Dustin Poirier Apologizes After June Atlanta Airport Arrest on Public Intoxication Charge
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jul 6
Dustin Poirier Apologizes After June Atlanta Airport Arrest on Public Intoxication Charge
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jul 6
Summary
Two weeks after his late-June arrest, Dustin Poirier said he was "wholly in the wrong" and apologized to Delta gate agents and the Atlanta officer who handcuffed him on a misdemeanor public intoxication charge.
Bodycam footage showed the 37-year-old, denied boarding for a Fort Lauderdale flight, screaming at staff and challenging an officer to fight before backing down and submitting to arrest without physical resistance.
Poirier said he had been drinking at the airport on Father's Day while struggling with his father's alcoholism, adding that depression and retirement-related turmoil had already pushed him into therapy.
Nearly one year after retiring following his UFC 318 loss to Max Holloway, Poirier said the airport incident underscored how unstable life outside fighting can still feel.