{"id":466115,"date":"2022-12-22T04:02:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T12:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=466115"},"modified":"2022-12-22T04:02:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T12:02:03","slug":"chael-sonnen-rejects-plea-deal-will-take-battery-charge-to-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chael-sonnen-rejects-plea-deal-will-take-battery-charge-to-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Chael Sonnen rejects plea deal, will take battery charge to trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA analyst and former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen has rejected a plea deal and will take his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/chael-sonnen-facing-lawsuit-for-punching-man-at-four-seasons-hotel\/\">battery charge<\/a> to trial.<\/p>\n<p>Back in December 2021, Chael Sonnen was accused of attacking several individuals at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. A couple, Julie and Christopher Stellpflug, said that Sonnen had struck them both and initiated a fight. They suggested he was intoxicated, as he went on to attack a string of other security guards.<\/p>\n<p id=\"srT6o5\">\u201cSometimes, the parties get so close, and sometimes it just doesn\u2019t make it all the way,\u201d attorney Dayvid Figler told judge Joe Bonaventure in Las Vegas Township Justice Court.<\/p>\n<p><em>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/12\/21\/23520833\/chael-sonnen-battery-trial-set-for-april-5-after-plea-deal-rejected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The footage below is believed to have been obtained by TMZ Sports, highlighting the aftermath of what went down.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chael Sonnen Cited For Battery In Las Vegas | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gkugyMFK-Ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sonnen&#8217;s trial is set to begin on April 5, as he has rejected a plea deal offered to him by prosecutors. It&#8217;s been listed that he was facing four misdemeanor battery charges, with many of the reported victims choosing to press charges.<\/p>\n<h3>Sonnen&#8217;s legal battle<\/h3>\n<p>Sonnen has refused to comment publicly on the matter, although he will likely have to do so in civil court. There will be no criminal case after prosecutors didn&#8217;t source enough evidence to pursue a felony battery charge.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this ongoing investigation and case, Sonnen continues to upload frequently to his YouTube channel as he goes about his day-to-day operations in the mixed martial arts realm.<\/p>\n<p>Chael is best known for his days in the UFC as an active fighter. During that time, he competed for both the middleweight and light heavyweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>He followed up his run with the MMA leader before moving on to Bellator. Which, eventually, is where he fought out the rest of his day before retirement.<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts on the ongoing case involving Chael Sonnen? Let us know in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA analyst and former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen has rejected a plea deal and will take his battery charge to trial. Back in December 2021, Chael Sonnen was accused of attacking several individuals at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. A couple, Julie and Christopher Stellpflug, said that Sonnen had struck them both and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":402289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10104,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chael Sonnen rejects plea deal, will take battery charge to trial | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MMA analyst and former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen has rejected a plea deal and will take his battery charge to trial.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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