Luca Vildoza and his wife detained in Bologna for alleged attack on ambulance crew
Argentine basketball player Luca Vildoza and his wife Milica Vildoza, who play for Italian team Virtus Bologna, were detained in Italy on charges of assault on medical personnel. Here are the details...
Luca Vildoza, the Argentine player of the Virtus Bologna basketball team in Italy, and his wife, Serbian volleyball player Milica Vildoza, were detained by police for alleged verbal and physical assault against an ambulance crew. According to Italian newspaper Il Resto del Carlino, the incident happened when a Red Cross ambulance was on its way to rescue an injured person.
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The Vildoza couple were driving down the road when they came across a stopped ambulance. The car, driven by Luca Vildoza, blocked the emergency vehicle and insulted the crew by flashing its headlights. The ambulance crew had paused to address an emergency call.
ATTACK ON 54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
The argument soon turned violent, with Vildoza allegedly grabbing a 54-year-old female paramedic by the neck and assaulting her. Milica Vildoza was also accused of intervening and allegedly pulling and pushing the woman's hair. The paramedic was hospitalized after the incident but was discharged.
THEY WERE RELEASED
The police took immediate action upon the ambulance crew's call. The couple were stopped on the road and taken to the police station. The pair were arrested on charges of "assault on medical personnel". However, the court did not uphold the arrest; Vildoza was released this afternoon to travel with Virtus Bologna to Lyon in France. The club plans to issue an official statement on the incident.
