Jon Jones issued a press release on Saturday concerning the allegations that he assaulted a drug testing agent and threatened to kill her after she arrived at his residence to gather a pattern below the UFC’s anti-doping program.
A police report filed on April 5 by an agent representing Drug Free Sport alleged that Jones grabbed her cellphone after he “appeared agitated” when he wasn’t in a position to urinate for the check and she or he recommended a blood pattern as a substitute. In the course of the altercation that the police report states happened on March 30, the drug testing agent claimed Jones put her cellphone in his pocket, received into her face and allegedly said “why you f****** individuals come so early, are you aware what occurs to individuals who come to my home … they find yourself useless.”
Jones answered the allegations on social media together with safety digital camera footage he claims reveals the drug-testing brokers leaving his home after gathering the pattern.
“I need to tackle studies about me allegedly threatening a drug tester’s life and taking a cellphone,” Jones wrote on Instagram. “I need to make clear that there’s a video exhibiting each drug testers leaving my residence after the testing session, the place we exchanged a excessive 5 and a hug. Though I used to be annoyed with the unprofessionalism and used profanity out of frustration it ended pleasant and amicably, nothing threatening in any respect. I used to be really celebrating a pal’s birthday celebration at my residence, and I consider it’s completely regular to have fun within the consolation of my own residence.
“I need to say, this explicit tester behaved fairly unprofessionally and even breached commonplace protocol together with HIPAA legal guidelines. All through my 20 years of being subjected to drug checks, I’ve by no means encountered such an incident with a DCO officer earlier than.”
In her assertion to police, the drug testing agent claimed she was “terrified” as Jones stood lower than a foot away from her through the alleged incident. The agent added that Jones ultimately did submit a urine pattern as requested earlier than she and her co-worker left his residence.
She said that her boss on the drug-testing company requested why she needed to file a police report over the incident and she or he claimed that it “appeared like he was making an attempt to speak her out of it.”
The agent finally determined to hunt prison costs in opposition to Jones for the alleged assault.
The police despatched Jones a summons dated April 5 on assault costs and interference with communications for allegedly taking the drug tester’s cellphone. Based mostly on on-line courtroom information, no official costs are exhibiting in opposition to Jones at the moment.
UFC officers are but to situation a press release concerning the allegations in opposition to Jones.
