Günaydin’s drunken driving conviction stems from a June 2023 traffic stop when a Minneapolis police officer noticed Günaydin’s car nearly hit a stop light, jump a curb and weave in and out of traffic.
Court records show the officer said Günaydin did not immediately stop after he activated his squad lights to pull him over; when Günaydin did stop and the officer began to step out of his car, he drove away. After the officer called for assistance and Günaydin finally stopped, police took him to a chemical testing facility where they found his blood-alcohol concentration was more than twice the legal limit.
In March 2024, Günaydin pleaded guilty to a DWI and received a six-month sentence, which was stayed for two years, at a county correctional facility. The last point of his plea agreement stated, “I understand that if I am not a citizen of the United States, my plea of guilty may result in deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization as a United States citizen.”
Maya Rao, Louis Krauss and Jp Lawrence of the Minnesota Star Tribune contributed to this report.
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