LONDON - England and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole was reportedly arrested and fined in the early hours Wednesday after drunkenly insulting police outside a west London nightclub.
The Daily Mail reported on its website that the 28-year-old Cole was leaving the Collection nightclub in South Kensington, about two kilometres from Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium, when he swore at police.
The paper said he refused to stop cursing and was held in a police cell for more than three hours until he sobered up and was fined 80 pounds (C$145), the standard penalty for the offence.
Cole is widely reported to be paid more than 80,000 pounds ( $144,935) per week.