Former Olympian denies vandalising Washington Reflecting Pool after arrest

The briefing

Davey Hearn says he was simply touching the new paint at the site out of curiosity and did not remove or alter it

Why former matters

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What led here

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The editorial angle

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of former, olympian, denies, vandalising, washington: Davey Hearn says he was simply touching the new paint at the site out of curiosity and did not remove or alter it.