Did Jon Jones retire from the UFC to drown out headlines of his newest authorized issues? That’s a principle some followers had after it got here out hours following his announcement that Jones had been charged with leaving the scene of an accident again in February.
The one misdemeanor cost doesn’t seize the salacious nature of the police experiences. Cops discovered a lady bare from the waist down within the passenger seat of a crashed automotive, and he or she stated Jon Jones had been driving. She claims she’d been ingesting and doing mushrooms with Jones. When she referred to as Jones for the police on the scene, whoever answered was intoxicated and threatened to have them killed.
So you possibly can think about a scenario the place the Albuquerque Journal contacts the UFC for remark, and a choice is made to lastly pull the plug on the Jon Jones ready recreation. However UFC CEO Dana White claimed he had no concept concerning the prices till the day after he introduced Jones’ retirement. Even he admitted he questioned whether or not the approaching story had one thing to do with Jon’s choice.
However when Ariel Helwani reached out to Albuquerque Journal reporter Geoff Grammer, he informed Helwani the Could legal cost was solely found following information of Jones’ retirement.
“Geoff Grammer tells me he’s sitting there, he sees the information of Jon Jones’ retirement,” Helwani stated. “And amazingly, as an unbelievable reporter, says, ‘Hey, let me simply lookup Jon Jones’ identify, Jonathan Jones, within the Albuquerque police data and see if something comes up. And voila: there’s this incident from February.”
“What? That’s absurd. How they saved this quiet for 4 months, I’ll by no means perceive. Probably the most well-known, if not probably the most well-known resident of Albuquerque will get into one other fender bender — when you wanna name it that — and nobody is aware of for 4 months? Prior to now, we knew inside hours.”
“Now I’ve spoken to some people who find themselves very, very tied in,” Helwani continued. “They usually stated they’ve recognized about it, however the police did a terrific job of retaining it beneath wraps. That’s what they stated: ‘He’s received nice relationships.’ And if not for Geoff Grammer trying it up after the announcement, who is aware of if and when it ever will get out? I’m assuming it it could’ve sooner or later.”
“However to counsel now that the UFC received forward of this as a result of they knew? No.”
Jones’ lawyer is presently accusing Albuquerque police of ‘focusing on’ Jones and questioning whether or not they had the authorized standing to demand telephone log proof that will have positioned Jones within the space of the accident. He insists Jones was at dwelling all night time, not driving the automotive, and the lady in query was attempting to get out of a DUI with a false story.
Jones’ solely touch upon the scenario?
“Consider, even the media can get it improper generally in the event that they don’t have all of the information,” he tweeted. “Don’t imagine every little thing you learn on-line.”
