'Syko Stu' did not want to press charges | MMA News
Raja Jackson, son of former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, was arrested last week for his brutal assault on skilled wrestler ‘Syko Stu,’ whose real title is Stuart Smith.
Jackson brutally attacked the skilled wrestler at a KnokX Pro Wrestling event last month delivering an estimated 22 punches to Smith as he was sprawled out on the canvas unconscious. Wrestler Doug Malo, AKA “Doug the Epic,” intervened pulling Jackson off Smith. Smith was transported to a hospital struggling from facial fractures, damaged tooth, and head trauma.
Jackson faces felony charges taken up by the state. Smith did not want to press charges Malo confirmed on Scaling Up Podcast.
“There was enough evidence on video where they don’t need anybody to press charges,” Malo said. “With ‘Stu,’ like from the beginning, I said he mostly likely won’t want to press charges. That’s where we’re left at. I don’t want to speak for him, but from what I know, that’s the case (he didn’t want to press charges).
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Jackson was released from custody on a $50,000 bail. “Hopefully Raja getting bailed out means he’ll get checked into a mental health care, or some sort of before trial,” Malo said.
“I feel that’s a big issue that wants to be addressed, his trauma because he wasn’t there that day. His eyes, his the whole lot. Plus, the fact that you have been in a position to be pushed into that exhibits some sort of mental capability that you possibly can be nearly pushed into murdering any person,” Malo continued. “That’s a fragile state of thoughts.”
“Let’s say he goes in there (prison), he will get out, he will get mental treatment. He may really come out and help other people not do what he did and be a power for good at that level.”
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