Kurt Angle arrested again for DWI...
Posted by
Remlik (aka remlik)
Sep 4 '11, 20:52
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TMZ.com is reporting that TNA champion Kurt Angle was arrested early this morning and charged with DWI in Virginia. Virginia State Troopers responded to a call from another motorist who observed Angle's vehicle alleged swerving between lanes on I-66. Angle was traveling from that evening's TNA house show, where he had defeated AJ Styles.
Angle was arrested but later released from Warren County Jail after posting a $2,000 bond.
Angle has been arrested for similar charges several times in the past. In March 2011, Angle was arrested in Grand Forks, North Dakota after failing a field sobriety test and allegedly operating his car while intoxicated after being found sitting in the middle of a median separating lanes. Angle was arrested and charged with being in control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Since he wasn't seen driving the car by police, they could not charge him with a DUI. Angle claimed publicly via his Twitter account that he has slid out on an icy patch of road, something that the police discounted at the time. Ironically enough, Angle claimed that TMZ "blew the story out of proportion."
Angle later plead guilty to a charge of reckless driving for the incident as part of a plea deal on 4/8 of this year. Under the terms of that deal, Angle paid a $475 fine, would have to serve a year of unsupervised probation and undergo a chemical dependency evaluation. He also received a suspended sentence of 10 days in jail. There is no word yet how this most recent arrest could impact his current probation for the North Dakota arrest.
Angle was also arrested in Moon Township, PA in 2007 on a DUI charge after police received a report of an erratic driver leaving a local bar. Angle was the charged with driving under the influence and careless driving after police traced the description of the car to his home. In that case, Angle was later found not guilty on those charges when the complaining witness was unable to corroborate her story.
Angle was also arrested in 2009 on a number of assault and harassment-related charges involving former girlfriend Tranesha "Rhaka Khan" Biggers, although in the end those charges were all dropped. At the time, Angle was charged with driving with a suspended license, as a result of the license never being reinstated after his 2007 court case was resolved. That charge was also resolved.
It should be interesting to see what TNA's reaction, if any, is to this latest arrest as they released Matt Hardy (who was under suspension at the time) for his DWI arrest several weeks ago in North Carolina.
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