-- ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi is reporting that Jeff Hardy was arrested on Monday and slapped with three charges, including a DUI which would be his third offense of that type in the last decade. Hardy was seen "swerving" and when officers pulled him over, he appeared confused, smelled of alcohol and then revealed that he had been drinking. He was unable to complete all of the sobriety exercises "without risk of falling" and ultimately took a breathalyzer test in which he blew levels of 0.294 and 0.291. The legal maximum limit to drive in Florida is 0.08 so Hardy was close to four times that. Per Raimondi:
AEW star Jeff Hardy was arrested Monday in Florida on three charges, the most significant a DUI, his third offense in the last 10 years, per online court records. That is a third-degree felony. Hardy is currently in custody on $3,500 bond.
Hardy’s first court appearance is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time Tuesday. The other charges: driving while license is canceled, suspended or revoked and violating restrictions on his driver’s license. Both of those are misdemeanors.
Hardy is scheduled for a tag-team title ladder match with his brother Matt on AEW Dynamite on Wednesday in St. Louis. He is also set to headline AAA’s big Triplemanía stadium show in Tijuana on Saturday in a tag-team match with Matt. No word yet on the status of those matches.
Per the Florida Highway Patrol arrest report on Jeff Hardy, a white car was seen “swerving” and “running off” the roadway Monday around 12:30 a.m. When the officer made a traffic stop and engaged Hardy, the wrestler seemed “to be in a stupor and confused,” per the report.
Once he left his car, Hardy was unsteady and smelled of alcohol, per the report. Officers, through conversation, learned Hardy had been drinking. Hardy could not complete any portion of sobriety exercises successfully “or without risk of falling,” the officer wrote in the report.
Officers administered a breath test and Hardy’s first sample read 0.294 of blood-alcohol content. A second sample read 0.291. The legal limit to drive in Florida is .08.
