Ashley Cole arrested after drunken rant: reports

Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole was arrested for being drunk and disorderly overnight Thursday, reports and police said.

The 28-year-old left-back was detained and held in custody for some three hours after a drunken confrontation with police, media reported.

The Daily Mail newspaper said the player repeatedly swore at police after emerging from a nightclub in London’s plush South Kensington district. After refusing to tone down his language, he was taken to a police station.

After three hours in a custody cell, he was given a spot fine of 80 pounds (113 dollars, 90 euros) and released.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: “At about 2.15am today, a man was arrested in Brompton Road, South Kensington, on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly and taken to a central London police station.

“He was later issued with a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly and released at 5.37am,” said the police spokesman, without identifying the man.