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Gibbs 'swore like a sailor'
31/03/2008 09:54 - (SA)
Sonika Johnston
Cape Town - Protea batsman Herschelle Gibbs apparently caused a commotion when a black cop wanted to test his blood alcohol levels after his arrest for drunken driving last week.
Gibbs, 34, was stopped in Sea Point at about 01:45 on Friday after he'd flashed down Main Road in his sponsored Volkswagen Touareg.
According to the police he was alone in the car, but rumour has it that he and his wife Tenielle were on their way to a take-away eatery after a night out.
Herman Gibbs, Herschelle's dad, on Monday said he had not questioned his son in detail about what words were used, but believed he was "not someone who would react like this or make racist comments".
Neither Gibbs's dad nor the police wanted to confirm or deny the rumours.
Very emotional
Gibbs, who is also one of the Cape Cobras' star batsmen, was taken to the Provincial Traffic Department's satellite office next to the N2 to blow into the blood-alcohol test pipe.
Tenielle followed them, apparently very emotional.
An informed source told Cape Son that Gibbs was extremely rude, swore like a sailor and refused to allow black policemen to test him.
In the meantime, Tenielle sat waiting in the Touareg in front of the station with a middle-aged man and another woman.
It sounded as if these three were involved in a heated argument at the time.
Gibbs was released on R500 bail at around 08:00 and ordered to appear in the Cape Magistrate's Court on June 27.
A police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Billy Jones, confirmed that a 34-year-old man had been arrested after allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.
It's not the first time that the cricket star has found himself in trouble. He had a lot of explaining to do when he called Pakistani spectators "animals" during a test against Pakistan in Centurion last year.
In 2001, Gibbs and four other cricket players were bust with their physiotherapist for possession of dagga on a tour to the West Indies.
In 2000 he was fined R60 000 and suspended for six months by the International Cricket Board after having a finger in the pie in the Hansie Cronjé match-fixing scandal.
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