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Published May 18, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 1 minute read
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Scottie Scheffler of the United States walks along the course during the third round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 18, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.Photo by Michael Reaves /Getty Images
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There is no police body-cam footage of golf star Scottie Scheffler’s shocking arrest, according to Louisville mayor Craig Greenberg.
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“The officer did not have body cam footage turned on during the incident,” Greenberg said at an event Saturday according to local reports from the Courier-Journal and WDRB. “We will release footage that we have … to my knowledge, we have not yet discovered any video of the initial contact between Officer Gillis and Mr. Scheffler.”
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That footage, according to Greenberg, is from a fixed camera across the street from Scheffler’s arrest near the entrance to Valhalla Golf Club, site of this week’s PGA Championship.
Greenberg first said that the officer wasn’t equipped with a body-cam before saying he wasn’t sure whether the officer just didn’t have it activated.
According to the police report, Scheffler was driving eastbound to gain access to the course, then pulled into westbound lanes against the flow of traffic to avoid the delay. At that point, police allege detective Bryan Gillis attempted to stop Scheffler but the world No. 1 “refused to comply” and “accelerated forward, dragging Detective Gillis to the ground.”
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Scheffler’s lawyer Steve Romines told local reporters a very different story.
“Scottie was trying to get into the facility, following the directions that another officer gave him,” Romines said. “He’s in a marked vehicle. He has his credentials visible. An officer directed him what to do: Go around and turn left. (An) officer directed him to veer into the westbound lane to go into Valhalla.”
After being released from custody on Friday and shooting a five-under 66, Scheffler talked about his experience in jail and expressed confidence that his legal issues would be taken care of.
“It was just a huge misunderstanding this morning,” Scheffler said. “That’ll get resolved I think fairly quickly.”
