July 18, (THEWILL) – Tiemoue Bakayoko, a midfielder for Milan on loan from Chelsea, was detained by the police earlier this month and held at gunpoint in what has been described as “a misunderstanding” by the authorities.
On July 3, the Frenchman was stopped by armed police and surveillance footage revealed that he had a full body search. Although the club has formally declined to comment on the situation, they have confirmed that the 27-year-old was the one seen on the video.
While underlining that their actions were legitimate and that Bakayoko had not attempted to take any action, Milan Police sent a statement to CNN on Monday that revealed they had stopped the wrong individual.
The statement read: “With reference to the video released today, related to a police check carried out against the Milan player Tiemoue Bakayoko, we underline that the check — occurred during an operation whose context justified the adoption of the highest security measures, also for self-protection purposes — was carried out in a manner that was absolutely consistent with the situation of danger.
“Once the person was identified and his being unrelated to the facts had been clarified, the police duties resumed regularly, without any kind of complaint on behalf of the person involved. It was a misunderstanding, but colleagues behaved correctly.”
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