Atlanta Braves followers showered Marcell Ozuna with boos Sunday throughout his first at-bat since returning to the sector after being arrested for drunk driving on Friday.
The boos solely obtained worse when he struck out.
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Audible boos for Marcell Ozuna forward of his 1st AB for the #Braves since getting arrested for a DUI
The boos obtained louder after he struck out pic.twitter.com/GAesQq2y2m
— Reggie Chatman Jr. (@ReggieChatman) August 21, 2022
A Norcross, Georgia, police report stated that Ozuna was clocked doing 90 MPH in a 35 zone simply after 12:30 a.m. on Friday morning, in accordance with Outkick.
The officer’s report stated that Ozuna smelled closely of alcohol when he was pulled over for rushing, and the officer stated he noticed that the participant “exhibited crimson/watery eyes.”
“I requested Mr. Ozuna what he was doing in Norcross, and he replied with ‘the social gathering.’ I later came upon Mr. Ozuna was on his solution to a close-by after-hours nightclub,” the report added.
It was additionally reported that Ozuna tried to influence the officer to let him off the hook by telling him he was a member of the Atlanta Braves.
The participant supplied a particularly transient assertion concerning the arrest and apologized for disappointing the staff and his household.
Marcell Ozuna simply walked out to his locker and stated he’s upset . He upset his staff and household. He walked away after that. It lasted lower than 20 seconds .
*** We weren’t allowed to ask questions after his assertion. #ForTheA #mlb pic.twitter.com/S3wA2PjaVf
— Alison Mastrangelo (@AlisonWSB) August 19, 2022
The Braves supplied an announcement saying that they “take these issues very severely and are clearly upset by the state of affairs.”
That is removed from the one authorized hassle the outfielder has had lately. About 15 months in the past, he was arrested and charged with assault and battery for allegedly attacking his spouse.
MLB handed Ozuna a 20-game suspension for that offense.
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