Marcell Ozuna addresses DUI arrest

TEAM IS TRACKING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT TO DINNER OR FRIDAY NIGHT TOM: LIGHTS TOM: FIRST COURTNEY: DEVELOPING TONIGHT WE’RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE ARREST OF BRAVES OUTFIELDER MARCELL OZUNA NOR COST POLICE PULLING HIM OVER FOR SPEEDING AND TOM: CUFFED FOR TOM: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. GOOD EVENING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M TOM COURTNEY: HAYNES, COURTNEY BRYANT. AZUMA IS NOW CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANE AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. FOX HAS CLAIRE SIMMS HAS BEEN COURTNEY: OF THE VIDEO. SHE JOINS US NOW WITH A CLOSER LOOK.

CLAIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON, NORCROSS POLICE RELEASED BODY DASH CAMERA AND IN CAR CAMERA VIDEO FROM THE TRAFFIC. STOP IN IT. YOU COULD HEAR MARCEL OZUNA TELL THE OFFICERS THAT HE’S FROM THE BRAVES AND AFTER INITIALLY TELLING THE OFFICER THAT HE HADN’T BEEN DRINKING ADMIT HE WAS OUT CELEBRATING THE TEAM’S SERIES CLINCHING WIN OVER THE MATS. THE : ONLY THING TO DRINK TONIGHT ALCOHOL. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. I’M FIVE MY MAN GOOD. WHO’S RIDING WITH YOU IN THE CAR WITH YOU? BEEN DRINKING. I SMELL YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK TONIGHT. I’M FINE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

WHAT HAVE YOU HAD TO DRINK? BEER? A COUPLE BEERS WE WIN TODAY. COUPLE OF YEARS AND I CELEBRATE A ACCORDING TO THE ARREST REPORT, THE NORTH COST POLICE OFFICER NOTICED AS SOON AS MERCEDES

BENZ SUV DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON BEAVER RUIN ROAD AROUND 3 30 THIS MORNING, THE OFFICER SAYS HE HAD TO REACH SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 90 MPH TO CATCH UP TO THE VEHICLE AND PULL OZUNA OVER THE REPORT STATES THAT A ZUNA TOLD THE OFFICER HE WAS IN NORTH CROSS FOR QUOTE. THE PARTY. WAS ON HIS WAY TO MIAMI LOUNGE,

WHICH THEY DESCRIBED AS AN AFTER HOURS NIGHTCLUB NEARBY PERFORMED THREE FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES, BUT REFUSED A BREATHALYZER AND A BLOOD TEST OFFICERS TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE GWINNETT COUNTY JAIL AND CHARGED HIM WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LANE AND DRIVING UNDER INCIDENT WHEN SPEAKING TO REPORTERS IN THE BRAVES CLUBHOUSE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. : DISAPPOINTING SUPPORTING MY TEAM IS ONE OF MY FAMILY. I DON’T KNOW HOW I KNOW HOW ANYTHING TO SAY MORE AND THAT’S A LEGAL MATTER. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BRAVES RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE ATLANTA BRAVES ARE AWARE OF MARCELLO SOON AS ARREST

THIS MORNING AND ARE STILL GATHERING ALL THE FACTS PERTAINING TO THE INCIDENT . OUR ORGANIZATION TAKES THESE MATTERS VERY SERIOUSLY AND ARE OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE SITUATION. AS THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER, WE WILL HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT UNTIL THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE. THIS IS NOT A ZUMA’S FIRST RUN IN WITH POLICE SANDY SPRINGS POLICE ARRESTED HIM IN MAY OF LAST YEAR FOR A DOMESTIC INCIDENT INVOLVING HIS WIFE. HE LATER AGREED TO A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM AS PART OF A DEAL WITH FULTON COUNTY PROSECUTORS TO REDUCE THE CHARGES. COURTNEY AND TOM TOM: SO MUCH EXCITEMENT

AROUND THE BRAVES RIGHT NOW, THIS IS KIND OF THE LAST THING THEY NEED. AND THERE’S A LOT STILL TO COME. WE’LL SEE HOW IT PANS OUT.