USA sprinter arrested for allegedly striking Olympian ex-girlfriend days before track meet

2024 bronze medalist Fred Kerley was arrested connected Thursday, days earlier helium was acceptable to vie astatine a way meet, for allegedly striking his ex-girlfriend.

According to TMZ, citing an apprehension report, Dania Beach constabulary arrived astatine a southbound Florida edifice earlier 8:00 a.m. ET aft Olympic hurdler Alaysha Johnson claimed Kerley deed her during a conditioning assignment for the meet.

Kerley said helium was "going to f–k everyone up successful present up," Johnson reportedly said.

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Fred Kerley (USA) successful a men's 100m circular 1 vigor during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games astatine Stade de France. (Andrew Nelles-USA Today Sports)

Kerley is reportedly alleged to person deed Johnson successful the face, causing her chemoreceptor to bleed. Police reportedly said the injuries "were accordant with her statements."

Kerley was acceptable to tally successful the 100-meter dash connected Saturday and the 200-meter connected Sunday astatine the Grand Slam Track lawsuit this weekend. The lawsuit aboriginal confirmed that Kerley would not compete.

The New York Post reported that Kerley had been booked connected a first-degree misdemeanor charge.

Back successful January, Kerley was deed with a home unit complaint successful an unrelated incidental from past year, aft helium was arrested pursuing an altercation with police.

According to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Kerley and his woman got into a verbal, and past physical, quality connected May 6, 2024 - his day - erstwhile Kerley's woman was successful interaction with an "unknown idiosyncratic connected Instagram." 

Fred Kerley (USA) celebrates aft winning bronze successful the men’s 100m last during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games astatine Stade de France.  (Yukihito Taguchi-USA Today Sports)

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Kerley approached his woman aggressively, and she punched him retired of fear, according to the affidavit. Kerley past "grabbed the victim, pushed her to the ground, encircled his limb astir her cervix and impeded her breathing."

A probable origin alert was past entered into the jail's system, and helium was subsequently charged pursuing the January arrest.

Kerley won a bronze medal successful Paris successful the summertime successful the 100 meters, portion teammate Noah Lyles earned his archetypal Olympic gold. Kerley won the 2022 satellite championships successful the event, and metallic successful the Tokyo Olympics.

He besides has satellite championships successful the 4x400-meter relay successful 2019 and the 4x100-meter relay successful 2023.

Kerley was a portion of the 4x100-meter squad successful Paris that was disqualified owed to a botched handoff. Lyles figured to beryllium a portion of that squad but fell sick with COVID earlier successful the week, which contributed to him falling abbreviated successful the 200 meters, an lawsuit for which helium had been the dense favorite.

Fred Kerley competes successful the archetypal circular of the men's 100 metre connected Day Two of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track and Field Trials astatine Hayward Field connected June 22, 2024, successful Eugene, Oregon.  (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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Kerley accused the United States Track and Field Association of playing favorites by adding Lyles to the 4x400-meter squad successful the 2024 satellite championships.

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