Dash cam video shows Ohio State QB J.T. Barrett’s OVI arrest

Two weeks after Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, dash cam video of Barrett’s interaction with Columbus police has emerged.

TMZ Sports published the video on Thursday, and it shows Barrett intentionally pull out of a line of vehicles approaching a DUI checkpoint. After Barrett was pulled over, an officer says he smells alcohol on Barrett’s breath, despite Barrett’s claims that he had nothing to drink.

Barrett is shown completing field sobriety tests and being placed under arrest for OVI. As an officer places him into the back of the police vehicle, Barrett mentions that he is Ohio State’s quarterback and asks, “There’s nothing you can do?”

The officer tells him he won’t take him to jail and is later heard telling another officer that Cardale Jones, Ohio State’s other star quarterback, will pick up Barrett. According to police, Barrett’s blood-alcohol content was 0.099, which is above the legal limit of 0.08.

Barrett, 20, pled guilty to a misdemeanor OVI charge and had his driver’s license suspended for 180 days by a judge on Tuesday morning. He was also given a $400 fine and has to complete an alcohol education program.

Barrett was suspended for Ohio State’s win over Minnesota last Saturday, but is expected to start Saturday at Illinois for the 9-0 Buckeyes.

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