The mayor of Louisville has made a shocking revelation about Scottie Scheffler’s arrest 24 hours after the golfer was charged with assault.
Scottie Scheffler’s case to have his assault charges thrown out has been bolstered after it emerged the officer who detained him was either not wearing body cam or did not have it turned on.
That’s according to Louisville mayor Craig Greenberg, who made the revelation to WDRB News.
“We did not have any [footage], to my knowledge,” Greenberg told the news channel.
Greenberg added: “We have not discovered any video of the initial contact between officer Gillis and Mr. Scheffler.”
Scheffler is scheduled to be arraigned next Tuesday after the conclusion of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club.
“Didn’t think I’d make it” Scheffler on race from jail
Cop to Scottie Scheffler: “So, you want the full experience?”
Scottie Scheffler
The world number one was detained by traffic cops outside the golf course on Friday morning at approximately 6am.
A shocked and shaken Scheffler was booked in at the Louisville Department of Corrections at approximately 7.28am.
Scheffler said the ‘extremely kind’ cops who looked after him started cracking jokes once they found out who he was.
One ‘older’ cop reportedly asked Scheffler if he wanted ‘the full experience’ before offering the golfer a sandwich.
Scheffler was released at 8.40am and managed to make it back to Valhalla with 56 minutes to spare before his second round tee time.
According to ESPN, Scheffler cracked jokes in the locker room.
“I’m free,” he allegedly joked before walking into the player dining and declaring: “Hey guys!”
Scottie Scheffler
He carded a five-under 66 hours after a chaotic morning that saw undergo his pre-tournament stretching routine in his jail cell.
Scheffler has maintained the whole affair was a big misunderstanding.
He has been charged with second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer.
Play on Friday was delayed by up to 80 minutes owing to a fatal traffic collision outside the course.
The PGA of America have confirmed one of their employees – security guard John Mills – was struck and killed by a shuttle bus.
Scheffler was not involved in that incident and was reportedly attempting to avoid the scene.
The police report has now been published and it claims the officer who attempted to prevent Scheffler from entering the course was dragged to the ground.
The police report says there was video footage of some kind
The police report says there was video footage of some kind
Officer Bryan Gillis is said to have suffered ‘pain, swelling and abrasions’ to his left knee.
His $80 uniform pants were also ‘damaged beyond all repair’.
Scheffler declined to give his full version of events after his second round.
He did, however, explain the emotions that he went through.
“It was just a huge misunderstanding this morning,” Scheffler told reporters.
He added: “I was just so confused at what was happening at the time.
“I didn’t know what time it was. I didn’t know what was going on.
“When I was sitting in like the holding cell or whatever, there was a TV there and I could see myself on the TV on ESPN.”
Scheffler’s lawyer Steve Romines later went on the offensive.
Romines told Golf Channel: “We’re not interested in any settlement negotiations or anything like that, he didn’t do anything wrong.
It was a big miscommunication
Scottie Scheffler has 4 charges against him. So what now? His attorney explains
Whatever score Scottie Scheffler posts on Sunday at the PGA Championship, there’s no doubt what his attorneys will record for him on Tuesday.
“We’ll be pleading not guilty,” Steve Romines told GOLF.com in a telephone interview Friday evening.
Romines, a prominent Louisville-based defense attorney, is representing Scheffler in a case that exploded into national headlines after the world’s top-ranked golfer was arrested Friday morning while driving to Valhalla Golf Club to prepare for his second round of the tournament.
The incident occurred amid a traffic jam caused by a fatal accident about a mile away, in which a tournament volunteer was struck and killed by a shuttle bus. According to the police report, Scheffler, in an attempt to bypass the bottleneck, pulled around the congestion into an adjacent lane, where Detective Bryan Gillis of the Louisville Metro Police was directing traffic. Gillis said that he stopped Scheffler and attempted to give him instructions, but that Scheffler “refused to comply and accelerated forward, dragging (him) to the ground.”
While many details around the incident remain murky, this much is clear: Scheffler was arrested and taken to the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and slapped with four charges — three driving-related misdemeanors and second-de
While many details around the incident remain murky, this much is clear: Scheffler was arrested and taken to the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and slapped with four charges — three driving-related misdemeanors and second-degree assault of a police offer, a felony — before being released in time to make his Friday morning start. In a statement, Scheffler said that he had been “proceeding as directed by police offers” and that the incident stemmed from a “big misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do. I never intended to disregard any of the instructions.”
Next up in Scheffler’s legal drama is an arraignment, slated for Tuesday morning, though that could change if any conflicts arise for the parties involved.
Unlike trials, arraignments are not an opportunity to present detailed evidence. There are typically “perfunctory” proceedings, Romines said, in which the defendant — or the defendant’s attorney — enters a plea and awaits the judge’s ruling.
Romines said that he and his team will enter a “not guilty” plea for Scheffler on all four charges, but that he does not expect a same-day decision by the judge.
