Dashcam captures 'highly intoxicated' Olympian's arrest, Paul Hamm fired from Ohio state

[Liberal_in_LA]

I remember Paul Hamm from the 2004 Olympics. He's a twin, I think



Video: Dashcam captures 'highly intoxicated' Olympian's arrest
Paul Hamm was accused of assaulting a cabdriver and refusing to pay him

The Columbus Dispatch

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State has fired Paul Hamm, an Olympic gold medalist and the university's assistant men's gymnastics coach, after he was arrested over the weekend, accused of assaulting a cabdriver and refusing to pay him.

"We have high standards for our coaching staff, and unfortunately, Mr. Hamm failed to meet those standards," OSU athletic director Gene Smith said in a news release.

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Hamm, 28, was being taken by cab at 1:48 a.m. Saturday to a house on Wexford Road, an Upper Arlington police report said.

The cabdriver, Abdinasir Elmi, told WBNS-TV (Channel 10) that he had picked up Hamm in the Arena District. Elmi said that Hamm punched him and kicked him in the leg after refusing to pay the $23 cab fare when they got to Upper Arlington.

Elmi called police. When Upper Arlington officers arrived, Hamm was sitting in a front yard in a "highly intoxicated" state, the report said.

http://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/4351336-Video-Dashcam-captures-highly-intoxicated-Olympians-arrest/

[HereSince1628]

1. Cheesehead will have a chance to mature in jail nt

[frylock]

2. we have high standards for our coaching staff..

riiiiiiiiiiiight. that's why jim tressel was fired. wait, tressel wasn't fired?

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. Football and basketball gets a pass.

[rurallib]

4. that line sure stuck out like a sore thumb, didn't it?

[ClarkUSA]

5. Did Tressel ever threaten to kill police officers while handcuffed? Hamm did.

I read about this case the day after it happened. There's a police cam of him threatening the lives of the police officers, according to the story I read in a British paper.

[frylock]

6. no, jim tressel did not threaten to kill police officers while handcuffed..

you should read about some of the things that happened under jim tressel. things that would not be held in high regard at all.