COLUMBUS, Ohio — Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder, one of the crucial profitable wrestlers in U.S. historical past, was arrested in a prostitution sting, in keeping with police in Columbus.
Snyder, 29, was charged with participating in prostitution after he was arrested on Friday, in keeping with courtroom information, which didn’t checklist an lawyer. Messages looking for remark from Snyder weren’t instantly returned.
Snyder turned the youngest American wrestler to win Olympic gold at age 20 throughout the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Video games, and he adopted that up with a silver on the Tokyo Video games. He misplaced within the bronze medal match eventually 12 months’s Olympics in Paris.
He was a three-time NCAA champion at Ohio State and has gained three world championships.
Simply final week, the Actual American Freestyle wrestling league introduced it had added Snyder to its lineup.
The league, with professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan because the commissioner, is slated to carry its first occasion Aug. 30 in Cleveland.
