Retired mixed martial arts fighter and current MMA analyst for ESPN Chael Sonnen is in trouble with the law for allegedly throwing a woman into a light fixture and striking her during a wild fight at a hotel in Las Vegas. TMZ Sports says that the incident happened in December 2021 and it involved several people.
Chael Sonnen allegedly threw a woman into a light fixture and struck her — causing her to bleed from her face — during a wild fight in a Las Vegas hotel in December 2021 … according to new police documents.
In the docs, officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. say they responded to the Four Seasons Hotel on Dec. 18 regarding an alleged fight between Sonnen and several other people, including security guards.
Cops in the documents say a Four Seasons Engineer told them the altercation all started as he was coming out of a room.
Cops say the man said as soon as he opened the door, Sonnen punched him in the jaw. Officers say the man told them he then closed the door and called for security.
Police in the documents say, though, that a short time later … a couple told them they encountered Sonnen outside of the room and the former UFC star got aggressive immediately.
Cops say Christopher Stellpflug and his wife, Julie Stellpflug, told them Sonnen — who was apparently wearing a white robe and a partially bloodied T-shirt — knocked a glass out of Christopher’s hand.
According to the cops, Chael Sonnen said he had no idea of whatever happened when questioned about the incident.
In the documents, police say the fight was eventually broken up … and when they questioned Sonnen about it all, they say the former pro fighter told them he “did not have memory of anything.”
According to the docs, Sonnen told them he and his wife took a sleeping pill hours before the alleged altercation and he “could not recall anything else.”
Sonnen has been hit with 11 charges including felony battery by strangulation. He is still employed at ESPN as of now.
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