Sunny Garcia served an arrest warrant by the Queensland police
The former World Champion surfer, Sunny Garcia, received a warrant from the police of Queensland, Australia, a week ago. The action by the police is in reference to the physical altercation between the 41-year-old Hawaiian, the World Tour Surfer, Jeremy
Flores, and a local surfer named Adam Clarke on February 19 at the Australia’s Gold Coast.
In a recent statement, Garcia’s attorney, Chris Nyst, said, “I can confirm Queensland Police contacted me on Tuesday 3rd of May 2011 to advise a warrant has been issued for my client Sunny Garcia, in relation to an incident involving Mr. Adam Clarke.”
He added that his client had gotten in touch with the police at the time of the issue and made no attempt of evasion. There were no charges against him and so he had returned back to Hawaii. Garcia had no run away from the issue as is widely perceived.
As per his attorney’s statement, Garcia is likely to head to Queensland to comply with the legal process. One he leaves for Australia, the surfer has instructed his attorney to reveal full facts of the incident that took place at the Burleigh Breaka Pro,
along with the reason of his action. Nyst is confident that once the facts are revealed, the 41-year-old will be released from all charges.
The entire issue had started during the break from the Burleigh Breaka Pro, in which both Garcia and Flores were competing, in Australia on February 19. Reportedly, Garcia’s 16-year-old son, Stone, got into an argument with a local surfer, Clarke, while
surfing at the free surf-zone. Flores found himself getting involved in the argument. Allegedly, Garcia’s stone was threatened by the other two surfers.
This compelled the concerned father, Garcia, to intervene and take a swing at the local surfer. Flores was involved in the physical altercation as well and had to pay a big price by getting disqualified from the contest. Garcia shared the same fate.
A by-stander caught the entire incident on camera and later claimed that the Hawaiian had assaulted him once he realised that he was recording.
Nyst said in his statement that, “From day one he made it clear he became involved in an altercation to defend his 16-year-old son. As a father he considered himself entitled, and indeed morally obligated, to do that.”
The 41-year-old Hawaiian surfer had been fined $10,000 and received a six-month suspension by the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) just a week ago. While the ban came as a real disappointment for Garcia and his fans, there is some consolation as
he will be able to surf in the Triple Crown of Surfing that takes place near the near of the year.
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