“They tried to get him to confess to something he didn’t do!” Scottie Scheffler’s attorney FURIOUS after all charges dropped

New video reveals Scottie Scheffler's conversations with police after being arrested at the PGA Championship

Jefferson County Attorney, Mike O’Connell, announces that all charges against the World No.1 have been dismissed

Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell told the court that “based on the totality of the evidence my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler.”

O’Connell stated that Scottie Scheffler’s account of the incident as a “big misunderstanding” was “corroborated by the evidence” and that his actions “do not satisfy the elements of any criminal offenses”.

Since it has been announced that all charges against Scheffler have been dropped, both Scottie and his attorney, Steve Romines, have commented. Romines spoke to the press outside of the courthouse where the charges were dropped.

The World No.1 wasn’t present for the court hearing but he has taken to Instagram to share his thoughts and comment on the matter, as well as reiterating that his thoughts and prayers are with John Mills and his family – his attorney opened with this sentiment.

Scheffler was arrested outside of Valhalla Golf Club on May 17 while trying to make his way into the golf course to prepare for the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship.

The World No.1 and hot favorite to win at Valhalla was arrested, taken to a local police station, and later charged with:

– 2nd Degree assault of Police officer 

– Criminal Mischief 3rd degree 

– Reckless driving 

– Disregarding signals from officer directing traffic

The detective who arrested Scheffler, Bryan Gillis, has since been given ‘corrective action’ for his failure to activate his bodycam to record the situation.

Scheffler has said he simply misunderstood the commands coming from traffic officers and he was hit with a flashlight.

All of this can be heard in the video of Scheffler’s first conversation with police after being apprehended by police on the Friday morning of the PGA Championship has come to light.

In the video, Scheffler insists he didn’t know the man shouting at him to stop was a police officer, thinking he was a security guard who was mistakenly trying to stop him.

The video captures a conversation between Scheffler and another police officer, seemingly captured on bodycam.

Scheffler: “I had to loop all the way round that way. It took me about… probably a half hour. I was pulling in here, the police officer up there told me to come the opposite way with the traffic and then come in. And as I was pulling in, my window was down, and the officer told me to stop. First of all, I did not know that he was a police officer, I thought he was one of the security guards that was mistaken.”

Officer (interrupting): “Stop right there. Why does it matter if he’s a security guard or a police officer if somebody’s telling you to stop?”

Scheffler: “Yes, you’re right. I should have stopped. I did get a little bit impatient because I’m quite late for my tee time and as he was reaching into the car he grabbed my shoulder and hit me.”

Officer: “Trying to get you to stop, right?”

Scheffler: “Yes. It seemed to be a little bit over-aggressive because the entrance was open. I pulled forward because I was afraid; I thought he was going to start hitting me and I didn’t know who he was. He didn’t tell me he was a police officer. All I saw was the yellow jacket. I didn’t know what he was doing.”

Officer: “Well the thing is, he’s wearing a uniform, okay? He was wearing the same jacket that I have on that says ‘police’, okay? Also, on that, if someone’s telling you to stop, no matter who it is, you don’t keep going. So what happened is you kept going and you took him with you while he’s a pedestrian, okay? You took him with your car and drug [sic] him, which is not a good thing. To make it even worse, when he asked you to get out of the car, you refused to get out of the car.”

Scheffler: “I still was not aware he was a police officer. I was actually looking out of the window of the car to try to find a police officer.”

Officer: “We’re all right here. And he was there. We’re all wearing yellow vests so you can see us.”

Scheffler: “Believe me, sir, if I knew he was a police officer I would have been much less afraid but panic kind of set in. As you can see, I’m still shaking because I was afraid. I didn’t know who he was. He didn’t say, ‘Police, get out of the car’, he just hit me with this flashlight and yelled ‘get out of the car’.”

Officer: “We’re wearing a lot of police gear. Surely that signifies who he was?”

Scheffler: “Sir, believe me, if I knew he was a police officer I would have gotten out of the car. I don’t know what to tell you other than I was a little bit panicked trying to get into the golf course and I now don’t know what to do.”

Officer: “Well let’s go back to the first point, okay? No matter if you thought it was a police officer or not…”

Scheffler (interrupting): “I should have stopped.”

Officer: “Why do you think we’re wearing yellow vests? So you can see us, right? So you can see us. And if somebody tells you to stop, if it’s a traffic guard, security guard, anybody, that means you stop at that time and you don’t keep going, so stuff like this doesn’t happen. Because you actually hurt him and he’s a police officer. He’s got a huge scrape on his knee, he’s getting checked by EMS, big bruise, so I don’t know. But for you right now, the main question is if you’re going to jail, and it’s up to him. I don’t know.”

Scheffler: “Am I able to speak with him?

Officer: “No, not at this time. He’s… no.”

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Rob McGarr – Contributing Editor

Rob has been a writer and editor for over 15 years, covering all manner of subjects for leading magazines and websites.

He has previously been Features Editor of Today’s Golfer magazine and Digital Editor of todays-golfer.com, and held roles at FHM, Men’s Running, Golf World, and MAN Magazine.

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