To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Sex Education star Reece Richards has claimed he was ‘pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground’ on September 4 when walking back from appearing in West End musical Hairspray. The star, who played Eugene on the hit Netflix show, claims he was wrongly arrested after witnessing a crash in Fulham, West London. The Metropolitan Police say an investigation is underway.
Taking to Instagram, he issued a statement which said on Wednesday, 4th September between 12:38 am and 2:30 am, he was violently detained by police in Fulham, just yards from his front door. The statement said: ‘I’ve heard stories about incidents like this, but I never imagined it would happen to me. This is my story.
‘I’ve heard stories about incidents like this, but I never imagined it would happen to me. This is my story.’ ‘I had just finished performing in Hairspray the Musical when a car crashed near me.
Two men-one White and one Asian-jumped out; one started running in one direction, and the other ran toward me where I stood with my suitcase. ‘Realising the police were chasing them, I shouted, “He ran down there, officer,” and pointed out the direction they fled. ‘Despite hearing me, the officer shouted that I was under arrest and demanded I get on the ground.
I was confused, unable to understand why I was suddenly being treated like a criminal. ‘Calmly, I explained that I was a .