Alaska police have announced they will not bring criminal charges in a fight involving former governor Sarah Palin’s family which witnesses described as an alcohol-fuelled brawl.
Prosecutors in Anchorage released details of the melee involving Ms Palin’s husband Todd, her son Track and daughters Bristol and Willow at a birthday party on September 6. Ms Palin, a vice-presidential candidate in the 2008 election, was present but not involved in the fight.
After the fight, Track, 26, appeared “heavily intoxicated” and was “belligerent at first” when officers found him inside a white limousine used by the family, according to the police report released yesterday.
Shirtless, with blood around his mouth and an eye injury, Track told an officer that some men were “talking rudely to his sisters, making them cry” and that one of the men punched his friend, sparking a fight.
Police said the homeowner, Korey Klingenmeyer, pulled Bristol Palin across the lawn by her legs while calling the 23-year-old crude names. A witness told police she appeared “heavily intoxicated” and punched Ms Klingenmeyer five or six times.
Partygoer Matthew McKenna told police “the whole thing was one big misunderstanding among friends due to too much alcohol and people talking trash.”
