- The 'embarrassed' star faced the court in Sydney on Thursday
- The drama began when he was told to leave the trendy bar.
Soccer star Dino Arslanagic has pleaded guilty to charges including intimidating a police officer after telling a police officer “bullet in the head, you're dead” while being thrown out of a trendy Sydney bar on December 19.
The A-League player has been sacked by the Macarthur club as a result of his drunken attack outside the Jam Bar in the city's financial district.
On Wednesday, a Sydney court heard the 31-year-old Belgian had been drinking in the Hunter Valley and dining at popular restaurant Totti's before continuing his night at the Jam Bar with his fiancee, Vasilisa Artemova.
Arslanagic's lawyer told the court that the star “freely admits to consuming a significant amount of alcohol” during the day and that staff asked him to leave the Jam Bar when he reacted aggressively when another man touched his partner.
Police attended the scene to escort them out and the court heard Arslanagic told one of the officers: “Do you want to leave?”
When the player resisted their efforts to get him to move on, one of the officials used pepper spray, and Arslanagic reacted by saying, “You spray my eye, do you know who I am?” I play football.'
The court heard he then made a hand gesture and told Constable Talon Bolton-Plimmer: “I will shoot you” and “I will kill you.”
He then told the officers: “Come to my country, one bullet in the head and you are dead.”
The court heard Artemova put herself between her partner and police and pushed officer Caleb Hansford, who then struggled with Arslanagic.
The star pleaded guilty to charges of intimidating a police officer in the execution of his duty, resisting a police officer in the execution of his duty and being an excluded person who failed to leave the premises when required, and was fined $1500.
Artemova pleaded guilty to assaulting and resisting a police officer in the execution of his duty. He was fined $1,500 and his lawyer told the court they were “ashamed” of his actions.
Magistrate Daniel Covington noted that the couple pleaded guilty without delay.
Arslanagic played for a long list of top-flight clubs before beginning his Australian journey with Macarthur FC last year, including Antwerp, Gent and Standard Liege.
He made nine appearances in the A-League as well as representing his country from under-15 to under-21 level from 2008 to 2014.