Raja Jackson has pleaded not guilty.
The son of former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson appeared in court on Thursday after he was charged with felony battery and misdemeanor battery for assaulting a pro wrestler at an occasion in Los Angeles this previous August. After being arrested and subsequently released on $50,000 bail in September, Jackson was again in court docket after the Los Angeles District Lawyer’s workplace moved ahead with the prison grievance in opposition to him.
Primarily based on the costs, Jackson faces as much as seven years in jail if convicted, together with a sentencing enhancement of three years for allegedly inflicting “nice bodily damage” to Stuart Smith, in any other case often known as Syko Stu.
The 25-year-old is scheduled to be again in court docket on November 24 for a preliminary listening to in his case.
Syko Stu seemingly accomplished with wrestling after Raja Jackson assault
Whereas attending a Knokx Professional occasion in Los Angeles, Jackson was scheduled to intervene in a match when he determined to go off script. Sliding into the ring, Jackson lifted Smith into the air and violently slammed him down on the mat. Jackson then unleashed greater than 20 uncontested punches, a lot of them touchdown after Smith had already been rendered unconscious.
Smith was admitted to an area hospital, the place he spent a number of days within the ICU. Members of the family later revealed he suffered trauma to each the higher and decrease jaws, a laceration to his higher lip, and a fracture to the maxilla bone, which resulted within the lack of a number of tooth from the assault.
Douglas Malo, one of many males who helped rip Jackson off of Smith’s physique throughout the assault, revealed to TMZ that his buddy’s professional wrestling profession is probably going over as a result of assault.
“I don’t even assume it could be sensible at this level,” Malo stated. “He wasn’t essentially a spring hen earlier than the occasion.”
