Olympic wrestler Kyle Snyder arrested in prostitution: “Not the conclusion of my journey”
Olympic wrestler Kyle Snyder was arrested for his first prostitution in Ohio on Wednesday.
The three-time world champion posted a message on X on Wednesday morning thanking his supporters and said he did not intend to let the arrest terminate his career, plus a Bible offer. He did not apologize or provide any defense for what happened.
The Bible passage reads:
Just then, judgment must begin in God’s house: If it begins first with us, then their end is not obedience to God’s gospel?
Where will the ungodly sinners appear if justice is almost impossible to preserve?
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Snyder, who married his son, was arrested in Columbus, wrestled for Ohio State in 2015-18. Authorities claimed he responded to online advertisements posted by Columbus Police Advertising Escort Service. The 29-year-old allegedly paid an undercover official $160 in cash in a hotel room and was immediately arrested on the scene Friday.
The arrested body camera footage was released Tuesday showing several officers rushing into the room while Snyder still put his pants down.
Police were treated with the police as they escorted him out of the hotel with their handcuffs. At one point, Snyder answered a question about his profession, saying, “I’m a wrestler for Team America.” An official asked him if he knew Ohio State wrestler Sammy Sasso, who survived the 2023 shooting and said she worked for his case.
Snyder, one of 16 men arrested by Sting, is scheduled for a court date on Monday, according to Columbus dispatch.
Kyle Snyder arrested his arrest on Wednesday. (Photography via Getty Images, punit paranjpe/afp)
(by Getty image punit paranjpe)
Still one of the most accomplished wrestlers in NCAA history, Snyder won the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame with a 285-pound weight championship in 2024. In the 97kg of his high school career, he won gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games, gold medals in 2016, gold medals in 2015, world championships in 2015, world championships in 2015 and 2017 and 2017 and 2017 and 2017 and 2022.
After finishing fourth in Paris, Snyder told Columbus Dispatch that he still plans to compete in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
