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Athlete Blames Cat for His DUI Arrest

By Michael

English cricketer Graeme Swann was recently stopped for drunk driving at 3 in the morning in Nottingham, England. His excuse for driving under the influence? His cat, which had gotten lodged underneath the floor of his home. According to his story, as reported by the Telegraph, Swann had returned home from a birthday celebration with his wife at the late hour, and on arriving home found that his kitten was stuck under the floor. Swann then, according to his side of things, rushed to drive to a 24-hour supermarket to buy some tools to help free his unlucky feline. Police stopped Swann?s white Porsche Cayenne because there had been robberies in the neighborhood recently. Before the stop was made, police report that Swann accelerated ?at speed? before the officer put on his flashing lights and the cricketer stopped...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).