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Zach Edey got hit with a reckless driving charge earlier this year after he was popped going over 100 MPH in Indiana. Now, we’ve been treated to a video of the traffic stop where the police officer who pulled him over gave him an earful after he tried to justify his triple-digit speed.
It’s not rare for professional athletes (and seemingly every single person who’s played football at the University of Georgia over the past few years) to get caught speeding. Most people who play a sport for a living can afford to buy some flashy cars with an impressive engine lurking under the hood, and it’s only natural that some of them are going to want to take advantage of the horsepower at their disposal.
Zach Edey, on the other hand, seems to be fairly content with the Kia Sorento he was driving when he was pulled over in the vicinity of Purdue a few months ago. He wasn’t able to leverage his status as a former basketball star at his alma mater to get out of a ticket, and new footage of the traffic stop shows that the cop who stopped him was in no mood to cut him a break.
Zach Edey got chastised by the police officer who clocked him at 101 MPH before charging him with reckless driving
Edey headed to Memphis to play for the Grizzlies after wrapping up his time with the Boilermakers, but the Canadian big man made the trek back to Lafayette at the start of May.
In June, we learned he’d been pulled over on May 1st and hit with a reckless driving charge after being clocked at 101 MPH in a 55 MPH zone, and we’ve gotten a glimpse at what transpired after he was stopped courtesy of the body cam footage that was recently released.
Edey initially did what any lawyer would tell you to do by not admitting any fault when he rolled down his window, but the officer who stopped him did not waste any time informing him why he’d been stopped, saying, “You know exactly why I pulled you over. You were going 101.”
The 7’4″ center tried to plead his case by claiming he’d sped up to pass someone but was quickly shut down by the cop who continued to scold him, saying, “You don’t pass at 100. The road is 55. You were going almost double the speed limit.”
According to Tippecanoe County Court records, Edey was able to orchestrate a plea deal where the reckless driving charge (a misdemeanor) was dropped by agreeing to plead guilty to speeding, and he paid a $500 fine (and $139.50) in court fees to settle the matter in July.