Olympic sprinter faces domestic violence, robbery charges from 2024 incident after getting tased during arrest

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U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested Thursday in Miami Beach and tased by police, bodycam footage shows.

Kerley was then charged in a separate incident from last year. 

According to police, via WSVN in Miami, the Olympian approached the site of an active investigation Thursday, saying he had parked his car nearby.

But when he was asked to leave the area, he refused, grew agitated and got into a fighting stance, police said.

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Fred Kerley of the U.S. celebrates after winning bronze in the men’s 100-meter final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France.  (Yukihito Taguchi/USA Today Sports)

A confrontation ensued, and Kerley was arrested. Bodycam footage caught Kerley being tased by an officer, while a bystander pleaded with officers to "stop" because "he didn't do anything."

Kerley faces charges of battery on a police officer, corrections officer or firefighter; resisting an officer without violence; and disorderly conduct. He was released on his own recognizance.

However, the Miami-Dade County Jail website later incidated he was back in custody on charges of domestic violence, strangulation and robbery.

Fred Kerley (USA) in a men's 100-meter round 1 heat during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France. (Andrew Nelles/USA Today Sports)

According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Kerley and his wife got into a verbal, and then physical, dispute in May on his birthday when Kerley's wife was in contact with an "unknown person on Instagram." 

Kerley approached his wife aggressively, and she punched him out of fear, according to