Scottie Scheffler publicly spoke about his arrest for the first time since his charges were dropped. The top-ranked golfer is playing in the Memorial Tournament this week in Dublin, Ohio. It’s his first tournament since the infamous PGA Championship, where he was arrested May 17 while driving to the course amid a fatal accident.During the news conference in Ohio, Scheffler talked about when he found out the charges would be dropped and the days leading up. “I had a good idea at the end of the week at Colonial that they were going to be dropped,” he said. “Obviously we had a lot of evidence on our side… we needed to let the legal process play out at that point.” The charges against Scheffler were officially dropped on May 29.Scheffler was charged with assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer.Despite his charges being dropped, Scheffler says he still hasn’t moved past the experience that led to his arrest.”Yeah, the charges are dropped, but still now, it’s more appropriate for people to ask me about it and ask me about the situation,” he said. “To be honest, it’s not something I love reliving cause it was fairly traumatic for me being arrested going into the golf course.” He was arrested by Louisville Metro Police Department Det. Bryan Gillis the morning of the second round of the PGA Championship while trying to get into the Valhalla Golf Club. A security guard for PGA, John Mills, was hit and killed by a shuttle bus that morning, causing traffic to be rerouted.LMPD said that when Scheffler was trying to get in he ignored orders and dragged Gillis with his SUV, but Gillis didn’t have body cam footage of the incident. Video from a police camera nearby showed Gillis running up to Scheffler’s car, but never at any point being dragged.Scheffler and his attorney, Steve Romines, said from the beginning that the incident described in the police report was not accurate and Scheffler never dragged an officer.Scheffler said on Tuesday that the incident will always be one that sticks with him, but continued to say he’s ready to put it behind him. With that, he addressed not filing a countersuit against the city after the charges were dropped. “That was something that if we needed to use it I think Steve (Scheffler’s attorney) was more than ready use that,” he said about filing a countersuit. “There was a ton of evidence in our favor … there was eye witnesses on the scene that corroborated my story, and the video evidence.” Scheffler said that if he would have had to show up in court, his attorney was prepared to take legal action. “I did not want to have pursue legal against Louisville,” he said. “At the end of the day, the people of Louisville are then gonna have to pay for the mistakes of their police department, and that just didn’t seem right.” He maintained that there was no point that he wanted to take legal action against the city, but should the case have continued to move forward, his team was prepared. After the charges were dropped last week, Gillis released a statement regarding the incident, sticking to his report about being dragged in the arrest slip.Gillis also said that there is no ill will with Scheffler after the incident and he’s looking to move forward. Read his full statement here.
Scottie Scheffler publicly spoke about his arrest for the first time since his charges were dropped.
The top-ranked golfer is playing in the Memorial Tournament this week in Dublin, Ohio. It’s his first tournament since the infamous PGA Championship, where he was arrested May 17 while driving to the course amid a fatal accident.
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During the news conference in Ohio, Scheffler talked about when he found out the charges would be dropped and the days leading up.
“I had a good idea at the end of the week at Colonial that they were going to be dropped,” he said. “Obviously we had a lot of evidence on our side… we needed to let the legal process play out at that point.”
The charges against Scheffler were officially dropped on May 29.
Scheffler was charged with assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer.
Despite his charges being dropped, Scheffler says he still hasn’t moved past the experience that led to his arrest.
“Yeah, the charges are dropped, but still now, it’s more appropriate for people to ask me about it and ask me about the situation,” he said. “To be honest, it’s not something I love reliving cause it was fairly traumatic for me being arrested going into the golf course.”
He was arrested by Louisville Metro Police Department Det. Bryan Gillis the morning of the second round of the PGA Championship while trying to get into the Valhalla Golf Club. A security guard for PGA, John Mills, was hit and killed by a shuttle bus that morning, causing traffic to be rerouted.
LMPD said that when Scheffler was trying to get in he ignored orders and dragged Gillis with his SUV, but Gillis didn’t have body cam footage of the incident.
Video from a police camera nearby showed Gillis running up to Scheffler’s car, but never at any point being dragged.
Scheffler and his attorney, Steve Romines, said from the beginning that the incident described in the police report was not accurate and Scheffler never dragged an officer.
Scheffler said on Tuesday that the incident will always be one that sticks with him, but continued to say he’s ready to put it behind him. With that, he addressed not filing a countersuit against the city after the charges were dropped.
“That was something that if we needed to use it I think Steve (Scheffler’s attorney) was more than ready use that,” he said about filing a countersuit. “There was a ton of evidence in our favor … there was eye witnesses on the scene that corroborated my story, and the video evidence.”
Scheffler said that if he would have had to show up in court, his attorney was prepared to take legal action.
“I did not want to have pursue legal against Louisville,” he said. “At the end of the day, the people of Louisville are then gonna have to pay for the mistakes of their police department, and that just didn’t seem right.”
He maintained that there was no point that he wanted to take legal action against the city, but should the case have continued to move forward, his team was prepared.
After the charges were dropped last week, Gillis released a statement regarding the incident, sticking to his report about being dragged in the arrest slip.
Gillis also said that there is no ill will with Scheffler after the incident and he’s looking to move forward. Read his full statement here.
