Charges against Jon Jones in hit-and-run case | MMA News
Albuquerque prosecutors have dropped all expenses against former two-division UFC champion Jon Jones stemming from a February hit-and-run incident.
Jones was accused of fleeing the scene of a car accident on Feb. 21. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and ‘use of phone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend.’
Bernalillo County District Attorney discovered “reason to believe (Jones’) alibi defense is credible.”
“We have been fully vindicated,” Jones’ attorney, Christopher Dodd, said in a assertion (h/t Aaron Brosteter). “From the very beginning, we explained that a woman made a false allegation against Jon in an effort to avoid being arrested for DWI, and unfortunately, the police accepted that claim without properly weighing the facts. Once the relevant documents were finally disclosed by the police department, Jon’s cell phone records made it undeniably clear that he was nowhere near the scene of the crash.”
“We are grateful that the district attorney’s office took the time to conduct a full and fair review of this case, which ultimately confirmed Jon’s innocence,” Dodd continued.. “At the same time, it is deeply troubling that such critical evidence was disregarded, forcing Jon to endure this ordeal unnecessarily. Our investigation into how this occurred remains ongoing.”
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“Bones” has had a number of brushes with the law throughout his UFC profession. The most notable was in 2015. Jones fled a hit-and-run that injured a pregnant girl. The incident severely damaging his UFC profession, as he was stripped of his mild heavyweight title and suspended indefinitely. He has a long listing of infringements.
Jones, 38, vacated the UFC heavyweight championship and retired in June. He nearly immediately got here out of retirement and re-entered the UFC anti-doping testing pool in hopes of competing on the UFC event at the White House. UFC CEO Dana White all but closed the door on Jones combating on the historic struggle card.
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