Russian MMA fighter Kirill Kornilov, who competes in the heavyweight division of the ASA League, told about attacking a taxi driver after a verbal conflict.
Previously, the St. Petersburg media wrote about the incident with the Kornilov family, talking about the attack of a taxi driver on a pregnant woman with a child. After calling a taxi, the athlete’s family could not agree on the transportation of the child in a child seat, which gave rise to a verbal conflict during which the driver of the car used a gas tank. The athlete present during the incident did not use physical force against the driver, but did not allow him to leave the scene of the crime and called the police and an ambulance. Kornilov plays in the ASA league, his MMA statistics are 15 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.
— Over the weekend, we learned that you and your wife had been attacked by a taxi driver. What happened?
— We wanted to take a taxi home from the mall parking lot. The taxi driver arrived, he had short belts on the child seat, the child could not buckle up properly. This led to a small conflict in which he decided to use pepper spray. And he sprayed it on my son and my pregnant wife. He didn’t even use it against me, but against a girl and a young child.
— Without justifying or accepting the taxi driver’s actions as adequate, you obviously had a conflict and a few words were said?
“I don’t remember exactly what was there.” Maybe yes. I don’t deny that he could have said something to her, maybe he did, but I think the use of pepper spray was uncalled for. Additionally, he used it while sitting in the driver’s seat and we were in front of the right rear door. In other words, we couldn’t even physically attack him. My wife looked into the living room through the window of the closed door, and at that moment a jet from this gas cylinder rushed towards her.
Of course, I was shocked at first; I didn’t understand what had happened. When I realized he had used pepper spray, I tried to hold him back so he wouldn’t leave. He ran away from the car. After that, I calmly stood near the car so that he did not escape, called an ambulance and the police and waited calmly. I don’t remember the exact details, I was a bit in shock. I remember we started washing our faces with water, the guys brought milk.
I didn’t understand at all why he was using the ball and what his thoughts were. I would probably like to know somewhere if he suddenly decides to publicly explain his actions. See what was going through his mind at that moment.
— What did the police say and what did the lawyer say?
“We have written a statement to the police while waiting for a response from them.” There are plans to meet with an attorney in the near future.
— How does being hit with pepper spray affect a pregnant woman’s health?
“I don’t think anything could threaten my health.” But there were seizures and allergies started. The problem is that all kinds of allergy pills are in most cases contraindicated for pregnant women. That is, she is now suffering: a runny nose and dry eye syndrome have appeared. In general, there are no serious threats to health, but all sorts of minor problems have appeared and now we will have to fight and put up with them somehow. There’s not much pleasant in that,” Kornilov told .
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