Former NFL quarterback Tony Banks retired in 2005 after ten seasons. During his professional career Banks played with five teams, including the Dallas Cowboys in 2001.NFL: Tony Banks Profile

On May 13, 2009, Banks publicly stated that he believes Cristal Taylor to be the same woman who targeted and harassed him in 1997. Banks said he recalled she was using the name Theresa at the time. Cristal Taylor is reportedly Dallas Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki's fiancee and was arrested at his home on May 6, 2009, on two outstanding warrants.Dallas News: Former NFL QB Says Woman Targeted Him Before Dirk Nowitzki (May 13, 2009)

Banks believes he met Cristine Taylor, who was going by the name Theresa, when he was a 24-year-old in his second season with the St. Louis Rams in 1997. Though he did not realize it at the time, he later discovered Banks had gotten his contact information through one of his college friends. After he was selected in the second round of the NFL draft, Banks had allowed a college friend to do some marketing work for him. However, when Banks decided not to hire his friend as his agent, "the college friend 'sicced' Taylor on him.

Banks admitted that he thought she was "just gorgeous" after she sent a photo of herself to him in the mail. He recalled, "Me being a kid, thinking I was the best thing since sliced bread, I gave her a call and ended up dating her." However, he said he regretting it almost immediately since "she showed her crazy [side] pretty early."Dallas News: Former NFL QB Says Woman Targeted Him Before Dirk Nowitzki (May 13, 2009)

Banks said Taylor made harassing phone calls to him, his agent, his marketing team in addition to first-year Rams coach Dick Vermeil. Banks claims, "Dick (Vermeil) thought about drafting Jake Plummer that first year because of this stuff."Dallas News: Former NFL QB Says Woman Targeted Him Before Dirk Nowitzki (May 13, 2009)

Dan Linza, head of the Rams security department, and was working part-time as part of the security team during that time, told the Dallas Morning News that he did not recall the incident.Dallas News: Former NFL QB Says Woman Targeted Him Before Dirk Nowitzki (May 13, 2009)

Cristal Taylor was arrested at Dirk Nowitzki's Dallas home on May 6, 2009. Taylor has allegedly has used several aliases over the course of two decades and in at least two states and has been considered a fugitive since 2001.

Nowitzki reportedly started to question Taylor in early May 2009, after becoming suspicious about Taylor's past and but he continued to let her live in his home. As of May 13, 2009, Taylor has been indicted in Beaumont and the bond on the theft of service charge was raised from $20,000 to $50,000. She will be arraigned sometime during the week of May 18-24, 2009 before Jefferson County Criminal District Court Judge John Stevens regarding the theft of service charge. If she is found guilty on that charge, she could face a sentence that ranges from probation up to two years in a state jail.Dallas News: Former NFL QB Says Woman Targeted Him Before Dirk Nowitzki (May 13, 2009)