Former UFC mild heavyweight and heavyweight champion Jon Jones is due in court docket on July 24 after the now retired blended martial artist was charged with a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of an accident.
In keeping with a report from MMA Combating’s Damon Martin, Jones’ lawyer Christopher Dodd has offered an announcement on the incident after a girl concerned in a automotive accident instructed police that Jones as driving the car and fled the scene.
“As Jon’s lawyer, I’m surprised by the Albuquerque Police Division’s determination to cost him on this new case,” Dodd mentioned within the assertion. “Within the hundreds of instances 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 night time; he wasn’t within the automotive. It seems that an intoxicated girl used a false allegation towards Jon to keep away from being arrested for DWI, and the police fell for it. Based mostly on the legal grievance, it appears like they went as far as to hunt a warrant for Jon’s cellphone information whereas conducting a misdemeanor visitors investigation. I’ve by no means heard of such a factor.
“It’s actually 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 concentrating on Jon for improper functions. We’ll resolve it and guarantee that this baseless case is dismissed.”
Jones instructed 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 ultimately left his residence whereas intoxicated and later referred to as to tell him in regards to the accident.
In keeping 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 residence whereas intoxicated. The lady 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 residence to retrieve new clothes. She instructed 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.
