Footage that captures England rugby star Billy Vunipola laughing off being tasered by police as they try to eject him from a nightclub at 4.30am has been released.
What Happened?
Vunipola – who plays as a number 8 for Premiership Rugby team Saracens – had been drinking with a friend in a late-night bar called Epic opposite the seafront in Palma, Majorca in the early hours of Sunday morning.
He later became violent and started harassing people in the club with bottles and chairs, this went on for some minutes as he ignored warnings from the nightclub security … not until police came.
Details of the Footage
In the footage released today by the management of Epic, the bare-chested 31-year-old is seen being surrounded by nine officers.
He swipes out at one with his T-shirt in his hand and then walks menacingly towards him.
He is stopped by another officer who pulls him back to the bar while a colleague takes aim with a taser, which seemingly has no effect.
Vunipola glares over at the policeman who still has the taser trained on him but starts laughing out loud.
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As he tries to put his shirt back on, he is hit by second dart, which this time incapacitates him and sends him stumbling forward.
The officers then pounce on him on mass and bundle him onto the floor, where they cuff his hands.
Now the nightclub is considering legal action against Vunipola to reclaim £5000 lost as a result of his alcohol-fuelled antics, which saw around 60 patrons forcibly removed from the bar by police just after 4am.
