The Louisville Police Department held a press conference Thursday to further discuss the arrest of golfer Scottie Scheffler during the 2024 PGA Championship outside Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. The police said no charges are being dropped at this time. Although there is no video footage of the initial exchange between police and Scheffler, the Louisville Metro Police Department posted dash cam video from the arrest: Pole-cam footage was also made available: This comes after a Kentucky court postponed Scheffler's scheduled court date until June 3.
Scheffler's lawyer, Steve Romines, attended Thursday's press conference and reiterated that he believes his client did nothing wrong. He also said "we're not interested in settling the case." Scheffler's attorney, Steve Romines, was at the press conference.
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com/HmWGpxYVNi Scheffler was arrested prior to Friday's second round. The police report said he attempted to bypass the traffic that was caused by a fatal accident outside the course and allegedly ignored officer Bryan Gillis' instructions and caused injuries when he "accelerated forward, dragging Detective Gillis to the ground." Yet Romines, released a statement that said, in part, "Multiple eyewitnesses have confirmed that he did not do anything wrong but was simply proceeding as directed," per Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated .
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