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Golf star Olesen arrested on suspicion of airplane 'sex assault'

Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen, pictured on July 20, 2019, was reportedly arrested [Courtesy]

Danish golf star Thorbjorn Olesen was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a passenger during a first-class flight from the United States to London, British media reported Thursday.

According to The Sun newspaper, 29-year-old Olesen allegedly molested a sleeping woman before urinating in the aisle and then getting involved in an abusive tirade with crew on a British Airways flight from Memphis where he had been competing in the St Jude Invitational last weekend.

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