El golfista dans Thorbjorn Olesen, winner of five tournaments of the European Tour, the 2018 Ryder Cup and sixth at the 2013 Augusta Masters, has been acquitted of charges of sexual harassment and assault on a woman on a flight between Nashville (United States) and London in 2019.
Olesen denied, before the Aldersgate House Court in London, all the charges of which he was accused. As an explanation he gave that he was under the influence of alcohol and sleeping pills. He would have grabbed a woman by the chest and pushed another. In addition, he urinated in the corridor of the plane and insulted several members of the crew.
According to what he said at the trial, he does not remember anything about what happened and is very ashamed of it. The golfer was arrested upon arrival at London in 2019. “I am very ashamed of what I did and have been told about me at trial. I have paid a great price for my mistake and this has had a devastating impact on my family, me personally and my career,” said the dans. .
The happened
According to the complaint, allegedly Olesen He had sexually harassed a woman while she slept. In addition, he had pushed a flight attendant when he could not get out of the bathroom. And because of his anger, he would also have urinated in the corridor of the plane.
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