This is additional bad news for JL Bourg. After the defeat of the Burgian club, at the buzzer against the Chorale de Roanne (81-84) on Saturday, its fullback Bryce Brown was arrested in the early morning during a road check, in Lyon, the next day. According to Le Progrès, after spending the day in police custody, the American “will be tried for driving while drunk and refusing to comply”.
“According to our information, this high-level athlete even had difficulty blowing into the balloon, which is not trivial,” continues Le Progrès, which specifies that six other people were inside the vehicle, which However, it only had five seats. The player was then sent to hospital for a blood test, which was positive, then was taken into police custody. “He would have admitted the facts and should therefore be the subject of a rapid procedure (criminal criminal order) leading to a penalty not exceeding 5,000 euros fine” writes the newspaper.
Arriving in Bourg-en-Bresse in the off-season, Brown has so far had a good start in Betclic Élite, where he is averaging 13.1 points (46% shooting success, 46.9% at 3 points), 1 .9 rebound and 1.1 assist on average, after 14 matches played with the JL. The club is in 3rd place in the rankings.
