Robert Allenby: woman sheds further light on attack

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A woman has presented a version of events that shed further light on the golfer Robert Allenby’s story of being kidnapped and beaten in Hawaii.

The woman reportedly told Nine News that she found the 43-year-old Allenby “bloodied and confused” and arguing with two men approximately a block away from where he had been last Friday night.

Allenby said he was abducted from the popular Amuse Wine Bar in the tourist hub of Waikiki, beaten by a group of men, thrown in the boot of a car and dumped on a street some 10 kilometres away.

The four-time PGA Tour winner said he became separated from his friend after they paid the bar tab at 10.48pm. “He went to the bathroom and next thing you know I’m being dumped in a park miles away,” Allenby said. “I only know this part because a homeless woman found me and told me she saw a few guys pull up and throw me out of the car. That is where I got the scrapes above my eye from the sidewalk.”

Allenby claimed that the woman, who has spoken to the Hawaiian police but who has not been named, helped him escape the attentions of other homeless people.

“The homeless woman got me away from the others and then a retired military guy walking past came to my aid,” he said.

“He got me into a taxi and paid for me to get to my hotel and I called police from there. I have his details and will be getting back in touch with him for sure.”

The woman alleged Allenby requested that she use his credit card to withdraw $500 to pay his attackers so he could get his wallet back, according to Nine News. She said that the two men became aggressive and that was when the passing former military officer intervened and helped Allenby into a taxi back to his hotel.

It has also emerged that the Honolulu police department has CCTV footage of a suspect using Allenby’s credit card to buy two bottles of alcohol in Waikiki on Saturday.