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Watch moment shirtless England star Billy Vunipola is tasered before being bundled away by NINE cops
Dramatic video shows the moment shirtless Vunipola is tasered and tackled by nine cops
RUGBY star Billy Vunipola's moment of madness in Majorca was caught in full on shocking CCTV obtained by The Sun.
The shock clip shows nine cops tackling the England and Saracens No. 8, 31, in a bar after they blasted him twice with a 50,000-volt Taser when he apparently lashed out at an officer.
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The footage shows the shirtless 20-stone, 6ft2in rugby player laughing as he is hit by the first bolt - thought to have hit his wallet - at 4.30am on Sunday in Epic nightclub.
Then, as he goes to put his black T-shirt back on, Vunipola is hit by another shot - which again fails to take him down.
He stumbles and is then wrestled to the floor by police before being arrested.
Vunipola has since apologised for the scrap, admitting the incident got "out of hand" and saying it was an "unfortunate misunderstanding".
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Locals in the Spanish island's capital Palma said Vunipola and around 20 other burly pals had been drinking in Havanna bar, a 15-minute walk from Epic.
Workers said the group drank amaretto, vodka and rum from around 9pm on Saturday before leaving at 1am.
After that, he was spotted outside another nearby bar, LAB, where he told a doorman he was with his uncle and that he was going to get cash out of an ATM machine.
He is then thought to have made his way to Epic, where he spent £100 in a few hours - at one point ordering six amarettos with orange juice with a pal, downing four of them himself.
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The incident there erupted after he started dancing with his top off and refused to put it back on for 20 minutes.
He was said to have been bumping into some of the other 60 revellers and refusing to stop so staff called police.
World Cup star Vunipola - capped 75 times for England - was taken to a hospital, where he was strapped to a bed with tape and sedated.
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Vunipola was dealt with by a "speedy" trial in the Spanish island's capital Palma before flying home to Stansted Airport on Monday.
He was fined £205 for resisting the law and a minor crime of wounding.
Vunipola - said to have been teetotal for nearly two years before this booze bender - apologised in a statement and said he would cooperate with a Saracens internal probe.
He said he was "involved in an unfortunate misunderstanding" which "got out of hand" as he left the club - and rejected local reports that there was violence.
But Janek Krause, 40, the co-owner of Epic bar, hit back at the statement, telling The Sun: "He wasn't leaving the club. He refused to go.
"He got annoyed because he wanted to stay inside without a T-shirt and we said he's too drunk.
"This was a problem. We needed to get everyone out, then the police came in.
"His friend was trying to help the situation and he pushed his friend.
"He had too much alcohol, that's it."
Janek said the bar lost around £2,500 in earnings by having to close early as well as reputational damage - so he is going to demand around £5,000 from Vunipola.
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Janek said: "I want some money back from him. We are speaking to our lawyers as we want to get the money directly from Vunipola.
"This incident has damaged our image - some people who've seen what happened might not want to come here again."
Sheepish Vunipola was seen in exclusive pictures captured by The Sun touching down in the UK yesterday after being nicked in the bar row.
He walked through the terminal with his hands in his pockets after arriving on the 90-minute flight, which landed 20 minutes late.
The rugby player had a cut above his left knee, similar to a wound that may have been inflicted by one of the police’s taser shots.
He was met by fellow England and Saracens stars Maro Itoje and Elliot Daly and other pals who he embraced with handshakes and hugs, before leaving the terminal with the group.
Court officials in Majorca confirmed on Monday that Vunipola had pleaded guilty at a "speedy trial" to "resisting the law" and "a minor crime of wounding".
A police officer suffered injuries to his wrist and finger after the rugby player "lunged" at the cop, according to sentencing documents.
Officers responded to a call from security staff at Epic bar in the island's capital, Palma, who said a "big man" was throwing bottles and bar stools at them, according to the .
Vunipola said in a statement about midday on Monday: "I can confirm I was involved in an unfortunate misunderstanding when I was leaving a club in Mallorca on Sunday, which got out of hand.
"Contrary to media reports, there was no violence, no fight and I did not threaten anybody at any stage, with bottles or chairs or anything else."
Billy Vunipola's career
BILLY VUNIPOLA was born to Tongan parents in Australia in 1992 and moved to Wales aged six after his dad signed with Pontypool RFC.
He played for New Panteg RFC and Thornbury RFC as a youngster before landing a scholarship to the prestigious Harrow School.
His impressive displays for Harrow saw him picked up by Rugby Union giants Wasps.
He made his first-team debut in the 2011-12 season and made a further 29 appearances before leaving the club at the end of the following season.
Vunipola was snapped up by his current club Saracens, whom he's won a slew of silverware with, in January 2013.
The 31-year-old has won three European Rugby Champions Cups and four Premiership titles with Sarries.
The fan favourite has scored 145 points in 178 appearances for Mark McCall's side.
Vunipola has been a mainstay of England squads for the last 11 years, making 75 appearances for the Red Roses.
He made his England debut in their 2013 tour of South America, coming off the bench to score in a 32–3 win over Argentina.
Vunipola has tasted Six Nations glory three times with England and the bitter pain of World Cup final heartache in 2019.
The Saracens No.8 was said to have been unaffected by the first taser police used on him while trying to resolve the situation.
Police clarified on Monday that the taser did not discharge the first time because the shot fired hit his wallet.
A National Police spokesman said: "It hit him in his wallet which meant it didn’t discharge as it hadn’t hit his muscles."
The premises was evacuated before Vunipola allegedly challenged the officers and flexed his muscles.
Epic owner Toni Rocha said yesterday that the rugby player had caused problems after arriving at the bar just before 3am on Sunday and "became worse" when he saw police officers arrive on scene.
Toni said: "I heard him insult police and say 'f*g cops' at one point and there was another moment where he had his shirt off and hit an officer in the face with the top in his hand as the officer tried to reason with him."
The bar owner said Vunipola and a friend ordered "six Amarettos with orange juice and freshly squeezed lime" as their first round, with "Billy having four and the friend the other two".
Toni said Vunipola "started becoming a problem" the more he drank and had to be asked to put his shirt back on multiple times.
After removing his shirt for a third time, the bar's staff decided to call the police - who Toni said "had to call for back-up" when they arrived and Vunipola confronted them.
The bar owner said: "He laughed the first time they went to taser him, it was like a film, and I heard the words 'another one' and the second time round he fell to the ground and the officers immobilised him and put wrist-ties on him."
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Toni's business partner Janek added: "He was very drunk and got aggressive.
"He didn’t attack any customers or pick up bottles or any chairs but he was taking his shirt off when that’s not allowed in our bar and refusing requests to leave.
He added: "He laughed after the first taser shot and only went down after the second.";
Vunipola was taken to court on Sunday afternoon, wearing the same blue T-shirt and beige shorts he was arrested in, and was released on bail pending an ongoing investigation.
A spokesman for the National Police in Majorca said on Monday morning that "a 31-year-old foreign man" was arrested on suspicion of a crime of disobedience and assaulting a police officer.
He said: "The man would not listen to reason and confronted the rest of the customers, and the security staff were unable to restrain him or remove him from the premises.
"The police were alerted and the officers, on seeing the man, who was shirtless and making gestures with his hands, cleared the premises."
He continued: "The police officers tried at all times to get him to calm down, but the man would not listen to reason.
"At that moment, the man pushed and slapped an officer and a policeman pulled out his electric stun gun and fired a first time although the gun didn’t discharge.
"A second projectile was then fired, which did the job, and it was then that the officers jumped on him and proceeded to immobilise him by shackling him, later taking him to Son Espases hospital for assessment and arrest."
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Saracens Rugby Club said on Monday that it was "aware of an incident involving Billy Vunipola in Majorca".
The club added: "We will of course deal with this incident internally, and will not make any further comment until then."
About midday on Monday, Vunipola said in a statement that he had been charged with "resisting the law" and had paid a fine of 240 euros following an "express trial".
The rugby player said: "The Spanish police investigation is now closed, and I am flying back to the UK today.
"I will obviously cooperate with the Saracens internal process and unreservedly apologise for any inconvenience to all involved."
Court officials in Majorca confirmed that Vunipola was fined 240 euros (£205) after a "speedy trial", and said the player had also been handed a four-month suspended prison sentence for "resisting the law" and "a minor crime of wounding".
The officials said: "The accused man, who admitted wrongdoing at a speedy trial, must compensate the person he injured with 500 euros."
They added: "The man stated he did not obey police orders and at one point when they tried to overpower him, he lunged at one of them and caused him an injury.
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"The sentence cannot be appealed."
Inside Epic Palma bar
EPIC PALMA is the beachside bar that has holidaymakers partying long into the night.
The glossy establishment opens its doors at 9:30pm each evening, with revellers able to dance the night away until closing time at 5am.
Epic possesses a wide-ranging menu that caters to all tastes.
A series of cocktails vary from €10 to €11 - from a Cosmopolitan to a Sex on the Beach.
Party-goers can alternatively fork out €130 on a bottle of Beluga.
While some bottles of rum on the menu set punters back €170.
With a resident DJ on site on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, pulses are always racing at Epic.
The bar features a series of themed nights, including Deep House very Thursday.
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