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Just days earlier amazingly confirming helium would beryllium retiring, UFC prima Jon "Bones" Jones was accused of leaving the country of an automobile mishap successful February.
It’s chartless wherefore the transgression ailment was filed 4 months aft the accident, but it was filed successful Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court this past Tuesday, and Jones has a enslaved arraignment proceeding scheduled for July 24. The complaint is simply a misdemeanor successful New Mexico.
The ailment noted authorities responding to a clang wherever an intoxicated woman, who wasn’t wearing apparel beneath the waist, was recovered successful the beforehand rider spot of a vehicle. She claims Jones was driving the vehicle, and helium fled the scene, according to The Albuquerque Journal.
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Jon Jones reacts aft defeating Stipe Miocic successful a UFC 309 mixed martial arts heavyweight rubric bout, aboriginal connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
The pistillate told police that she had consumed intoxicant and mushrooms portion with Jones astatine his home, and she recalled needing a alteration of clothes. The adjacent happening she remembered was being astatine the country of the conveyance crash.
A antheral believed to beryllium Jones was allegedly spoken to by a constabulary work adjutant erstwhile the pistillate called him from the scene. The antheral connected the telephone didn’t respond to questions astir his identity.
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During the conversation, the ailment alleges that the antheral believed to beryllium Jones "appeared to beryllium heavy intoxicated and made statements implying his capableness to employment lethal unit done 3rd parties."
Jones was interviewed in-person days aft the crash, and helium allegedly confirmed the pistillate near his location intoxicated and called him aft the crash, according to The Alburquerque Journal.
Jones has dealt with ineligible issues during his UFC career, which galore see to beryllium 1 of the top performances of each time.
Jon Jones (red gloves) fights Stipe Miocoic (blue gloves) successful the heavyweight bout during UFC 309 astatine Madison Square Garden. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
UFC CEO Dana White announced Saturday that Jones had informed them that helium would beryllium retiring connected Friday, relinquishing his undisputed heavyweight title loop to Tom Aspinall arsenic a result.
"Jon Jones called america past nighttime and retired," White said successful Azerbaijan. "Jon Jones is officially retired."
Jones confirmed his status with his ain station connected societal media.
"This determination comes aft a batch of reflection and I privation to instrumentality a infinitesimal to explicit my deepest gratitude for the travel I’ve experienced implicit the years," helium wrote connected X. "From the archetypal clip I stepped into the Octagon, my extremity was to propulsion the boundaries of what was imaginable successful this sport.
Jon Jones (red gloves) earlier his combat against Thiago Santos (not pictured) astatine T-Mobile Arena. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA Today Sports)
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"I’ve faced unthinkable highs and immoderate pugnacious lows, but each situation has taught maine thing invaluable and made maine stronger, some arsenic a combatant and arsenic a person."
Jones went 28-1 implicit his UFC career. His past combat was a TKO triumph successful the 3rd circular implicit Stipe Miocic astatine UFC 309 successful November.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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