Thorbjorn Olesen cleared of sexual assault and now ‘wants to focus on golf’

Ryder Cup winner Thorbjorn Olesen wept in court and said he wants to focus on his golf after he was cleared of sexually assaulting a woman on a British Airways flight.
Thorbjorn Olesen has been cleared of sexual assault. Picture: Jonathan Brady

Thorbjorn Olesen has been cleared of sexual assault. Picture: Jonathan Brady

Ryder Cup winner Thorbjorn Olesen wept in court and said he wants to focus on his golf after he was cleared of sexually assaulting a woman on a British Airways flight.

The Dane, 31, claimed he turned into an “automaton” and was not in control of his body after taking prescription-only sleeping pills bought on a “dodgy website” by his partner Lauren Zafer.

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