Pro Soccer Player Attacks Retired Cop, Bar Worker After Allegedly Skipping Tab

Wiiiild scene in Thailand … a professional soccer participant attacked a retired U.S. cop and a bar worker after he allegedly tried to skip out on his tab, and boy was he handed some prompt karma!

The chaos was caught on video … displaying Osvaldo Dos Santos Neto leaving the Tinder Bar in Udon Thani early Monday morning.

All appeared regular till the bar crew adopted Neto out, accusing him of strolling out on his 5,100-baht invoice (about $162 USD), and that is the place issues acquired wild.

.As the chaos spilled into the road, a 74-year-old U.S. retired cop named Douglas Robin Barker began recording the scene on his cellphone, which pissed Neto off, inflicting him to slap the previous regulation enforcement official, hitting him laborious sufficient to knock him to the bottom.

The violent assault enraged bystanders, together with one lady who threw her shoe at Neto. He retaliated by shoving her to the bottom earlier than making an attempt to flee in his Honda.

That did not work … in any respect. Locals and the bar crew started wailing on Neto, finally forcing him out of his automobile and hitting him some extra.

Eventually, Neto managed to get again in his automobile and drive away for good.

Police Captain Pongpol Piwphong of the Mueang Udon Thani Police Station mentioned two male bar workers suffered accidents, together with abrasions to their faces and arms.

The bar proprietor, Kanyanee Kaewnok, mentioned they plan to file a police report and “pursue legal action,” explaining it began when Neto got here round 3 AM and threw again some beers, hanging out till daybreak.

According to the bar workers, once they gave Neto his invoice, he claimed he could not get into his checking account as a result of it was locked.

“He sat there for a long time, refusing to pay the money until almost 9 AM. I wanted to close the bar and go home to rest, so I suggested that he withdraw money from the ATM in front,” the proprietor mentioned.

“He walked out, but we sensed that something was wrong and followed him outside. He was evasive and suspicious because he kept grabbing his sedan key and tried to run to his car several times. We surrounded him and negotiated for a long time without success until the commotion you saw broke out.”

Neto, 42, is a winger/midfielder from Brazil who has performed for a number of groups within the Thai League, together with the PT Prajuap FC and Srisaket United.

He signed with Udon United days earlier than the incident.