Former Everton and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was arrested in December for intoxication and swearing in public in the United States.
According to court records, Rooney was fined $25 for his crime which was in the state of Virginia.
According to an ABC news outlet, he was arrested at Washington-Dulles Airport in Virginia
He paid his fine on the 4th of January.
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According to Virginia law, “if any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor”.
DC United, whom Rooney plays for, released a statement on the matter and there they said: “We are aware of news reports indicating that Wayne Rooney was arrested in December.
“We understand the media’s interest in this matter but believe this is a private matter for Wayne that D.C. United will handle internally. We have no further comment on the situation.”
Rooney’s representatives also explained the striker’s side of the story, “During the flight Wayne took a prescribed amount of sleeping tablets mixed with some alcohol consumption and consequently was disorientated on arrival,” the spokesperson said.
“He received a statutory automatic fine and was released shortly afterwards at the airport. The matter is now at an end.”
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