No charges over Palin family drunken
Alaska birthday brawl: police
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[October 10, 2014]
By Steve Quinn
JUNEAU (Reuters) - Anchorage prosecutors
declined to file criminal charges over a bloody, booze-fueled brawl
involving the family of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at a birthday
party, police said on Thursday as they released a report describing the
melee.
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The Palins made national headlines after the fight, which erupted
at an outdoor party late on Sept. 6 between revelers there and
Palin's husband Todd, son Track and daughters Bristol and Willow,
according to an Anchorage police report.
Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican
nominee for U.S. vice president, was present at the site of the
brawl when police arrived, but the report does not describe her as
getting physically involved in the melee.
The Anchorage Municipal Prosecutors Office declined to file charges
in connection with the incident, said Jennifer Castro, a spokeswoman
for Anchorage police. She did not say why prosecutors decided
against filing charges.
After the fight, Track, 26, appeared "heavily intoxicated" and was
"belligerent at first" when officers found him inside a white
limousine used by the family, according to the 25-page police report
released on Thursday.
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Shirtless, with blood around his mouth and an eye injury, Track told
an officer that some men were "talking rudely to his sisters, making
them cry" and that one of the men punched his friend, sparking a
fight.
In a separate scrum, police said the homeowner, Korey Klingenmeyer,
pulled Bristol Palin across the lawn by her legs while calling the
23-year-old woman crude names. A witness told police she appeared
"heavily intoxicated" and punched Klingenmeyer some five or six
times.
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A representative for Sarah Palin did not immediately respond to
requests for comment.
Police also had to break up separate confrontations between Track
Palin, Todd Palin and Klingenmeyer, the report said. During the
brief confrontation between Todd Palin and Klingenmeyer, police said
Willow Palin "got involved flipping (Klingenmeyer) off and getting
loud."
Partygoer Matthew McKenna told police "the whole thing was one big
misunderstanding among friends due to too much alcohol and people
talking trash."
(Reporting by Steve Quinn in Juneau, Alaska; Editing by Eric M.
Johnson and Alex Dobuzinskis)
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