Subhojeet Mukherjee on May 28, 2025
Rich Swann was suspended from TNA Wrestling last year after he was arrested on June 8 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, on charges of disorderly public intoxication and causing a disturbance, both misdemeanor offenses. It’s been almost a year since the incident and Swann has now cleared the air on what actually happened.
While speaking on Keepin’ It 100, Rich Swann talked about the night he got arrested and cleared up some confusion. A lot of people thought he was arrested for driving drunk, but he said that’s not true. He didn’t drive at all, he was actually in an Uber coming back from a party.
When he got home, he was drunk and accidentally tried to go into his neighbor’s house, thinking it was his own. The neighbor got scared and pulled a gun on him. At the same time, a woman in the neighborhood saw him and didn’t think he lived there, so she called the police.
“Oh, so no, I did not drive. Literally what happened, I was coming back from a party and I went into my next— I tried to get into what I thought was my house, but it was my next door neighbor’s house, right? Well, so my neighbor my neighbor pulled out the the gun on me.
He did ’cause I’m—you know—trying to get into the house. Yeah. He thought I was breaking in. And I don’t hear anybody from the other side and then as soon as they open up the door he’s got it to my dome.
What had happened beforehand? I’m—I get dropped off and the apartment complex that I lived in, it was gated. So the Uber just dropped me off at the gate and I was looking for my keys. I’m doing the whole gimmick, you know what I’m saying? And freaking—I finally find my key for that gate and then I open up that gate. But so as I’m looking for my keys.
There’s some, you know, lady in the neighborhood… I’m slobbering. I’m all hammered. I got my dreads all not done and everything like that. It’s at night and this lady, she thinks that I don’t live in the neighborhood. So, she calls the cops.“
Even though Swann was right next to his real home, the police still arrested him for being drunk in public. He admitted that he looked messy and was acting strange, which made things worse.
“Then it doesn’t, you know, look good on me that I’m trying to get into another house… but it’s right next to my apartment, you know? And like the guy—the officer—comes around and he says, ‘Bud, I know you’re right by your door, but we’ve got to arrest you for intoxication in public.’”
Swann said that even though the arrest was scary and embarrassing, it turned out to help him. It made him realize he needed to change. Since then, he’s stopped drinking and said he feels better than ever. He’s been sober for almost a year and said he’s now in the best shape of his life.
“That was, you know, the greatest thing that could have ever happened to me because I’m now—next month will be a year—I’ll be sober, bro. I’m in the best shape of my life, bro.”
A lot has happened since then and Rich Swann recently parted ways with TNA Wrestling as well and is currently keeping himself busy in the independent circuit. Regardless, Swann has grown as a person since then since he is sober and he wouldn’t have it any other way now.
What do you think about Rich Swann’s journey and the way he handled his arrest and recovery? Sound off in the comments section below.
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May 28, 2025 11:16 am
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