Former Liverpool, Chelsea and England striker Daniel Sturridge has been slapped with an arrest warrant after failing to pay a missing dog reward, it has been claimed.
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Sturridge was handed the warrant for failing to appear in a Los Angeles court over the incident.
The 34-year-old had offered a reward to anyone who could safely return his pet dog in July 2019 after it was stolen from his house in LA.
Foster Washington reunited Sturridge with the dog but claimed that he never received a reward, which subsequently resulted in a civil lawsuit.
Sturridge was ordered to pay Washington $30,000 (£24,400) by an LA court and the Englishman was due back for a ‘debtor’s exam’ last month to answer questions on his finances – but he did not turn up – resulting in the arrest warrant.
It is thought that a new hearing has now been set for November 30 in an attempt to resolve the issue.
Sturridge has been without a club since leaving Perth Glory in 2022 and was recently working as a pundit for Sky Sports.
Sturridge enjoyed the best spell of his career at Liverpool, where he registered 68 goals and 26 assists across 160 games from 2013 to 2019.
Before that he spent four years at Chelsea – scoring 24 times and providing nine assists in 96 appearances – while Sturridge has knocked up 26 caps for England.
He has also played for Manchester City as well as Turkish side Trabzonspor and spent time out on loan at Bolton and West Brom in 2011 and 2018 respectively.
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