Chael Sonnen is within the clear on the felony case stemming from an alleged lodge assault in 2021.
Sonnen, 46, pleaded no contest to a single misdemeanor cost of breaching the peace and was fined $750 in Clark County (Nev.) Justice Court docket, in line with a report from the Las Vegas Evaluate Journal. Sonnen’s felony lawyer, Dayvid Figler, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Sonnen didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Sonnen initially confronted a felony cost of battery by strangulation and 10 misdemeanor battery fees stemming from an alleged assault involving a pair on the 4 Seasons Lodge in Las Vegas on Dec. 18, 2021. Sonnen was accused of randomly attacking the couple after which preventing with safety guards and lodge staff who had been despatched to intervene. He was not arrested by police on the night time of the alleged assault, however he was charged when the alleged victims made a civilian criticism.
Prosecutors later dropped 4 of the misdemeanor fees, and one other 4 had been dismissed as a part of the plea deal. In response to ESPN.com, no circumstances had been positioned on Sonnen as a part of his plea deal, and the felony case is now closed.
Sonnen nonetheless faces a pair of civil lawsuits from the alleged assault: one from Dr. Christopher Stellpflug and Julie Stellpflug, who declare the three-time UFC title challenger and MMA commentator was apparently intoxicated and assaulted them after he slapped a drink out of Christopher Stellpflug’s hand; and the opposite from a former worker of 4 Seasons who alleges he was punched within the jaw in the course of the alleged lodge combat.
UFC broadcast companion ESPN suspended Sonnen from broadcasts in mild of the incident. He at the moment serves as a press convention host for Bellator and BKFC along with working a preferred YouTube web page.
