Head Of Irish Olympic Committee Arrested In Rio Over Ticket Scandal
Source: NPR
Police in Rio de Janeiro served Patrick Joseph Hickey, the president of Ireland's Olympic Committee, with arrest and search warrants Wednesday morning, in an embarrassing development in a scandal over accusations that he was involved in the scalping of some 1,000 tickets to Summer Olympics events.
Hickey, 71, was taken to a hospital shortly after 7 a.m. this morning because he complained of not feeling well shortly after being confronted by police, Mark Adams, director of communications for the International Olympic Committee, said.
The Irish Olympic chief's arrest was captured on video, with footage that's now been released in Brazil showing officers speaking to him at the door of his hotel room — and Hickey, who appears to be naked, walking away to put on a robe.
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Hickey has been a member of the 98-member International Olympic Committee since 1995. In addition to his role leading Ireland's Olympic Committee, he's the president of the European Olympic Committees group.
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