{"id":2641,"date":"2007-10-08T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T15:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w2641\/"},"modified":"2007-10-08T10:09:52","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T15:09:52","slug":"kurt-angle-charged-with-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w2641\/kurt-angle-charged-with-dui\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Angle Charged With DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted at the Wrestling Talk forum&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling star Kurt Angle was charged Friday with driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>Moon Township police said they received a call from a motorist at 1:49 p.m. complaining that someone driving a white Cadillac nearly struck his vehicle in a restaurant parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>The motorist, who gave police the vehicle&#8217;s license plate number, also said the Cadillac was driving erratically on Beaver Grade Road and almost hit a traffic sign. Police tracked the Cadillac to Angle&#8217;s residence, which they did not identify.<\/p>\n<p>Angle, 38, who has admitted an addiction to painkillers, told police he had been at the restaurant and driven home. He failed a sobriety test but refused a blood test. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance and careless driving. He was released to appear in court at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Angle, a Mount Lebanon native, is the current Total Nonstop Action Wrestling world champion. He could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>A standout athlete at Mount Lebanon High School, Angle was a two-time NCAA Division 1 wrestling champion at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He also won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>In 1991 he joined the World Wrestling Federation, where he won numerous accolades. He left the organization, which had morphed into World Wrestling Entertainment, last year.<\/p>\n<p>He joined TNA in September 2006 and soon after admitted to a painkiller addiction. He said last November, however, that he had been drug-free for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Sports Illustrated reported that Angle was one of dozens of prominent athletes to receive steroids from a Florida wellness center. Angle disputed the report on his Web site.<\/p>\n<p>Angle and his wife, Karen, who has appeared with him ringside, have two children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted at the Wrestling Talk forum&#8230; Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling star Kurt Angle was charged Friday with driving under the influence. Moon Township police said they received a call from a motorist at 1:49 p.m. complaining that someone driving a white Cadillac nearly struck his vehicle in a restaurant parking lot. 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