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Wrestler charged with DUI
By Times Staff Writer
Published February 16, 2008
TAMPA - Professional wrestler Ted Dibiase was charged with driving while intoxicated with property damage or personal injury early Friday after his 2002 Cadillac was involved in a wreck in South Tampa. Wrestling101.com says Dibiase is the son of wrestler-turned-evangelist Ted Dibiase, also known as "the Million Dollar Man." In an arrest affidavit, officers said the 25-year-old wrestler had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and the odor of alcohol on him when police arrived at a traffic crash at West Shore Boulevard and Browning Avenue about 4:30 a.m. His performance on a field sobriety test indicated he was impaired, and jail records show his blood-alcohol reading was 0.138. Under Florida law, someone is presumed to be impaired with a reading of 0.08. Dibiase, of 6401 West Shore Blvd., was released Friday on $500 bail.
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