The Louisville police chief responsible for the botched case against world No 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was forced to resign this week.
Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel vowed to ‘to respect the legal process’ and ‘let it play out’ after Scheffler was shockingly arrested at the PGA Championship in May.
The golfer was taken to jail and charged with a felony – second-degree assault of a police officer – after he was detained while trying to enter Valhalla.
But now Gwinn-Villaroel has become the third full-time Louisville police chief to resign or be fired since 2020. The department has had a revolving door at the top since officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched drug raid that year.
Officers came in for criticism over their handling of Scheffler’s case before all charges were dropped against the world No 1.
But Gwinn-Villaroel resigned after being suspended over the mishandling of a sexual harassment claim about an officer.
