'I hold them...,' Scottie Scheffler on police officer in PGA Championship incident after charges dropped
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Ace golfer Scottie Scheffler has said that he holds 'no ill will' toward office Bryan Gillis who had arrested him at the PAG Championship earlier this month. Scheffler's comments came after a Kentucky, USA prosecutor dropped all four criminal charges against him on Wednesday (May 29).
"I hold no ill will toward Officer [Bryan] Gillis. I wish to put this incident behind me and move on, and I hope he will do the same," Scheffler wrote onInstagram.
"Police officers have a difficult job and I hold them in high regard. This was a severe miscommunication in a chaotic situation," he added.
Scheffler was facing four criminal charges including felony for a second degree assault on a police officer while trying to enter the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville. The incident happened in the wee hours on May 17 - the day of his second round ofPGA Championship.
Responding to the charges, the Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell prosecutor said: "Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler."
The decision to drop charges may have been partly due to the information released by police in the matter. The Louisville Metropolitan Police department had held a press conference to inform that police officer, Bryan Gillis, who was involved in the incident, was also suspended.
Gillis was not wearing the body-cam at the time of Scheffler's arrest. The publicly-released footage of the incident also didn't show Scheffler dragging the police officer as mentioned in the initial report.
Police footage, including one taken by a street pole camera that shows Scheffler's vehicle slowly turn into Valhalla before an officer runs towards it and strikes it as it comes to a stop.
