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I hate to kick a good man when he is down, but an idiot is another matter...
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Racer Al Unser Jr. was charged on Tuesday with domestic battery for allegedly hitting his girlfriend while she drove them home from a strip club and then leaving her by the side of a highway.
Unser, 40, a two-time winner of the Indy 500 race in 1992 and 1994, was arrested at his trailer at the famed Indianapolis raceway and released on $30,000 bond.
Maj. Mike Turk of the Marion County sheriff's office said Unser could face up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor charge.
Police said Unser's girlfriend, Jena Soto, 38, said she was driving the couple back from a night out at a strip club when the intoxicated Unser began shifting the car's gears into neutral and reverse. She struck Unser, who hit her in the face.
After pulling over, Soto got out of the vehicle. She was left by the side of the highway as Unser drove off. Soto suffered an abrasion and swelling under her right eye from the blow, Turk said.
When confronted by police early on Tuesday, Unser at first denied knowing Soto, but then said she hit him first.
Recently, the two-time Championship Auto Racing Teams champion had gotten into better shape and pledged to revive his racing career. Driving for Kelley Racing since February, Unser placed a close second to Jeff Ward in the June 8 race at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Pic: http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?
Anyone else think it is odd that the two pilots arrested last week for DWI, were asked to taxi the plane back to the gate? Since when does anyone ask someone they suspect of being drunk, to turn around and drive back?
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Racer Al Unser Jr. was charged on Tuesday with domestic battery for allegedly hitting his girlfriend while she drove them home from a strip club and then leaving her by the side of a highway.
Unser, 40, a two-time winner of the Indy 500 race in 1992 and 1994, was arrested at his trailer at the famed Indianapolis raceway and released on $30,000 bond.
Maj. Mike Turk of the Marion County sheriff's office said Unser could face up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor charge.
Police said Unser's girlfriend, Jena Soto, 38, said she was driving the couple back from a night out at a strip club when the intoxicated Unser began shifting the car's gears into neutral and reverse. She struck Unser, who hit her in the face.
After pulling over, Soto got out of the vehicle. She was left by the side of the highway as Unser drove off. Soto suffered an abrasion and swelling under her right eye from the blow, Turk said.
When confronted by police early on Tuesday, Unser at first denied knowing Soto, but then said she hit him first.
Recently, the two-time Championship Auto Racing Teams champion had gotten into better shape and pledged to revive his racing career. Driving for Kelley Racing since February, Unser placed a close second to Jeff Ward in the June 8 race at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Pic: http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?
Anyone else think it is odd that the two pilots arrested last week for DWI, were asked to taxi the plane back to the gate? Since when does anyone ask someone they suspect of being drunk, to turn around and drive back?
