January 15, 2021 | (MailOnline.com)
Former Masters and US Open winner Angel Cabrera, 51, is arrested in Brazil and faces extradition home to Argentina charged with assault, theft and intimidation after complaints from his ex-wife and another woman, according to MailOnline.
Brazil’s federal police have arrested the Argentinian golfer for extradition to his homeland to face charges for several crimes, officers said.
Cabrera, who won the Masters in 2009 and US Open championship two years earlier, had been on Interpol’s red code list.
Police said in a statement that an arrest was made in an upper class area of Rio de Janeiro, without announcing the suspect’s name. It described him only as a 51-year-old Argentine.
The statement said that officials in Argentina have charged a suspect with assault, theft, illegal intimidation and repeated disrespect to authorities between 2016 and last year.
Argentinian media reported earlier in January that Cabrera’s former wife, Silva Rivadero, had filed two charges against the golfer.
The reports also said that Cecilia Torres, another former partner, claimed Cabrera had punched her, threatened her and attempted to run her over with his car in 2016.
The 51-year-old then won the Masters in a playoff in 2009 and lost in a playoff in 2013 to Adam Scott.
Cabrera has one other PGA Tour victory, and his four European Tour wins include its biggest event, the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
He did not play in the Masters when it moved to November last year because of surgery on his left wrist.
Cabrera played five times in August and September on the PGA Tour Champions circuit for over-50s players.
