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U.S. Olympic golden medalist Kyle Snyder was among much than a twelve radical arrested arsenic portion of a prostitution sting successful Ohio, constabulary said Monday. The erstwhile Ohio State wrestler, 29, was arrested for engaging successful prostitution by uniformed officers wrong a edifice room, the Columbus Division of Police said.
Snyder was released from custody astatine the scene.
Columbus Police Spokesperson Caitlyn McIntosh said officers conducted an undercover cognition aimed astatine reducing prostitution successful the city's northbound broadside connected May 9. During the operation, the constabulary division's Police and Community Together (PACT) portion published online ads to "solicit others to prosecute successful intersexual enactment for hire," the section said.
On Friday evening, officers received substance messages and telephone calls from a antheral responding to 1 of the ads and a gathering was arranged astatine a adjacent hotel, constabulary said. The antheral — aboriginal identified arsenic Snyder — arrived astatine the hotel, paid an undercover serviceman wealth and requested a intersexual act, constabulary said.
In this Aug. 20, 2016, record photo, Kyle Snyder, of the United States, kisses his golden medal aft the men's 97-kg freestyle golden medal wrestling lucifer astatine the 2016 Summer Olympics successful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Snyder was 1 of 16 men charged during the sting, constabulary said, and helium was summoned to look successful tribunal connected May 19
Snyder won a golden medal astatine the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and metallic successful Tokyo successful 2021. He's a three-time satellite champion who won 3 nationalist titles astatine Ohio State.
Last week, Snyder signed with the Real American Freestyle wrestling league, which is led by pro wrestling icon Hulk Hogan. The caller league volition clasp its archetypal lawsuit Aug. 30 successful Cleveland, according to The Associated Press.
Stephen Smith is simply a managing exertion for CBSNews.com based successful New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was antecedently an editorial shaper for the Washington Post, and has besides worked successful Los Angeles, Boston and Tokyo.
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