Anytime time I get the chance to report on Charles Barkley in the boundaries of SDR, I’m happy. I never liked him. He did his best to let the valley down when he played here, so here you go. Here he is, making out with his long lost grandfather.
AP: Charles Barkley told an officer following his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol that he was in a rush because he was on his way pick up a “hot” girl for sex, according to a police report obtained by the Smoking Gun.
When Barkley was arrested in Scottsdale, Ariz., early Wednesday after running a stop sign, the former NBA forward allegedly told the officer: “You want to know the truth? I was gonna drive around the corner and get a b— j–,” according to the notes in the incident report.
Barkley was pulled over in Scottsdale’s Old Town area on New Year’s Eve and submitted to a blood test administered by the Gilbert Police Department.
“I am disappointed that I put myself in that situation,” Barkley said Wednesday in a statement to The Associated Press. “The Scottsdale police were fantastic. Now it is a legal matter and I will not comment further until it is resolved.”
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