NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two-time Olympic gold- medal snowboarder Shaun White faces charges of public intoxication and vandalism — accused of drunkenly destroying a phone at a hotel and ending up in the hospital after he hit his head.
Officers responded to the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel at 2 a.m. Sunday after a drunken man identified as White pulled a fire alarm, forcing the hotel to evacuate all guests. An employee also reported seeing White destroy a hotel phone.
White, 26, tried to leave in a cab before being stopped by a hotel guest who told the driver police had been called. According to police, White kicked at the man before running away. The man chased him and they collided when White turned around. White fell back and hit his head against a fence, police said.
White was given the opportunity to sign misdemeanor citations and refused, police said. He was released from a hospital yesterday before being arrested.
Police released a mug shot showing White with a black eye.