropped in April 2006 . Williams was found guilty on a count of disorderly conduct but was cleared on charges of indecent conduct , and lewd or lascivious behavior ; he was fined $ 300 and ordered to perform 30 hours of community service . On May 26 , 2006 , Fred Smoot and Bryant McKinnie pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct . The two will pay a $ 1 , 000 fine and perform 48 hours of community service , they also had 30 - day jail sentences stayed for a year . Smoot and McKinnie also pleaded guilty to being a public nuisance on a watercraft , but that will be permanently removed from their records if they remain law abiding for the next year . Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said the two players , in addition to their required community service , would participate in numerous service events over the next season . NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said fines are likely , declining to say for how much or how long the process will take . He said the players won ' t be suspended . Because Smoot and McKinnie are being disciplined by the league , the Vikings are precluded by the NFL ' s labor agreement from imposing their own discipline . In September 2006 , the NFL imposed a one game check fine for both Smoot and McKinnie . Game checks represent 1 / 17th of a player ' s base salary , so Smoot ' s fine was $ 82 , 352 and McKinnie ' s was $ 41 , 176 . They did not receive a suspension . A day after the fine was levied , McKinnie was given a raise and a seven year extension of his contract worth $ 48 million . Coach Brad Childress said of their 2002 draft 7th overall pick , " when you have a good tackle like that , particularly a left tackle , you have to try to keep those guys around . They just don ' t grow on trees , and he ' s one of the better ones in this league . " Another area sports team took a jab at the incident as well . On May 27 , 2006 , the St . Paul Saints , an independent minor league baseball team noted for its over - the - top promotions , gave away rubber boats to fans , ostensibly to honor the 30th anniversary of the TV series " The Love Boat " . However , details of the boats made it obvious that the Saints intended to parody the incident . Each boat was yellow with purple trim ( the Vikings team colors ) ; the bridge was designed to evoke the stereotypical Viking helmet ; and the boats bore the name " Minnetonka Queen " , a reference to the lake . Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith made fun of the scandal in a game against the Vikings , by pretending to row a boat in the end zone .