More details have emerged about the viral interaction in which a young soccer player and his parents were allegedly asked to leave the field.
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PEOPLE obtained audio of the 911 call, which revealed the team owner made the call to the authorities. He urged thepolice that they needed to "rush" to the soccer field. Citing that the parents and the player were preparing to leave the area.
Last Saturday (October 24), police in Winter Park, Florida were called to Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The parents of 3-year-old soccer star, Nevada Pierre were called to the park after the organizer claimed that they were being too "aggressive" during a youth soccer match.
Team Owner Urged Police to Rush to Field During Dispute
In the audio clip obtained by PEOPLE, the owner of the league admitted that the situation really was not an "emergency," but still urged that the police be dispatched to the field while the game was still in progress.
"It's not really an emergency, I just have an unruly parent here calling me names and having me on Instagram or whatever she's doing," he says in the audio clip.
The owner also described Nevada's parents Martasia Griffin and Don Pierre as "really disruptive." He also alleged that the pair had been "following" him and calling him names.
"[They are] calling me names in front of the whole bunch of people here. I want her to be gone. I'm the director that's here," he told the dispatcher in the audio clip.
Even after admitting that the situation was not an emergency, the team owner still implored the dispatcher to rush the officers to the field.
"Can you have someone quickly get here, because they're about to leave?" he continued to plead. "It just needs to be, like, a rush. If you can have someone rush here real quick please."
Owner Accused Nevada of "Pushing" Other Players
When the officers arrived at the field the owner accused Nevada of "pushing the kids. He also complained about his "advanced," skill level compared to the other youth soccer players.
When the police spoke to the parents Pierre's mother claimed that they had never had any previous issues. She questioned how he could have a problem with a 3-year-old.
She also shared a video of the game to her social media account and questioned where the pushing occurred.
In a statement to WESH, the youth sports league said that they were conducting an investigation into the incident (via PEOPLE).
