Pro cricketer Ben Stokes finally opens up about defending gay couple during infamous 2018 bar fight
Professional cricketer Ben Stokes made international headlines in 2018 after he was arrested for defending a gay couple being attacked outside a Bristol nightclub.
Now, in the new documentary Phoenix From The Ashes, he addresses that incident for the first time since it happened.The brawl took place outside the Mbargo nightclub in the early morning hours of September 25, 2018.
Stokes and his teammate, Alex Hales, were out celebrating their team’s win over the West Indies earlier that day.“Nothing good happens after midnight,” he explains in the doc. “We were looking for a casino to go to.
You notice something when two random guys are saying stuff to two other guys, which they shouldn’t be doing.”Related: Professional athlete arrested in bloody bar brawl was actually defending gay friendsThe 31-year-old continues, “The two lads who were getting the abuse were gay.
