Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley arrested over alleged assault on ex-girlfriend

Olympic medalist Fred Kerley is backmost successful the headlines for the incorrect reasons aft being arrested successful Dania Beach, Florida, connected May 1, 2025, implicit allegations of battle against his ex-girlfriend, chap Olympian Alaysha Johnson.

The alleged incidental occurred astatine the upscale Le Méridien edifice wherever the 2 athletes were staying up of the upcoming Grand Slam Track lawsuit successful Miami.

According to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, Johnson told deputies that Kerley punched her during a heated exchange, leaving her with a bloody nose.

Officers stated that her injuries were accordant with her relationship of events.

Kerley was taken into custody and aboriginal released connected a $1,000 bond.

He present faces a misdemeanour artillery charge.

But the play didn’t extremity there. A pistillate identified arsenic Kerley's existent girlfriend, known online arsenic DJ Sky High Baby, added a twist to the saga, insisting that Johnson’s fellow was progressive and really the 1 who assaulted her.

Kerley’s lawyer, Richard Cooper, powerfully denied the accusations, calling the concern a “smear campaign” and informing against premature conclusions.

He assured the nationalist that the afloat communicative would yet wide his client’s name.

This is not Kerley’s archetypal brushwood with controversy; helium has had 2 anterior arrests wrong the past year.

In January 2025, helium was tased and arrested pursuing a scuffle with constabulary successful Miami Beach.

Before that, successful May 2024, helium faced home artillery and robbery charges involving his wife, pleading not blameworthy successful some cases.

Following this latest development, Grand Slam Track organisers confirmed Kerley’s withdrawal from the Miami conscionable wherever helium was acceptable to vie successful the 100m and 200m sprints. An probe is ongoing.

Kerley, a metallic and bronze medalist from the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics, respectively, present finds his aboriginal connected the way overshadowed by ineligible troubles.

Johnson, besides a Paris 2024 Olympian, has yet to marque a nationalist statement.

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