#TBT (Throw back to)

The greatest player from Northern Ireland and one of Manchester United’s legends of the game, Best was not exactly a professional model out off the pitch. A celebrity status demanded an “different” lifestyle and he spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. He too suffered from alcoholism and many things in his life was conditionated by this problem.

Best’s wife Alex had claimed that the footballer used to punch her in the face many a time. He was once arrested and charged with assault after he injured a waitress at a nightclub. She ended up with a fractured nose but he won the case in court.

Best was also arrested when he stole a fur coat, passport and cheque book from an American model Miss World winner Marjorie Wallace, but again he was later cleared of all charges. He has also been charged with drink driving, assaulting the police and he did not pay a bail, for which he was sentenced for three months.

George Best was catched and was being put on trial for tax fraud in England, too. The soccer player and his father were found out for using off shore accounts to defraud England of over 0.7$ million US dollars. The father of the player was the one committing the crime, however Best will still be charged.