The upcoming trial is a result of an altercation which occurred between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington outside a Papi Steak restaurant. Covington was ambushed leaving the facility, suffering a fractured tooth and wrist abrasion, as well as damage to his Rolex watch. Colby alleges Masvidal ran up to him from his left and punched him twice in the face.
Jorge Masvidal was arrested two days later by the Miami Beach police and booked on March 23rd. Masvidal posted the bond of $5,000.00 and was subsequently released.
At a hearing today, Thursday, May 12th in Miami, Judge Zachary James of Florida’s 11th Circuit Court set a trial date of Aug. 29 in the aggravated battery case in addition to a docket hearing Aug. 17. Although Masvidal did not appear in court he was represented by his attorney Bradford Cohen.
A motion for the defense to inspect Covington’s watch, the center of a second charge of criminal mischief was granted by the Judge. The defense is claiming the alleged Rolex is not valued properly and that it is a “Frankenstein” watch.
The judge denied Bradford Cohen’s motion to subpoena third-party footage of the alleged incident (per MMAJunkie).
Another motion requesting past medical records and immediate evaluation was delayed to a further date as the defense is still working on the acquisition of emergency room records from the current incident.
Idk,family is out of bounds and colby keeps shitting on peoples loved ones.
Lets not forget Dustin,the nicest guy in mma has vowed to do the same thing jorge did to colby.
Hopefully jorge gets a sympathetic judge but its more likely he is gunna get a smack for this.
It’s going to come out that Colby shit in Jorge’s bed
Just as we thought Heard v Depp would be the biggest battle between two wastes of space we’d see in a courtroom this year
I hope the cheap shot Jorge gets F’ed.
Show me the quotes where Colby said anything bad about Jorge’s family instead of Jorge.
Not the quotes from Jorge claiming this happened, the actual quotes from Colby.
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It appears both sides need additional time to scour through Covington’s medical records, according to MMA Junkie.
Masvidal, who was soundly defeated by Covington in the UFC 272 main event, pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated battery and criminal mischief and was released on $15,000 bond. The defense claims “Chaos” suffered a broken tooth, as well as damage to his fancy-shmancy watch during the attack.
If convicted, Masvidal could face up to 15 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
“Gamebred” returned to the cage at UFC 287 back in April but dropped a decision to fellow welterweight Gilbert Burns, prompting his retirement from MMA. As for Covington, 35, he’s remained inactive since UFC 272 but is expected to return against 170-pound champion Leon Edwards at some point later this year.