Studies round Chael Sonnen’s December 2021 arrest in Las Vegas preserve getting stranger. Originally spun as a story of Sonnen virtuously protecting his wife from inappropriate comments by former UFC fighter and podcast host Brendan Schaub, a latest lawsuit and police studies from the evening paint a really totally different image.
Sonnen is at present dealing with 11 counts of battery, together with felony strangulation, after claims that he struck a 4 Seasons Las Vegas worker as the person was exiting a lodge room. That man claims he known as safety, however earlier than safety might arrive, Sonnen had apparently accosted two different lodge company—Christopher and Julie Stellpflug.
The Stellpflugs declare that Sonnen struck Christopher repeatedly within the head and tried to choke him, then turned on Julie, throwing her towards a lightweight fixture and putting her within the face, leading to a bloody lip. The couple is at present within the strategy of suing Sonnen over the altercation.
“Am I going to die? Is that this monster going to kill my spouse subsequent, and my children may have no dad and mom?” Christopher Stellpflug not too long ago informed Las Vegas Review-Journal. “We did nothing fallacious, and this man went on a loopy rampage.”
When safety lastly did arrive, police studies state that Sonnen attacked the guard as properly—putting him within the throat earlier than occurring to elbow and shove one other bystander who witnessed the altercation.
Whereas the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal’s protection of the incident contains data disputing Schaub’s model of occasions, notably that Sonnen’s spouse had apparently been asleep for a number of hours on the time after taking sleeping drugs, a new report from TMZ added one other wrinkle: that Sonnen apparently informed police on the time that couldn’t bear in mind the incident.
The report claims that Sonnen informed officers that he and his spouse had each taken sleeping drugs and that he “didn’t have reminiscence of something” and “couldn’t recall the rest” from the time frame after taking the drugs and main as much as his arrest.
Sonnen is predicted to seem in courtroom for a listening to on the costs this week. Keep tuned to Bloody Elbow for extra information and updates.
