Jon Jones Cleared of Charges Following February Incident
The former UFC heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, has been cleared of all charges related to an incident that occurred in February. This case involved accusations of fleeing the scene of an accident and threats to a police officer. The Bernalillo County, New Mexico, district attorney decided to drop all charges on Tuesday. The decision was based on the belief that Jones’s alibi defense was credible. An unusual detail was that the charges were filed twice due to an “administrative error”, resulting in the dismissal of multiple cases related to the same incident.The charges against Jones stemmed from a car accident on February 21 in Albuquerque, Jones’ hometown. Police responded to the scene where they found a semi-nude woman in the vehicle, who claimed that Jones was driving and had left. The body camera footage showed the woman calling a man who, according to her, was Jones, who then made verbal threats to the officer at the scene. In June, Jones appeared to implicate himself as the man on the phone, writing and then deleting from X: “whoever was on the phone with me at first, their timestamp is different. By the time he was acting aggressive on the phone, it was a completely different conversation. I was already in my paranoid and defensive state.” Jones has faced several legal issues in his career.I want to start by thanking the prosecution for carefully reviewing the facts and, ultimately, vindicating me completely. I have always believed in the importance of truth and justice, and I am grateful that the evidence spoke for itself. The fact is that I was never there. I didn’t even leave my house that night, and all the evidence proved it.
Jon Jones
