Ex-UFC fighter Casey Kenney has been launched on $10,000 bond after pleading not responsible to a wide range of fees associated to an alleged home violence incident that came about in July.
Kenney was launched following an arraignment listening to in Maricopa County Courtroom in Arizona this previous Thursday. A consultant from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Division confirmed to MMA Preventing that Kenney was launched from custody after paying his $10,000 bond as ordered by the courtroom.
With Kenney pleading not responsible, his subsequent courtroom date entails a pre-trial convention scheduled on Oct. 15, with a trial date tentatively set for Jan. 23, 2025.
Kenney was arrested in August following allegations of home violence and an investigation by police that ended with the veteran fighter being charged. He at the moment faces quite a few fees together with kidnapping, which is a category 2 felony, and several other misdemeanors as nicely.
Based mostly on the minutes from his current listening to, there was no possible trigger discovered for the aggravated assault cost for impeding respiration “as no information alleged to help that alleged sufferer’s respiration was ever impaired,” however there was possible trigger discovered on all the opposite allegations.
A possible trigger assertion obtained by MMA Preventing revealed the small print that led to Kenney’s arrest:
“Between the dates of 7-21-2024 at roughly 11:00 p.m. and 7-22-24 at roughly 12:14 a.m. whereas on the single household residence positioned at [address redacted], [suspect] Casey Kenney dedicated kidnapping, aggravated assault by strangulation and assault in opposition to [victim] Jasmine Mendez by repeatedly placing, slapping, biting, headbutting and choking [victim] Jasmine for a number of hours leading to abrasions to Jasmine’s lip and discoloration to Jasmine’s arms and petechiae to Jasmine’s neck.
“Moreover, throughout the 13 hours at Casey Kenney’s residence, Jasmine was incapable of escaping the residence as a result of Casey routinely grabbing maintain of Jasmine and holding her in place throughout her makes an attempt whereas threatening to trigger extra bodily hurt. Casey Kenney suggested Jasmine Mendez that if anybody reveals up he’ll shoot them and if her mom reveals up he’ll shoot her within the head. Jasmine Mendez said she needs prosecution on this matter presently.”
With Kenney awaiting trial, the decide additionally issued plenty of circumstances for his continued launch, together with that he can’t have any contact in any way with the alleged sufferer even when the alleged sufferer contacts him first. Contact with the alleged sufferer may result in a violation of the “no sufferer contact” order, which may represent aggravated harassment, a category 6 felony in Arizona.
Kenney was additionally ordered to not have any contact with the arresting officers in his case, he’s not allowed to own any medication with no legitimate prescription, he can’t possess or devour alcohol, he’s not allowed to own any weapons together with firearms, and he has to undergo fingerprinting and DNA testing or his launch could also be revoked.
Assuming Kenney follows these phrases, he’ll stay free awaiting his trial scheduled in January.
The veteran bantamweight, who final fought in 2021, was additionally launched from the UFC roster after his preliminary arrest in August.
