Doug “The Epic” Malo, the skilled wrestler that pulled Raja Jackson off of ‘Syko Stu,’ whose actual title is Stuart Smith, has been speaking to LAPD detectives and believes it is only a matter of time earlier than Jackson is arrested for the brutal assault.
“There’s not a doubt in my thoughts (that Jackson will likely be arrested). All the things’s on tape, on video. It is premeditated. LAPD tends to pull their toes,” Malo mentioned on the Scaling Up Podcast.
“The detective requested me a bunch of questions. I even requested about my implications simply since you’re concerned and whatnot. He goes, ‘There’s nothing to fret about. You are simply attempting to get compliance. All the things was towards Raja,” Malo continued.
“The detective I talked to outdoors of the case – I simply requested him about formalities, what I ought to take a look at, what not to take a look at – He was saying that is simply how the LAPD works. They drag their toes. They’re constructing their case proper now. They get all of the proof. The state goes to select it up as a result of there’s so many individuals, so many witnesses.”
Malo defined that the detectives are gathering data. They’re taking a look at feedback made backstage and ringside previous to the assault.
“They’ve the proof sufficient to strive the case. What they’re attempting to determine is what degree or premeditation is my understanding is why he is attempting to determine different what conversations passed off, what conversations imply. He was asking me what particular phrases imply precisely, and what they imply to the individual they’re telling them to.”
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Jackson, the son of former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, assaulted Smith throughout a KnokX Professional Wrestling occasion two weeks in the past. Video of the cruel assault shortly went viral.
Jackson entered the ring, elevated Smith and slammed him to the canvas rendering him unconscious. He then delivered a collection of punches earlier than different wrestlers intervened. Smith was left on his again, bleeding and lacking tooth. He suffered severe accidents and spent every week within the hospital.
Malo expects Smith will sue Jackson. He confirmed that legal professionals have been employed.
“I do know from a good supply that legal professionals are concerned,” Malo mentioned. “We all know that legal professionals are concerned, so let the method play out after which we’ll know. However I can say there is a excessive likelihood of that (a lawsuit).”
“I really feel like, for proper now, one of the best factor for me to do is shut myself in a room and be quiet as a result of it is a lot,” he mentioned. “I did not ask for any of this sh*t. All I did was break up a f**king combat, or an tried homicide.”