Ryder Cup winner Thorbjørn Olesen allegedly grabbed a woman's breast on a BA flight after drinking alcohol and taking sleeping pills, a court has heard.
The golfer, 31, consumed two glasses of red wine with a sushi platter meal on board a private jet, one vodka and cranberry juice, champagne and prescription pills before boarding the plane from Nashville to London Heathrow in 2019.
Today a court heard how Olesen ran around the cabin 'like a little boy', was unable to operate the toilet door, and became verbally abusive to cabin crew when challenged.
He allegedly pushed one BA worker, kissed another's hand before making the sign of the cross, and touching a woman's breast.
He was eventually led back to his first-class seat, where he fell asleep, but later urinated on another passenger's seat, the jury was told.
Olesen, of Chelsea, west London, denies sexual assault, assault by beating and being drunk on an aircraft on July 29 2019.
Golfer Thorbjørn Olesen (pictured outside court with his partner) allegedly grabbed a woman's breast on a BA flight after drinking alcohol and taking sleeping pills, a trial at central London's Aldersgate House Nightingale Court has heard
Giving evidence today, he told the jury he would never 'consciously' risk his career by committing a crime and has no memory of the flight after taking sleeping pills.
Asked by his barrister, Trevor Burke QC, about the allegations, Olesen said: 'I felt absolutely horrible and I was very sorry. I could not believe what they were saying what happened.
'I was just embarrassed and felt horrible.'
Olesen was on board the flight with other professionals including Englishmen Ian Poulter and Justin Rose following the World Golf Championships-FedEx St Jude Invitational in Memphis when the alleged incident took place.
He said he had not slept well for weeks, having played several big tournaments, including the Open, and planned to go straight to sleep on the plane.
The golfer said he drank two beers, two glasses of red wine with a sushi platter meal on board a private jet, and one vodka and cranberry juice before boarding the flight.
And he took two melanin tablets, which he regularly uses to combat jet lag, along with two Ambien/Zolpidem pills put into his bag by his partner, Lauren Zafer, an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Olesen said he would 'never' have taken the pills had he known they were prescription-only or that side-effects included 'sleep walking' and 'amnesia'.
He said he 'felt fine' as he boarded the plane and was handed a drink, adding: 'My last memory is getting a glass of champagne and sitting down in my seat and I think I
