Rugby ace ‘sorry’ after club shame
RUGBY star Danny Cipriani has told of his battle to lose his bad boy image after his nightclub bust-up.
the female police officer and apologise.”
Cipriani was last night facing disciplinary action from The England player, 30, the Rugby Football Union claims he is devastated over the incident.
He has been charged with after hitting the headlines
“conduct prejudicial to the again for assaulting a woman interests of the game”. The police officer and rowing RFU’s David Barnes said: with a doorman. “We have high standards that
He spoke out after being we expect across the game, in locked up in a line with rugby’s police cell for core values,
48 hours. from all The fly-half those involved said: “I have within it.” made mistakes The sportsman in the past, and was was adamant it dropped from would never happen Gloucester’s again. squad for today’s
“What happened REGRET: Yesterday’s Star pre-season has caused friendly much reflection. I am in no against Ulster. doubt that it was completely He was arrested in the early unacceptable. hours of Wednesday after
“I have spent a long time arguing with a bouncer at trying to focus on the things the Little Drift club in St that matter. Helier, Jersey.
“I fought hard to win a return The doorman called police to the England team and and Cipriani later resisted felt huge honour to represent arrest, shoving the the country in South Africa police officer and grabbing early in the summer. her shirt.
“I hugely regret what happened. A judge fined him £2,000 I just want to talk to after he pleaded guilty to common assault and resisting arrest.
He was ordered to pay
£250 compensation to the WPc, who suffered bruising to her arm.
Cipriani has been involved in a string of controversies in the past.
He dated model Kelly Brook until 2010, and was punched in the face by her after he gave his number to a stripper in Las Vegas.
In 2013 he was hospitalised after being hit by a bus during a night out with team-mates in Leeds.
The sportsman was also convicted of drinkdriving in 2016.
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