Updated: September 17, 2012, 9:33 PM ET
ESPN.com news servicesShaun White Charged With Vandalism
Olympic gold medalist and X Games start Shaun White charged with vandalism and public intoxication Sunday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder and X Games star Shaun White faces charges of public intoxication and vandalism, accused of drunkenly destroying a phone at a Nashville hotel and ending up in the hospital after he hit his head.
White Faces Charges
Shaun White faces public intoxication and vandalism charges stemming from an incident at a Nashville hotel early Sunday morning. Read the police department's media release here. PDF.
Officers responded to the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel at 2 a.m. Sunday after a man identified as the 26-year-old White pulled a fire alarm, forcing the hotel to evacuate all guests. An employee also reported seeing White destroy a hotel phone.
White tried to leave the hotel in a cab before being stopped by a hotel guest who told the driver police had been called. According to police, White kicked at the man before running away. The man chased him and they collided when White turned around. White, who is also one of the world's top skateboarders, fell back and hit his head against a fence, police said.
White, who appeared to be drunk, was given the opportunity to sign misdemeanor citations and refused, police said.
"He basically put himself in jail by not signing that," a police source told ESPN.com.
A spokeswoman for Baptist Hospital said White was treated there and released on Monday before being arrested and booked by police. A mug shot released by police shows White with a black eye.
White was released by police late Monday afternoon on his own recognizance. His court date was set for Oct. 10.
White's publicist was on vacation Monday, and the public relations firm representing him did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
White won a gold medal in Turin at the 2006 Olympics and in 2010 at the Vancouver Games, and he is an action sports superstar whether skateboarding during the summer or snowboarding in the winter. He's also a multimillionaire with a clothing line and signature video game who expanded last year with a company selling skateboards, BMX bikes and other equipment.
White also has won 24 X Games medals as a snowboarder and skateboarder, including 16 golds.
The Nashville incident is not White's first hotel run-in. He also was cited by Breckenridge, Colo., police in December 2007 for discharging a fire extinguisher in a hotel game room. That act was caught on surveillance video, and police used the footage to identify White, then 21, later that evening.
Information from ESPN.com's Devon O'Neil and The Associated Press was used in this report.
Associated Press 18 Sep, 2012
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Source: http://espn.go.com/action/snowboarding/story/_/id/8392284/x-games-star-shaun-white-charged-vandalism-hotel
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