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Sky Sports News presenter arrested for drink driving

Georgie Thompson was arrested after she was found to be over the legal limit while driving her Porsche sports car.

GEORGIE THOMPSON, OF Sky Sports News-presenting fame, has been arrested on drink-driving charges.

The Sun reports that Thompson is worried about the reaction of Sky bosses, after she was charged with driving over the limit in her Porsche sports car.

Thompson has worked for the channel since 2001 and also features as a team captain on the sports quiz show, A League Of Their Own.

The presenter is not the first sports personality who has fallen foul of the law. Here’s a list of six others…

Sky Sports News presenter arrested for drink driving
1 / 6
  • Steven Gerrard

    Steven Gerrard was arrested for his role in a nightclub assault on 29 December 2008. He was subsequently acquitted.
  • Mike Tyson

    Mike Tyson was arrested following an airport scuffle with a photographer on 11 November 2009.
  • OJ Simpson

    OJ Simpson was arrested for his alleged role in an armed robbery on 16 September 2007.
  • Paul Gascoigne

    Paul Gascoigne was arrested for possessing Class A drugs on 21 October 2010.
  • Andy Powell

    Andy Powell was arrested for driving a golf buggy near a motorway on 14 February 2010.
  • Zach Randolph

    Zach Randolph was arrested for DUI on 6 April 2009.

For more information, read the Sun>

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