Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen, a Ryder Cup winner, has been charged with “grabbing a breast” of a woman, urinating in the aisle of a plane and going intoxicated on a British Airways flight in 2019.
In addition, the 31-year-old golfer has also been accused of insulting the plane’s crew and attacking another woman.
The events occurred on July 29, 2019 when Olesen, after playing a golf tournament in Memphis, flew from Nashville to London Heathrow Airport. As described in the trial, Olsen does not remember anything of what happened, being drunk and under the influence of some sleeping pills.
The woman he allegedly sexually harassed said Olesen “could barely stand up” and tried to grab and kiss her.
“He wouldn’t let me go. I think he clearly didn’t know what he was doing. We were all very aware of his behavior because of how aggressive he was being towards the crew. He put his hand on my waist and grabbed my chest. I felt shocked. “said the witness.
Olesen, who has denied all the charges against him, also pushed one of the hostesses who tried to help him out of the bathroom when he, already intoxicated, was pushing a door that had to be pulled. .
This infuriated the golfer who pushed the woman and ended up urinating in the aisle of the plane. Their behavior compromised the flight and the crew acknowledged that, had they grown older, they could have turned around for Nashville.
When the plane landed, Olesen was arrested and admitted to the police that he had no recollection of what happened, that he had taken several pills and glasses of alcohol with the intention of falling asleep, and that he was very embarrassed. The trial continues this week at the Aldersgate House Nightingale Court in London.
