Ashley Cole arrested for being drunk and disorderly

05 March 2009 11:58
The 28-year-old was detained after swearing at officers having emerged from a nightclub in Chelsea, west London, in the early hours, sources said. He was taken to a police station to sober up. The footballer, who is paid £82,000 a week, was held for three hours and then issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly and allowed to go home. Cole had spent a night drinking at the Collection bar and restaurant in Brompton Road, Chelsea, and had earlier been pictured at a nearby charity event with ex GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips. The club's website says it is an "upmarket" bar offering "fantabulous cocktails and a stylish crowd of twenty-somethings". The incident will be another embarrassment to Cole's wife, Girls Aloud singer and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole. She is currently climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with a number of other celebrities in aid of Comic Relief. Her marriage to Cole was put under strain last year over allegations of his infidelity. Chelsea's new manager, Guus Hiddink, is a disciplinarian who will be unhappy that one of his top players was caught drunk three days before they face Coventry City in the FA Cup. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "At about 2.15am today, a man was arrested in Brompton Road, South Kensington, on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly and taken to a central London police station where he was later issued with a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly and released at 5.37am."  

Source: Telegraph