Shaun White, the two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder, has been charged with public intoxication and vandalism after an incident at a Nashville hotel.
At 2 a.m. Sunday, police were called to the Lowes Vanderbilt Hotel when a guest identified as White allegedly pulled a fire alarm, forcing the evacuation of the hotel, and destroyed a hotel phone.
According to a police affidavit, White tried to attack a hotel guest who had followed him out of the hotel early Sunday morning. When the guest told White he had called the police, the skateboarder "attempted to attack the man and fell and hit his head."
White, 26, tried to leave the hotel in a cab before being stopped by a hotel guest who told the driver police had been called. The report says White appeared to be drunk.
According to police, White kicked at the man before running away. The man chased him and they collided when White turned around. White, who is also one of the world's top skateboarders, fell back and hit his head against a fence, police said.
A spokeswoman for Baptist Hospital said White was treated there and released on Monday. White has an Oct. 10 court date. The guest declined to press charges.
White, who won gold in the Turin and Vancouver Olympics, has successful video-game and clothing lines and earned $9 million from endorsements in 2008 alone. He most recently was in the news for dating model Bar Refaeli.
