Olympic sprinter faces domestic violence, theft charges from 2024 incident after being tased during arrest

US Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested Thursday in Miami Beach and taxed by police, bodycam footage shows.

Kerley was charged in a separate incident last year.

According to police, via WSVN in Miami, the Olympian was approaching site of an active investigation Thursday, saying he had parked his car nearby.

But when he was asked to leave the area, he refused, became agitated and got into a fighting stance, police said.

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Fred Kerley of the United States celebrates after winning bronze in the men’s 100 meters final during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics at the Stade de France. (Yukihito Taguchi/USA Today Sports)

A standoff ensued, and Kerley was arrested. Bodycam footage captured Kerley being tased by an officer, while a bystander begged the officers to “stop” because “he didn’t do anything.”

Kerley faces charges of battery on a police officer, corrections officer or firefighter; resisting an officer without violence; and disorderly conduct. He was released on his own recognizance.

However, the Miami-Dade County Jail website reported later that he was back in custody on charges of domestic violence, strangulation and robbery.

Fred Kerley (USA) in the men’s 100 meters round 1 during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at the Stade de France. (Andrew Nelles/USA Today Sports)

According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Kerley and his wife got into a verbal, and then physical, dispute in May on their birthday when Kerley’s wife was contacting an “unknown person on Instagram” .

Kerley approached his wife aggressively, and struck her out of fear, according to the affidavit. Kerley then “grabbed the victim, pushed him to the ground, put his arm around his neck and stopped his breathing.”

The affidavit says Kerley then stole his wife’s cellphone after putting her in a second chokehold. Kerley was not present when authorities arrived, and witnesses were uncooperative.

A probable cause alert was entered into the jail system, and he was charged after his arrest Thursday night.

Kerley won a bronze medal in Paris this summer in the 100 meters, while his teammate Noah Lyles won his first Olympic gold. Kerley won the 2022 world championships in the event and silver in the Tokyo Olympics.

He also has world championships in the 4×400-meter relay in 2019 and the 4×100-meter relay in 2023.

Kerley was part of the 4×100-meter relay team in Paris that was disqualified for a failed handoff. Lyles planned to be a part of that team, but fell ill with COVID earlier in the week, which contributed to him dropping out of the 200 meters, an event for which he was the heavy favorite.

Fred Kerley (USA) reacts after competing in a men’s 100 meters semi-final during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics at the Stade de France. (Yukihito Taguchi/USA Today Sports)

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Kerley accused the United States Track and Field Association of playing favorites by adding Lyles to the 4×400-meter team at the 2024 world championships.

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