UFC heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones was charged with assault and interference with communications after an incident with a drug-testing agent.
The costs, that are each misdemeanors, got here after Crystal Martinez, a drug-testing agent from Drug Free Sport, claims she was assaulted by Jones whereas accumulating a pattern for her firm, the UFC’s anti-doping program accomplice, on March 30.
Martinez alleges that, alongside together with her accomplice, Jones stated he couldn’t present a urine pattern after trying to take action. Nonetheless, when she advised a blood take a look at as an alternative, Jones began to get irritated and took her cellphone and began recording her.
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Jon Jones stands in his nook previous to his gentle heavyweight championship bout through the UFC 247 occasion at Toyota Heart on February 08, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC through Getty Photographs)
Martinez alleges that Jones seemed to be intoxicated through the incident, when he stated folks that come to his home “find yourself useless.”
If convicted of each counts, Jones might face lower than one yr in jail and fines.
Jones, 36, addressed the incident after it occurred earlier this yr.
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“I wish to make clear that there’s a video displaying each drug testers leaving my dwelling after the testing session, the place we exchanged a excessive 5 and a hug,” Jones wrote on social media. “Though I used to be annoyed with the unprofessionalism and used profanity out of frustration, it ended pleasant and amicably, nothing threatening in any respect. I used to be really celebrating a buddy’s celebration at my dwelling, and imagine it’s completely regular to have a good time within the consolation of my own residence.
“I have to say, this explicit tester behaved fairly unprofessionally and even breached commonplace protocol together with HIPAA legal guidelines. All through my 20 years of being subjected to drug assessments, I’ve by no means encountered such an incident with a DCO officer earlier than.”
Whereas Jones has been arguably one of the best heavyweight combined martial arts fighter to ever grace a UFC octagon, he has had many points exterior his sport.
In September 2021, he was charged with home battery after allegedly hitting his fiancée. Jones additionally headbutted a patrol automotive after police detained him in that incident. Fees have been later dropped, although he pleaded no contest to tampering with a police car.
Jon Jones reacts to his win within the UFC heavyweight championship struggle through the UFC 285 occasion at T-Cell Enviornment on March 04, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC through Getty Photographs)
One yr earlier, Jones was arrested for DWI after a policeman responded to listening to a gunshot and located him in his automotive with an open bottle of alcohol and a handgun.
Jones would later settle for a plea deal to scale back the fees of aggravated DWI, negligent use of a firearm, possession of an open container and driving with no proof of insurance coverage to only a DWI. He was positioned below supervised probation.
Jones has additionally failed a drug take a look at previously, as he was discovered to have used two banned substances in July 2016. UFC was compelled to drag him from the UFC 200 card.
Nonetheless, the USADA later discovered that Jones had taken a contaminated bundle of the erectile dysfunction drug, Cialis, and didn’t know banned substances have been in it. Nonetheless, UFC suspended him one yr and stripped him of his interim gentle heavyweight title.
Jones stays lively within the sport at present, although he has been coping with a torn pectoral muscle that he sustained final yr whereas coaching.
Jon Jones (crimson gloves) earlier than his struggle towards Thiago Santos (not pictured) at T-Cell Enviornment. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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Whereas he has been attempting to get again within the octagon, Tom Aspinall from Nice Britain owns the interim heavyweight championship title and is about to defend it on July 27 towards Curtis Blaydes.
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