5 Notorious Sportsmen Who Had Run-Ins With The Law

4. Mario Balotelli

Balotelli's fast lifestyle is legendary, especially for someone as young as he is. Dubbed "Super Mario", the erratic, brash Italian striker has been on the wrong end of the law several times. The prolific Balotelli is now at his third club, serving both Inter and Manchester City before joining Inter's cross town rival's Ac Milan earlier this year. Despite Balotelli's supposed arrogance, he has also shown his remarkable ability to find the net, which is treasured by his clubs, having scored 20 goals for both Inter and Manchester City, in 59 and 54 games respectively. However, it has been Balotelli's form since arriving at Milan that has shown a glimpse of exactly how good Balotelli could be, having already scored 4 goals in 3 appearances for the Rossonieri. Due to Balotelli's personality, and his love-hate relationship with the English tabloids, Balotelli seemed to be in trouble more often then not, both on and off the field, and both within the club and outside. While no one doubted Balotelli's potential, fans and managers were often left frustrated at the strikers penchant for clumsy challenges, poor attitude towards being substituted and frequent red cards. Balotelli also courted trouble off the pitch as well, with Balotelli fined by the club for throwing a dart at a youth team player. However, Balotelli's rule breakings didn't just extend to his football career, as the striker seems not to care for the rules of the road with the English tabloids frequently printing articles of the numerous car troubles Balotelli faced, from expensive crashes to parking fines accumulated by "Super Mario" during his stint with Manchester City. Rumors of £10,000 of parking fines accredited to the former Manchester City striker. As well as numerous speeding fines, and having several very expensive cars impounded or written off completely. Balotelli seems to constantly pop up on the wrong side of parking officials and was recently accused of having an argument with a parking official at the Linate airport in Italy after Balotelli was issued with another parking fine. While his new club released a statement acknowledging Balotelli's parking fine they claimed to have no knowledge of Balotelli's heated argument with parking officials and police. Source: The Sun.