FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An Olympic monitor medalist is charged in Florida with punching a lady, a hurdler who additionally competed within the Olympics.
A Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace arrest report says that Fred Kerley, 29, allegedly hit Alaysha Johnson with a closed fist at a lodge close to Fort Lauderdale on Thursday. Kerley is charged with misdemeanor battery within the incident that left Johnson with a bloody nostril.
Kerley received a silver medal within the 100-meter race on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and a bronze medal in the identical occasion on the Paris Olympic Video games in 2024, the place Johnson additionally competed. The arrest report says they beforehand had a relationship and obtained right into a heated argument on the Florida lodge the place they have been staying earlier than a monitor meet within the space.
Kerley’s legal professional, Richard Cooper, stated in an electronic mail Saturday that he has “a goal on his again” that results in unfounded allegations by “fierce and typically jealous opponents.”
“We ask the general public to not rush to judgment because the exculpatory info finally come to gentle,” Cooper stated. “Fred seems ahead to getting again to competing and away from distractions as his authorized group works to resolve these accusations.”
It isn’t Kerley’s first brush with the regulation. This comes just some months after he was arrested for allegedly punching a Miami Seashore police officer on Jan 2., an incident by which police used a Taser on him. He was additionally charged in Could with home battery towards his spouse, based on courtroom information.
His attorneys say he’s harmless of these prices as properly.
