All charges against Scottie Scheffler, the world’s greatest golfer, have been dropped in Louisville. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the charges, which the judge promptly accepted. O’Connell was accurate in what Scheffler called the incident a “huge misunderstanding.” The evidence we’ve reviewed supports the conclusion that Detective Gillis was concerned about public safety at the scene … However, Mr. Scheffler’s actions and the evidence of their exchange during their misunderstanding is any indication. It also doesn’t satisfy the elements of a criminal offense,” O’Connell said. The charges are dismissed with prejudice, meaning the decision is final. Authorities arrested the 27-year-old May 17 as he arrived for the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville. Shelbyville Road was blocked after a security guard, John Mills, was struck and killed by a shuttle. From the start of the bus. He was charged with assault-a-police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals of an officer directing traffic. In some cases, court records show that the assault charge was amended to 4th degree assault with no visible injury. Scheffler, who lives in Texas, did not appear for Wednesday’s hearing. His attorney, Steve Romines, spoke later, calling Scheffler “falsely arrested.” Hear Romines: Despite what the police report says, Romines says Gillis was never hurt.” You better believe they would have turned this down. If he gets pulled over, they won’t,” he said. Scheffler has no plans to pursue a civil lawsuit against LMPD because “the taxpayers of Louisville don’t want to pay him a dime.”
All charges against Scottie Scheffler, the world’s greatest golfer, were dropped in Louisville.
Jefferson County Prosecutor Mike O’Connell filed a motion to dismiss the charges Wednesday, which the judge promptly accepted.
O’Connell said Scheffler was accurate in calling the incident a “huge misunderstanding.”
“The evidence we reviewed supports the conclusion that Detective Gillis was concerned about public safety at the scene … However, the evidence regarding Mr. Scheffler’s actions and their exchange during their misunderstanding does not satisfy the elements of any criminal offense,” O’Connell said. .
The charges are dismissed with prejudice, meaning the decision is final.
Authorities arrested the 27-year-old May 17 as he arrived at the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville.
Shelbyville Road was blocked that morning after John Mills, a security guard, was struck and killed by a shuttle bus.
Police say Scheffler ignored traffic orders and pulled over Detective Brian Gillis with his SUV, but Gillis’ body camera was not activated.
A nearby police camera only shows him running to the driver’s side door.
Scheffler maintained his innocence from the start.
He was charged with assault-a-police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals of an officer directing traffic. In some cases, court records show that the assault charge was amended to 4th degree assault with no visible injury.
Scheffler, who lives in Texas, did not appear for Wednesday’s hearing. His attorney, Steve Romines, called Scheffler a “victim” who was “falsely arrested.”
Hear from Romine:
Despite what was written in the police report, Romines says Gillis was never injured.
“Do you believe they would have dismissed this case if they had pulled him over? No, they wouldn’t,” he said.
He said Scheffler has no plans to pursue a civil suit against LMPD because “he doesn’t want the taxpayers of Louisville to pay him a dime.”
