News emerged on Tuesday that Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews is facing a disorderly conduct charge in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona, concerning an incident that allegedly occurred in the spring.
According to a complaint, filed with Scottsdale Police on May 28, 2019; it is alleged that Matthews had an incident with a security guard in the early morning hours of May 26th. Matthews was allegedly drunk at the time.
Auston Matthews Charged
The Leafs acknowledged the charges in a statement provided to the media.
“The Toronto Maple Leafs are aware of the complaint of disturbing the peace against forward Auston Matthews. Auston is cooperating fully with the relevant authorities but neither he nor the Club will comment any further out of respect for the process involved.”
The Police Report
The Report was filed based on a report by security guard Fayola Dozithee. She told police that on May 26th at approximately 2:00 am, she was in her locked car outside the condo building where Matthews lives. At this time she noticed that someone was trying to open her car door.
She “jumped out of her vehicle to find out who was trying to get in her car … and noticed it was Auston and his friends,” reads the police report, which was obtained by the Toronto Star. “She confronted them and the response from Auston was they wanted to see what she would do and they believed it would be funny to see how she would respond. Fayola found this very disturbing and put her on edge.
“Fayola said she’d told Auston and his friends, ‘I am a female, I am a military vet with sever (sic) PTSD.’ She also told them it wasn’t funny and how could they think it would be funny to try and get in a female’s vehicle at 2 a.m. in the morning.”
She told police Matthews and his friends appeared to be drunk.
“She continued to say that Auston would say that he thought it was funny. Fayola said she then began to tell them to just leave.”
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TORONTO, ON – JANUARY 14: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs waits for a faceoff against the Colorado Avalanche during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on January 14, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Avalanche defeated the Maple Leafs 6-3. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
