Footage on social media appeared to show Vunipola taking off his shirt in front of a group of police offers in a Majorca nightclub. He was tasered twice before being handcuffed and taken to the nearby Son Espases Hospital, where he was arrested and subsequently charged with ‘resisting the law’.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Vunipola recalled breaking down in tears while speaking to his wife from a cell after being released from hospital, where he was sedated and strapped down to his bed.
“I think the reason I got sedated was because I fought so hard when they were cuffing me,” said the England back row. “I was definitely confused. I remember thinking that it was all a dream and I was going to wake up. I had to go to the toilet, but I wasn’t allowed to get up so I had one of those plastic tanks.
“As soon as I did that, the doctor was happy enough for me to leave. They took me to a holding cell and that is when the lawyer met me. I called my wife and had to explain to her what had happened. I remember saying: ‘I’m so sorry’, and I started crying.
“I said: “This is the last thing you want to hear, but I’m OK and they’re going to hold me until four (o’clock) when I will try to clear myself’.”
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