Posted on 8/22/124 by Colin Vassallo
Brandon Thurston for POST Wrestling is reporting that TNA
star Rich Swann was arrested on June 8 in Florida and
charged with disorderly public intoxication and causing a
disturbance.
The arrest came after Swann attempted to forcefully enter an
apartment just before 10PM. A report by the Altamonte
Springs PD says that when the resident of the apartment told
him to leave and that he had a gun, Swann yelled, “This is
my house.” The person in the apartment then opened the door
and flashed his weapon and Swann left.
Later, a woman also made a phone call to the police saying
someone was following her. Swann was following the woman but
she managed to escape by locking herself inside her house
before Swann reached to get in.
Police officers arrived and found the former TNA champion
and arrested him, with the report saying that Swann was
intoxicated.
He was later released the next day after a $250 bond was
posted.
TNA was unaware of the arrest until POST Wrestling flagged
the story. The company suspended Swann and said that he was
entering a substance abuse rehab program.
“TNA Wrestling takes any and all charges against its
performers seriously,” TNA told POST Wrestling in a
statement. “Rich Swann is responsible for his own personal
actions.”
“He has informed TNA Wrestling that he is voluntarily
entering into a substance abuse rehabilitation program. TNA
Wrestling has suspended Rich pending the completion of its
investigation into the incidents,” the statement continued.
This is not the first time that Swann had issues with the
police and was arrested multiple times before.