Tottenham Hotspur’s 29-year-old Brazilian forward, Richarlison, just got hit with a court fine after a camera caught him absolutely blowing through a red light in his slick £60,000 Chevrolet sportscar.
Caught on Camera, Fined in Court
The incident went down on April 15 at 6:45 PM, right there on the A41 in Hendon, north London. Imagine this: his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray barreled through the traffic signals a full 1.5 seconds after they had switched to red. You gotta be kidding me, right? It wasn’t some minor hesitation; it was a clear-cut violation caught by a mounted camera.
When the dust settled, at a hearing last week, conducted behind closed doors at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court, the Premier League footballer was convicted. The charge? Failing to comply with a red light signal. The punishment wasn’t light either: a £200 fine, three penalty points slapped on his licence, plus an order to fork over £120 in prosecution costs and an £80 victim surcharge. That’s a chunk of change for a traffic offense.
Apparently, the Metropolitan Police weren’t just about throwing the book at him straight away. Court papers actually show they gave Richarlison options to sidestep criminal prosecution for this A41 traffic mess. A police worker told the court the guy even confirmed in writing that he was the one behind the wheel when the whole red light debacle happened. The Met offered him a driver retraining course, a pretty standard way to handle these things, but he didn’t accept it. Then, they let him try to settle it by paying a fine. He sent the money, sure, but then he failed to send in a copy of his driving licence. Seriously? So, because of that, he got prosecuted through the Single Justice Procedure, entering a written guilty plea without offering a single bit of mitigation. No excuses, no apologies, just a conviction.
Frozen Out and Fined: A Tough Season Continues
This whole driving drama just adds another layer to what has already been a ridiculously tough season for Richarlison. Remember last season? The guy was a key figure for Tottenham, helping them secure Premier League survival. What a difference a year makes, huh?
This term, he’s been completely frozen out under manager Roberto De Zerbi. There was even talk, a proposed move back to his old club Everton, but that fell apart at the eleventh hour. Talk about bad breaks! He hasn’t even featured for Tottenham since that painful 3-0 loss to Brentford on the opening day of the season, where he actually started. He’s been with Spurs for four years now, joining them from Everton back in 2022. It’s wild to think he’s gone from being a crucial player to basically invisible.
And it’s not just at the club level. The Brazilian national team has also put him on ice. He’s got 54 caps for Brazil, scored 20 goals for his country, which is no small feat. But he hasn’t pulled on that yellow shirt since October 2025. Why? He apparently fell out of favor with manager Carlo Ancelotti right before the World Cup earlier this year. So, yeah, between the club benching, the international cold shoulder, and now this traffic conviction, it’s safe to say Richarlison is having a season to forget.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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