“I don’t recognize the video with cocaine”

The former Premier League Arbitrator David Coote He apologized to the actions that led to his dismissal last month by the agency of English referees PGMOL, focusing that the pressure of the work and the fear of abuse because of their sexuality has been able -Uamatika. Cook was fired after being suspended in November following a video spread on social networks that showed a college that was allegedly insulted by Liverpool and his former coach, Jürgen Klopp.

Coote, 42, which led to more than 100 major games, explains that the fear of declaring gay led him to make drugs. “I want to apologize to anyone who hurts my actions … You can see for the video that is not sober,” Cooote said in an interview with ‘The Sun’. “I got a deep unpleasant abuse during my career as a judge and adding my sexuality that would be difficult. I am not saying that I am gay and I have a real struggle to hide it.

The Coote was suspended by PGMOL on November 11 and the controversy intensified a few days later when ‘The Sun’ published a video that said it showed inhalation of white dust while chairing the 2024 Eurocup, which caused a new investigation into the Uefa. Cooote, who was also officially at the Olympic Games last year, said he was in a “very dark place” because the video was published while fighting pressure due to his workload. “In 2023 I lost my mother suddenly. At the same time, my uncle was diagnosed with a motor neuron. After the covid and the introduction of the var, six arbitrators were suddenly needed for each party.”

“I don’t recognize the Cocaine video. I can’t determine how I felt before, but that’s me. I was fighting the schedule and there was no chance to stop. And then I found myself in that position, fleeing.” The former referee says he missed his drug addiction after receiving the therapy, but still ashamed of his actions. “I am guilty of doing what I did, but I try to be the best person I can be now. I have taken steps.”