Grand Slam Track has confirmed that Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley is suspended and will not be competing at the league’s meet in Philadelphia after he was charged with touch or strike battery earlier this month.
The 30-year-old also missed the meet in Miami at the start of the month. “Grand Slam Track signed racer Fred Kerley is suspended pending the completion of legal proceedings and will not compete in Philadelphia,” a statement from Grand Slam Track said on Friday. The organisation has not yet commented on Kerley’s participation at the final meet in Las Vegas.
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Kerley was arrested at a hotel in Dania Beach, Florida, where athletes were staying ahead of the Miami meet, after his ex-girlfriend alleged that he had hit her in the face.
According to a police report, the woman told police that Kerley approached her at the hotel and alleged that Kerley began to argue with her and struck her in the face with a closed fist, causing her nose to bleed.
Kerley’s attorney, Richard L. Cooper, said that the sprinter had been “arrested without thorough investigation by law enforcement. “Fred never battered anyone,” Cooper said in a statement to The Athletic in May. “We are focused on working with prosecutors to show that this arrest was a mistake and no charges should be filed. I am confident in that goal.”
Grand Slam Track, a new track league founded by celebrated Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson and featuring several Olympic medalists, is halfway through its inaugural season after meets in Kingston, Jamaica and Miami. The final rounds in Philadelphia and L.A. are set to take place from May 31 to June 1 and June 27 to 29 respectively.
As of Friday, May 23, Kerley’s profile remains on the competition’s website.
Kerley won a silver medal in the 100m in Tokyo in 2021 and claimed bronze in Paris last summer. He has three world championship gold medals, each in a different event: the 4 x 400m in 2019, 100m in 2022 and 4 x 100m in 2023.
A statement from Kerley on May 4 said: “While there was a physical alteration, my arrest was not due to any criminal act. Rather, it resulted from my decision to exercise remain silent until legal counsel was present. I chose not to speak to law enforcement without my attorney, and for that reason alone. I was booked.
“This experience caught me off guard, but I remain fully committed to clearing my name and cooperating with appropriate parties to resolve it. I take full accountability for placing myself in a situation that allowed for this misunderstanding, and I am taking active steps to ensure nothing like this happens again.”
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