Former UFC mild heavyweight and heavyweight champion Jon Jones is due in courtroom on July 24 after the now retired blended martial artist was charged with a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of an accident.
In line with a report from MMA Preventing’s Damon Martin, Jones’ lawyer Christopher Dodd has supplied a press release on the incident after a girl concerned in a automotive accident informed police that Jones as driving the car and fled the scene.
“As Jon’s lawyer, I’m surprised by the Albuquerque Police Division’s choice to cost him on this new case,” Dodd mentioned within the assertion. “Within the 1000’s of circumstances I’ve dealt with in my profession, I’ve by no means seen a case as unusual and unwarranted as this one.
“Jon was not driving that evening; he wasn’t within the automotive. It seems that an intoxicated girl used a false allegation in opposition to Jon to keep away from being arrested for DWI, and the police fell for it. Based mostly on the prison grievance, it seems to be like they went as far as to hunt a warrant for Jon’s cellphone data whereas conducting a misdemeanor site visitors investigation. I’ve by no means heard of such a factor.
“It’s really unbelievable that the police would waste this quantity of assets on such a case. The one factor I can consider is that the police had been focusing on Jon for improper functions. We are going to unravel it and make it possible for this baseless case is dismissed.”
Jones informed authorities that the lady concerned within the accident was at his home earlier within the night the place they consumed alcoholic drinks collectively and she or he finally left his residence whereas intoxicated and later referred to as to tell him concerning the accident.
In line with Martin’s article, “girl concerned within the accident claimed that she expressed reservations about ingesting with Jones citing earlier incidents the place she alleged he compelled her to drive dwelling whereas intoxicated. The girl additionally claimed that Jones assured her that wouldn’t be the case this time and so they consumed alcohol and mushrooms collectively.”
A “restroom incident” occurred that allegedly required the lady to take away her pants with the intention of Jones driving her dwelling to retrieve new clothes. She informed police the final individual she remembers driving her car previous to the accident was Jones and claimed she had no different recollection about that night’s occasions.
