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NextImg:Colts owner Jim Irsay claims his arrest was due to being a 'rich, white billionaire'

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay blamed police prejudice against him on account of his being a “rich, white billionaire” for his 2014 arrest and subsequent guilty plea.

The embattled 64-year-old mogul revealed his thoughts on the true motives behind his arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicated in an interview with HBO Sports that aired Tuesday night.

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"I am prejudiced against because I'm a rich, white billionaire," Irsay said. "If I'm just the average guy down the block, they're not pulling me in, of course not.

"I don't care what it sounds like," he continued. "It's the truth ... I could give a damn what people think how anything sounds or sounds like. The truth is the truth, and I know the truth."

The Colts owner reportedly was pulled over in March 2014 when he was observed driving unusually slow, stopping in the roadway, and neglecting to use a turn signal. According to the responding officers, he also experienced difficulty reciting the alphabet and failed multiple sobriety tests.

Irsay explained that he believes "the arrest was wrong" because he was recovering from hip surgery at the time and had already been in his car for 45 minutes when the officers asked him to take a sobriety test involving walking in a straight line.

“Are you kidding me?” Irsay said. “I can barely walk at all."

Upon being pressed on his explanation for his failed sobriety test, Irsay repeated the claim that his hip injury was to blame, responding, "Yes, I mean I'm not saying that — it's a fact.”

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Irsay said he pleaded guilty to the charge despite believing he was innocent because he just wanted “to get it over with."

Irsay was 12 years old when his father acquired the Baltimore Colts in 1972, and he became the youngest NFL owner at the age of 37 after his father died. The franchise won Super Bowl XLI in 2007, led by Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning.