A person who mentioned he was an worker of the 4 Seasons Lodge Las Vegas is suing Chael Sonnen in civil court docket.
Joshua Olds filed a civil grievance in opposition to Sonnen and unnamed people on Dec. 8 in Clark County (Nev.) District Courtroom for assault and battery. He’s additionally suing the 4 Seasons for negligence. He’s searching for undisclosed damages and a jury trial.
Within the grievance obtained by MMA Preventing, Olds claims he was punched within the jaw throughout an alleged assault by the three-time UFC title challenger and MMA analyst. Sonnen is at present going through legal and civil costs for an alleged assault on Dec. 18 involving a number of individuals.
Per the swimsuit, Olds was a upkeep man on the 4 Seasons when a “visitor” of Sonnen “initiated a bodily altercation” with him and Sonnen punched him, inflicting severe bodily accidents that “necessitated important medical care and remedy.”
It’s unknown on the time of this writing whether or not Olds is a celebration within the legal case in opposition to Sonnen, which was continued on Wednesday in Clark County legal court docket pending a attainable plea settlement with prosecutors, Sonnen’s lawyer Dayvid Figler advised choose Joe Bonaventure. A number of requests to Olds’ lawyer of document, Michael DuFour, went unreturned.
Sonnen faces 4 counts of misdemeanor battery stemming from the incident, which allegedly befell Dec. 18 on the 4 Seasons and concerned 5 victims. Sonnen was not arrested however cited for battery after a number of of the alleged victims elected to press costs.
Two of the alleged victims, Christopher and Julie Stellpflug, filed a civil swimsuit in opposition to Sonnen, alleging he punched each of them and choked Christopher Stellpflug. The swimsuit claimed an intoxicated Sonnen was “uttering unintelligible noises” and instigated the alleged assault by knocking a drink out of his hand. The Stellpflugs allege safety was referred to as when Sonnen struck one other visitor earlier than their incident; Sonnen then fought and assaulted a number of guards who tried to intervene.
Prosecutors elected to drop a felony battery by strangulation cost in opposition to Sonnen after figuring out the Stellpflug’s accidents weren’t extreme sufficient, per the Las Vegas Evaluation Journal. The couple’s misdemeanor battery costs had been additionally dismissed from the case, their lawyer Kory Kaplan advised MMA Preventing, however the civil swimsuit stays lively and is in discovery.
The Stellpflugs advised The Evaluation Journal they suffered concussions, and Julie Stellpflug suffered a break up lip within the alleged assault, which they referred to as “completely unprovoked” in response to podcaster Brendan Schaub’s declare that Sonnen was defending his spouse Brittany Sonnen after “some drunk man” insulted her.
Sonnen, 45, has not publicly commented on his instances and stays sidelined from a commentary job with ESPN, however he has continued to make appearances on his YouTube channel.
