Chael Sonnen is accused of throwing a lady into a light-weight fixture.
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Extra particulars are coming to gentle from the December incident by which former UFC star Chael Sonnen is accused of attacking six folks in a Las Vegas resort.
TMZ obtained police paperwork by which one man instructed cops that Sonnen punched him within the jaw as he was popping out of a room. He instructed police he referred to as for safety.
One other couple instructed police they encountered Sonnen outdoors the room, and he grew to become belligerent.
Christopher Stellpflug and his spouse, Julie Stellpflug, reportedly instructed police that Sonnen knocked a glass out of Christopher’s hand, threw him to the bottom and “repeatedly” hit him. Julie tried to intervene and was allegedly attacked.
Cops say within the paperwork, per TMZ, that Julie mentioned Sonnen “threw her in opposition to a light-weight fixture” and punched her within the face. Her husband instructed cops the blow cut up Julie’s lip, the report mentioned.
A witness instructed cops Sonnen punched a safety guard within the throat upon arrival, with the witness then allegedly being attacked by Sonnen with a number of elbows to the chrest, in keeping with the report.
Sonnen reportedly instructed police that he and his spouse had taken sleeping tablets earlier than the alleged incident and had no recollection of it.
Sonnen, 44, as soon as fought Jon Jones for the UFC gentle heavyweight championship and misplaced two matches to the legendary Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight championship.
Sonnen was charged with 11 counts of battery in reference to the incident. He was initially charged with 5 counts of battery. These costs had been dropped with out prejudice in January, which implies they had been in a position to be re-filed.
In recent times, he has been a UFC commentator for ESPN.
“Chael won't seem on ESPN as we discover the main points of those severe costs,” ESPN mentioned in an announcement earlier this month when he was charged.
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