PITTSBURGH -- In an exclusive interview Wednesday, Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling champion Kurt Angle said his live-in girlfriend got him arrested on an alleged violation of a protection-from-abuse order after the two had broken up.

Just a few hours after returning to Pittsburgh from Orlando, Fla., where he had been performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling the past three days, Angle told WTAE Channel 4's Michelle Wright that he can't get back into his Moon Township home because the woman is still there.

Breaking into tears during the interview, Angle said spending nine hours in custody after his arrest Saturday morning was the lowest point of his life.

"I didn't do anything wrong, and I was sitting there in the (Allegheny) county jail, just thinking about why I even started dating this girl. I can't believe she did this to me. I don't even know when I'm allowed back in my own home," Angle said.

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Angle, 40, said there were no physical or violent incidents that could have prompted the woman -- Trenesha Biggers -- to file the PFA against him that morning.

"There was no fight at all. We didn't even have an argument," Angle said.

Angle, who is divorced, said he and the woman had been dating on and off for 10 months. He said he allowed her to stay in his house, but she started getting mail sent there, and now he has nowhere to go because of the PFA.

Biggers may be acting "out of spite" because "I didn't want to marry her," Angle said. "She asked me for an engagement ring the week before."

Angle said that the woman asked to take his car and go to the store early Saturday. Soon after that, he says Moon police were at his door, telling him to leave.

"She has taken over my house, everything that I own. Everything is in there," Angle said.

The wrestler said he only had a few moments to grab some things -- including his gold medal, for sentimental value -- as he left the house.

"Since I was 5 years old, that's all I ever worked for," Angle said. "Once I won that, I tried everything I could to do better than that -- pro wrestling, movies -- but nothing will ever match that, so I guess that's why it's so special to me."

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In the criminal complaint, Biggers -- a pro wrestler who performs under the name "Rhaka Khan" -- told police that she went to a Starbucks Coffee in Robinson Town Centre so she could use the Internet, and then she saw Angle circle the parking lot three times and stare at her while she was outside, so she called 911 and said Angle was stalking her.

But Angle told WTAE Channel 4 that he had no idea the woman was in the coffee shop, and he says surveillance tape from his gated community shows it was her who was following him.

Robinson Township police eventually pulled Angle over and found a capped syringe in his car and two vials of human growth hormone. Angle said he has a prescription for the drugs and takes them for a recurring neck injury, not for larger muscles.

"It was supposed to help with my overall health and getting the strength in my neck to function," Angle said. "It didn't make me bigger. As a matter of fact, I only weigh 205, 210. I'm not a very big guy, not in pro wrestling. I don't use it for that."

Angle was charged with harassment, possessing the drugs and driving on a suspended license.

Attorney Michael Santicola -- who got Angle off on a well-publicized 2007 DUI charge in Moon Township -- posted a note on Angle's Web site saying that the driver's license suspension is under appeal and is related to Angle's refusal to take a blood test in the DUI case. Angle was found not guilty of DUI at trial.

Angle told Wright that his character has been ruined and he's planning to file a defamation lawsuit and he wants Pittsburghers to believe in him. He said one thing that makes him feel better is that he's planning to see his children and his mother on Thursday.

"My ex-wife has supported me. She has told everyone about the kind of person I really am," Angle said.

Angle is free on bail as he awaits a Sept. 15 preliminary hearing on the drug and harassment charges before Robinson Township District Judge Carla Swearingen and a separate hearing on Oct. 6 in Moon Township for the alleged PFA violation.

"I just hope the hearing goes OK and I can get back into my house and move on with my life. That's all I want. I don't want any trouble. I just want my life back," Angle said.

His annual "Ultimate Teen Challenge" -- a fitness competition for local youths -- will take place as scheduled Saturday morning at the downtown Pittsburgh Hilton hotel.

Meanwhile, Angle is still working for TNA as the company's heavyweight champion. After his arrest, the company allowed him to appear as scheduled on a pay-per-view event and scripted his match to end with him keeping the title belt, which makes him the focal point of storylines on TNA's weekly television shows.

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