Ex-WWE Wrestler Velveteen Dream Arrested Twice In 6 Days

Former WWE wrestler Patrick 'Velveteen Dream' Clark was arrested twice between 20 and 26 August 2022.

Per Floridian court records, the 27-year-old was arrested on charges of Trespassing and First Degree Battery by Orlando Police on 20 August. He was then released when current WWE wrestler Tehuti Miles (SmackDown's Ashante 'Thee' Adonis) posted a $1,200 bond the following day, with Clark pleading not guilty to the first-degree misdemeanours. The alleged victim has requested confidentiality.

For these charges, Clark has had an arraignment hearing scheduled for 1 PM EST on 29 September.

Six days later, on 26 August, the former Velveteen Dream was arrested again in Florida, this time on an out-of-county warrant citing "possession of drug paraphernalia." No further details have been disclosed at this time.

PWInsider's Mike Johnson writes that having between transferred from Orlando, FL's Orange County Jail to the custody of the Seminole County Sheriff's Department, Clark will appear in court in Seminole County today. The paper trail of that 20 August release leads back to a probation violation for a previous sentence that hadn't gone public until now, with Judge Donna Goerner issuing Clark a 12-month probation for possession of drug paraphernalia on 21 April 2022.

Per Seminole County court records, Clark was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine, use or possession of drug paraphernalia, destroying/altering/concealing physical evidence and having no lamps/illuminating devices in his vehicle in November 2021.

Clark was released from his WWE contract in May 2021. Having once been pinpointed as a future megastar in the promotion, he was the subject of multiple allegations of sexual harassment committed against minors, facing these claims in 2020. This prompted an internal WWE investigation, from which Paul 'Triple H' Levesque claimed the company hadn't found anything.