Overview
- Police responded to a McDonald’s drive-thru after a vehicle backed into another and located Joseph Hennig moving slowly in the lot, with officers reporting the smell of alcohol, watery bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and an open 750 mL bottle of vodka.
- Hennig faces multiple counts reported from the arrest report, including third-degree driving while impaired, refusal to submit to a chemical test, obstructing the legal process, open container and failure to stop after property damage.
- Officers say Hennig initially refused to exit his vehicle, was physically removed and handcuffed, and used profanities and homophobic slurs toward officers and McDonald’s staff, according to the report obtained by local outlets.
- Hennig was booked after the May 17 incident and released from custody on May 19, and news coverage to date lists charges but gives no public information about arraignment, pleas or court dates.
- The account and charges are drawn from an arrest report obtained by The Watch MN and reported by wrestling outlets including PWInsider, ClutchPoints and Cageside Seats, and they have prompted legal exposure and public attention because Hennig is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and the son of Curt Hennig.