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U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested on Thursday night time over an altercation along with his ex-girlfriend Alaysha Johnson. Each have been in Miami to take part within the Grand Slam Monitor meet being held this weekend.
Kerley, a two-time Olympic medalist, was arrested after police have been referred to as to the Grand Slam Monitor lodge in Dania Seaside at round 7:48 p.m. He was charged with first-degree misdemeanor cost of contact or strike/battery. TMZ stories that as of Friday afternoon he was nonetheless in Broward County Jail.
In keeping with the police report obtained by Entrance Workplace Sports activities, Fred Kerley allegedly received aggressive with Alaysha Johnson throughout an argument. Through the incident, the police report states, he stated “one thing to the impact of ‘I’m going to f— everybody up in right here,’ then hit Johnson within the face inflicting her nostril to bleed.
Grand Slam Monitor issued a press release to LetsRun.com in regards to the incident which learn, “Fred Kerley was arrested final night time. The matter is underneath energetic investigation, and all inquiries needs to be directed to the Broward County Sheriff’s Workplace. Fred won’t compete this weekend. We now have no additional remark right now.”
The 29-year-old Kerley, who received silver and bronze medals on the Tokyo and Paris Olympics respectively, was additionally arrested in January of 2025. In that incident, a confrontation with police was a bodily altercation. The star of the Netflix collection SPRINT ended up being tased by an officer, which was caught on video by a police physique digicam.
Three days after that arrest, Fred Kerley’s estranged spouse, Angelica Taylor, appeared at his bond listening to to press prices towards him to an alleged home violence incident that she stated occurred in Might 2024. He allegedly took her telephone and fled in his automotive after a bodily altercation during which she confronted him a couple of message on Instagram. Kerley ended up being charged with battery by strangulation and theft by sudden snatching.
