NEW YORK – Former interim New York Mets general manager Zack Scott was acquitted Thursday of drunk driving charges stemming from his arrest last august after he attended a fundraiser at the home of team owner Steve Cohen, his attorney announced.
“Today, after hearing and viewing all the evidence against our client, a White Plains City Court judge acquitted Zack Scott of all criminal charges against him,” attorney Bruce Bendish said in a statement. “We are grateful for the diligent attention and consideration of the evidence by the judge, and we believe he reached the only possible conclusion.”
Scott was arrested in the early morning of Aug. 31 after police found him asleep behind the wheel of his sport utility vehicle at a stoplight and determined he was drunk, White Plains police said. They said Scott refused to take a breathalyzer test.
The arrest came hours after Scott attended a fundraiser for the team’s Amazin ‘Mets Foundation at Cohen’s Connecticut home. Scott was put on leave by the Mets and later fired.
Scott said he was grateful for the verdict, adding: “However, I regret the decisions I made on August 31, which resulted in circumstances that led to my arrest.”
He said the “humiliating experience” of his arrest would make him “a better husband, father, son, friend and leader.”
An email seeking comment on Scott’s acquittal was sent to a Mets spokesperson.
Scott’s arrest was part of a confusing 2021 for the Mets, who led the NL East in the All-Star break but finished the season third in the division with a disappointing 77-85 record. .
The Mets hired Scott in late 2020 as an assistant general manager to general manager Jared Porter, a colleague on the Boston Red Sox. Scott was promoted to acting general manager after Porter was fired for sexually explicit text messages he sent to a reporter in 2016 while working for the Chicago Cubs.
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Former acting GM Mets Scott acquitted of drunk driving