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Wayne Rooney arrested for public intoxication last month

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Wayne Rooney did not have a particularly great holiday season.

According to ABC7, the D.C. United midfielder was reportedly arrested for public intoxication/searing at Washington D.C.’s Dulles International Airport on December 16. The infraction was a misdemeanor and he was released from police custody on recognizance and he paid a $25 fine and court costs.

This is not Rooney’s first run-in with the law when it comes to alcohol. He is currently serving a two-year ban from driving in the U.K. after he was arrested for drunk driving in September 2017.

Rooney came over to D.C. United over the summer after a long, successful career with Everton and Manchester United. He scored 12 goals in 20 regular season games with the team.

Shortly after the news broke, the club issued the following statement: “We are aware of news reports indicating that Wayne Rooney was arrested in December. We understand the media’s interest in this matter but believe this is a private matter for Wayne that D.C. United will handle internally.”

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  1. OMG, hes at an airport and drank too much. So what? He’s not driving … whats the harm? Its not during the season so the team isnt invovled. Not the first time somebody drinks too much when flying nor will it be the last

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  2. He can’t play away games in Canada?
    Wow.
    Get your act together. All that money and can’t grab a cab

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    • that is interesting, why is that? there was some NYRB player in the Henry era who couldn’t get back in the country because immigration found out about a UK record. and others like that.

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  3. I dont think it’s a big deal. I’m just not sure how DC United can call an arrest for public intoxication “a private matter”. That sounds dumb.

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  4. Loser. Cra ppy choice in these days of Uber. MLS must punish appropriately or they too carry the Loser flag. Supposed to be a model for how it’s done.

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    • Give me a break. He had a little too much to drink on the airplane and you want to crucify the guy. Now if he had been arrested with a DUI or DWI, that’s a different story. He didn’t, didn’t harm anyone and that’s it. Case closed.

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      • “at Washington D.C.’s Dulles International Airport,” ie, he hadn’t boarded the plane yet. i doubt Wayne Rooney returned-to-England drives himself.

  5. Sounds like he had a few too many in the airport headed home to the UK for Xmas. Reading between the lines he was a little too soused and loud and got a $25 ticket on the way to the gate, after he was cited walked off and boarded. Not great and worth monitoring but not in the league of a DUI either.

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  6. You think there is a pattern of behavior here?

    There was a point in Rooney’s career were i felt he was one of the most well rounded footballers in the world. However, his pattern of behavior is very dysfunctional beyond just poor judgment.

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      • Yeah man, taking pills and drinking is little off center. Especially when you get messy belligerent in an airport or on a plane. Getting your drivers license suspended for two years in the U.K. for drunk driving can be a bit skewed. Admitting to frequenting “massage parlors” and prostitutes definitely against the norm.

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