Olympic athlete Fred Curley was arrested. Thursday night, and several videos of the encounter went viral.
Bodycam footage showed the 2024 bronze medalist. Being searched by the policewhile another angle showed one officer throwing punches while another held Kerley down.
Kerley was taken into custody after police said he became agitated while trying to get to his car, which was near the scene of an active police investigation.
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Bodycam footage obtained by TMZ Sports shows Kerley talking to police before turning to another officer, who put his hand on Kerley’s chest, who Kerley knocked away. The officer then pushed Kerley with his other hand before chaos ensued.
Former Miami Marlins Star Jazz Chisholm Jr., who now plays for the New York Yankees, criticized the police for their actions.
“Miami Beach police always find a way to put it in there. [sic] Hands on players! Sorry Fred it happened to you!” Chisholm posted X..
Kerley faces charges of battery on a police officer, correctional officer or firefighter. resisting an officer without violence; and random behavior. He was released on his own recognizance.
Fred Kerley (USA) in the men’s 100m round one heat during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at the Stade de France. (Andrew Nellis/USA TODAY Sports)
Kerley’s arrest Thursday led to domestic violence and robbery charges stemming from an incident in May, when police put out a probable cause alert in their system. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Kerley and his wife got into a verbal and then physical altercation on their birthday in May, when Kerley’s wife was in touch with an “unknown person on Instagram.”
Kerley aggressively approached his wife, and she punched him out of fear, according to the affidavit. Kerley then allegedly “grabbed the victim, pushed her to the ground, put her arm around her neck and restricted her breathing.”
The affidavit states that Kerley then put his wife in another hug and stole her cell phone. Kerley was not present when authorities arrived, and witnesses were uncooperative, police said.
The woman, Curley, was with Cleo Rahman, who was apparently arrested, on Thursday, and the two were said to be dating. Rahman wrote “Free my man” as the caption of the video of the officer punching Kirli.
“So when we tried to go to our car, the police officer decided to push my boyfriend out of the way, and that started a big fiasco,” said Rahman, a rapper who DJs Sky. goes to High Baby, told NBC. Miami “We were just trying to get to the car. We weren’t trying to obstruct justice or anything like that. It’s just crazy enough that it (took) four to try to take him into custody. Police officers, it was absolutely crazy.”
Fred Kerley (USA) reacts after competing in the men’s 100m semi-final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at the Stade de France. (Yukihito Taguchi/USA TODAY Sports)
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Kerley won a bronze medal in the 100m in Paris in the summer, while teammate Noah Lyles Won his first Olympic gold.. Kerley won the 2022 world championships in the event and silver at the Tokyo Olympics, and also has world championships in the 4x400m relay in 2019 and the 4x100m relay in 2023.
Kerley was part of the 4x100m team in Paris that was disqualified due to a handoff. Noah Lyles considered being part of the team but became ill with COVID, which caused him to fall short in the 200 meters, an event for which he was the heavy favorite.
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