For the record, Zach Scott the interim GM of the Mets for most of the 2021 season before being charged with imparted driving and subsequently fired was found innocent of all charges today. Not sure what his future in baseball will be, but he will probably never be a GM again.
According to
this article, he was not found innocent of all charges. He was found not guilty of both DWI and driving while ability impaired. He was found guilty of both stopping on a highway and disobeying a traffic control device. From that article:
"Scott was arrested in September after officers found
Scott sleeping in his car at 4:17 a.m. He refused a breathalyzer and blood test, and reportedly failed a field sobriety exam." This was apparently after a party at Cohen's house earlier that night.
With no breathalyzer or blood test to go on, the case came down to the sobriety exam. The judge determined that video of the exam indicated that Scott's was not impaired at the time of the exam. I have no ill-will for the guy, but the facts of the case do appear to raise questions about Scott's judgment, and he did
release a statement today in which he said "I regret choices I made on August 31, resulting in circumstances that led to my arrest." I think it's too early to know whether he'll get a future opportunity to become a GM, but there are a ton of qualified candidates out there, and this incident probably doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in his judgment.
