The girls knocked on the cyclist’s door, room 930, multiple times at 10.40pm and ran back into their room, which “frustrated” van der Poel as he had the race the following morning.
“He waited for the victims to knock on his door and chased them into their hotel room, following close behind them,” court documents state. Van der Poel chased the girls, causing one of them to run into a corner and crouch down while covering her face. The cyclist ran up to her and grabbed her by both arms, squeezing them and pushing her against a wall while yelling at her, causing her to suffer a minor carpet burn graze to her right elbow and redness to her left forearm. van der Poel noticed the second girl trying to leave the room and pushed her against a wall using both hands.
“The girl fell to the ground and the accused left the room and went to his hotel room,” court documents said. Police were called to the hotel where the 27-year-old made admissions to following the girls into their hotel room and yelling at them. He was arrested and taken to Kogarah Police Station where he was formally charged. Van der Poel told police he was “quite frustrated” the girls continued to make noise and knock on the door despite his girlfriend asking them to stop. The cyclist said he was frustrated by the situation but admitted his actions were wrong at the time.
If this is what actually happened then he actually got off easy, imho. However, i've been wondering if he could actually countersue or sue the hotel. The fact that he ended up in a cell is his own doing, but the fact that he was not able to go to sleep as he should have, would have had an averse effect on his bid for WC. He needed to go to sleep around 9pm. He was kept up for two hours. His girlfriend had tried to reason with the girls. Looks to me he might have a case if he wanted to sue either the parents or the hotel for damages.
“He waited for the victims to knock on his door and chased them into their hotel room, following close behind them,” court documents state. Van der Poel chased the girls, causing one of them to run into a corner and crouch down while covering her face. The cyclist ran up to her and grabbed her by both arms, squeezing them and pushing her against a wall while yelling at her, causing her to suffer a minor carpet burn graze to her right elbow and redness to her left forearm. van der Poel noticed the second girl trying to leave the room and pushed her against a wall using both hands.
“The girl fell to the ground and the accused left the room and went to his hotel room,” court documents said. Police were called to the hotel where the 27-year-old made admissions to following the girls into their hotel room and yelling at them. He was arrested and taken to Kogarah Police Station where he was formally charged. Van der Poel told police he was “quite frustrated” the girls continued to make noise and knock on the door despite his girlfriend asking them to stop. The cyclist said he was frustrated by the situation but admitted his actions were wrong at the time.
If this is what actually happened then he actually got off easy, imho. However, i've been wondering if he could actually countersue or sue the hotel. The fact that he ended up in a cell is his own doing, but the fact that he was not able to go to sleep as he should have, would have had an averse effect on his bid for WC. He needed to go to sleep around 9pm. He was kept up for two hours. His girlfriend had tried to reason with the girls. Looks to me he might have a case if he wanted to sue either the parents or the hotel for damages.
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