Quinton Jackson Charged With Two Felonies, Four Misdemeanors
The Orange County District Attorney’s office on Tuesday charged former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson with two felonies and four misdemeanors following a July hit-and-run incident and car chase that resulted in Jackson’s arrest.
Jackson was charged with one felony count of evading while driving recklessly, one felony count of evading a peace officer and driving against traffic, three misdemeanor counts of hit and run with property damage, and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving.
If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
Jackson will be arraigned on Thursday, August 28th, in Santa Ana, California. Bail will be set at $25,000.
Following an initial collision with a vehicle, Jackson fled the scene but was quickly spotted by a police officer who noticed Jackson driving on a flat tire and talking on his cell phone. The officer attempted to stop Jackson but he instead led police on a brief chase, wrecking into another vehicle and nearly hitting several pedestrians before surrendering.
Jackson was not charged in the miscarriage of Holli Griggs, a passenger in one of the vehicles Jackson collided with who subsequently had a miscarriage 16 weeks into her pregnancy.
“We reviewed all the medical records and spoke with the victim’s physician, and the evidence showed that the loss of the fetus was not related to or a result of the crash caused by the defendant,†said Orange County spokeswoman Farrah Emami.
Jackson is expected to return to the octagon in December against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
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im sure dana will throw some money around and the felonies will go away.
Well its not like Rampage is exactly broke himself, I do think that perhaps Dana will help provide the best attoneys but probably make Jackson dish out the$$$$$$$$$
Could have sworn I dropped in here once already…
I suspect Jackson will have access to UFC attorneys and a plea bargain will be quickly and quietly worked out.
1-2 years probation, a bunch of community service and a fine, since he apparently did not cause the miscarriage.
sounds like rampage an shogun is not going to happen after all
He got off easy as hell. I’m glad. Cali is awesome. If this happened in VA he’d have been hanged already.
@DBiz – If you’re referring to a missing comment I had to make some modifications on the backend of the site and comments left in a 10 minute window this afternoon may be missing.
Definate probabtion, I think personally more like 3yrs. Informal probation I don’t know but I don’t think he will be stuck with the felony counts
Whew… We will see Jackson quicker than initially thought.
What say all of you who were bashing the woman who had the miscarriage? Pfff…
A December fight would be a huge mistake. He needs to handle his legal issues and get his head in the right place before stepping in the octagon. If he only gets probation for 2 felonies and 4 misdemeanors, that’s bullsh!t. I enjoy watching Rampage fight, but the court system needs to stop slapping professional athletes on the wrist and hold them accountable. IMO
That is the best his luck will get this year…..
Dana kicked Jesse Taylor off TUF for unprofessional behavior, but he isn’t going to penalize Rampage? Come on, man….you can’t turn a bling eye to this one
jesse taylor is not rampage.
he hasn’t done anything for the sport that rampage has.
when you talk about legal punishments, there is no disrimination. however, if you’re talking about punishments from the job, there’s definitely different treatment and i think it’s justified.
Jessie Taylor was an alcholic that had real issues. Rampage was suffering from delusions due to lack of sleep and food. Rampage has been a model citizen with no prior record, so yes we should look past this. No one was seriously hurt and he will have to suffer some kind of penalty so ill call it even.
I hope he pleas out and gets probation, community service, pays4damages & big fines with no jail time! Probation will be long, probably 5 years based on the “number of violations”. Will have to mortgage out that Orange County IRVINE HOME and pay DANA WHITE big time for getting him out of this “LEGAL FIGHT”. Orange County is tough, even on it’s Sheriff (Feds got him). Greatest place to live, safe and good schools. I have traveled to 66 countries researching them for investments, property laws and immigration laws. The best country is USA & So. California is the Best STATE! QJ, I hope you channel that RAGE in the RING, not on the streets where you live! Good luck QJ, your fan!
yeah i’m tired of people comparong him to jesse taylor…who the hell cares about jesse taylor? does anyone like jesse taylor? does anyone wanna see jesse taylor fight? is anyone rooting for jesse taylor? does anyone follow jesse taylor? i think i’ve made my point about JESSE TAYLOR!
*comparing
ya who cares about JT he has a wierd voice anyway but i still think rampage vs rua is probaly gonna happen
i think he deserves it he lost far and square and cried about it
your taking about rampage about losing to forrest the ya i agreee he lost fair and square there was no doubt in my mind that he won when it was going to a dicision
Good for Rampage. He is going to get off easy and as a fan that is what I wanted. Not that it makes it right…..With all of those charges he is going ot plea bargain and probably get the felonies dropped or lessened to misdemeanors. The misdemeanors will be dropped or he will plead no contest/guilty to those to get rid of the felonies. Many different legal angles on this one. From my experience I think the felonies will be dropped if he pleads guilty to 2-3 misedemeanors.
EVERYONE,
Everyone and ANYONE who gave me shat when I defended Rampage and said there was no proof he caused the miscarriage owes me an apology! I told everyone this lady was a POS person to be 38yrs old, bringing a life into this world unmarried and letting so much time pass before she went forth with charges. It was obvious she found out Rampage had celebrity status/money before she went about her scumbag ways of life and allegations.
Rampage deserves a rematch to get his title back ASAP IMO. Forrest should man up issue a title shot to quinton.
Number 1 Forrest doesn’t pick his fights.
Number 2 Forrest will fight anyone. His past proves that.
Number 3 Didn’t Forrest say that he would be willing to fight Rampage again already?
Rampage is awesome and all, but no way does he deserve a title shot. Hells no. Not after that **** he pulled. With Chuck and Machida both about to win their fights, I’d say they both deserve a title shot before Rampage even gets a sniff…
ya anyway IMO he would win again most guys rampage will ko anyone with his 1 hit ko but forrest is one of those guys who cant take the **** beating out of him! and is techinally better just not ko power but he can take hits! so rampage could ko anyone but forrest unlesss he got 2 one ko hits in and he couldnt ko dan henderson because hes good enough he didnt get the chance. but still overall did better
UFCfan, how bout if Machida wins and Rampage wins v Rua the fight each other for the “next #1 contender spot” after ofcourse Liddell beast Evans and fights Forrest for the belt imo (two ifs;if Liddell beats Evans and if he doesn’t get injured ie broken hand or reaggrivate his groin/hamstring) ofcourse u can throw Wanderlei in the mix if he wins his next bout.. Thx
Whats up?? What I posted earlier wasn’t bad didn’t cuss and it got yanked? Bullsh*t, if you cant make a joke and speak your mind ,don’t have a post site.
Pardon me if I insulted one of your friends, he should of used his head for something other than a hat rack!
And another thing, for those of you who did see what I posted, and I had the first post by the way, you know I was right. Thats why it was pulled.
timcat,
i think comment 6 will answer your question.
At the end of the day Rampage will get off, Dana can make alot more money on Rampage
man..this foo better keep his head on strait…
so after he fights rua..and assuming he wins…
who would be next!!!???!?!?
No worries Kris…I was just afraid that I was losing my mind and/or living in some alternate dimension…
I agree that if he pleads to the misdemeanors he gets the felonies dropped. High conviction rates are more important for prosecutors than what the convictions are for.
This is why DUIs are routinely plead down to reckless op. Easier to get the plea (conviction) and less chance of losing in a trial.
Ok sorry if I was a little perturbed about it.
rampage is a great fighter and all, but i think too many people hyped him up to be TOO great. it’s not like he’s been dominant…yeah, he ko’d chuck in the 1st round. but both of his fights since then have gone all five rounds, meaning he’s gone ten full rounds since he’s knocked someone out. that’s not impressive to me, and oh, by the way, he lost one of those decisions (forrest) and the other was close (hendo).
HE WON’T BE CONVICTED… HE’LL GET OUT OF IT… IF R KELLY CAN GET AWAY WITH RAPE THEN RAMPAGE CAN DEFINTELY GET OFF ON THIS
YZFOXRACING,
That is a spot on assessment of the world today…
KOuch you’re so full of crap your eyes MUST be brown. If my wife had a miscarriage after someone forced me to dive to the pavement or get hit I certainly would have gone after them and found out if that was why. You wouldn’t done the same damn thing… whether it was a celebrity or not. I can’t believe YOU expect the apology! CRAZINESS!
ITS SAD BUT THE TRUTH…
jerry heller says:
Rampage deserves a rematch to get his title back ASAP IMO. Forrest should man up issue a title shot to quinton.
SHUT THE F UP… HE DOESN’T DESERVER SH1T… THE DUDE LOST. AND PEOPLE NEED TO FACE IT… GET OVER IT. HE F’D UP AND BLEW IT… AFTER CHUCK BEATS RASHAD. CHUCK BEATS FORREST AND THEN MORE THAN LIKELY WE’LL SEE A WANDY/CHUCK FIGHT. RAMPAGE NEEDS TO WORK BACK UP BUT WHEN HE LOSES TO SHOGAN HE’S GONNA GO ON ANOTHER SPREE… SO HEADS UP EVERONE
Rapage’s lack of dicipline cost him his title, period! Secondly, i agree with you guys, i would totally go after some @$$whole who almost hit my pregnant wife and possibly caused a miscarriage.
On another note, rampage will not return to the octagon this year. He’s lucky if he can avoid jail. We’re talking about two felonies here. If billionare PARIS HILTON went to jail on a freaking DUI. What makes you guys think that rampage will get out of this like it’s nothing? That’s not going to happen. He’ll get his sentense reduced, but will not be back in the octagon no matter how much money he’s got. RUA should fight someone else, he needs to get back in there.
Well Jazzkok you would be wrong, Dana said he’s actually moving up the fight to the November 15th card in Portland (according to Yahoo sports.com) whether its cause of trial dates or becuase they don’t really have that many fights to put on that card is to be seen. But Rampage will fight by the end of the year. Hell he may fight twice before he even goes to court, with how back logged our justice system is.
And no he will get ZERO jail time on these charges. A doctor has already given him his plea of “temporary insanity” due to physical exhaustion. So due to him having no prior record he will get off with a year of probation and some kind of fine.
And lets let go of the lady who had the miscarriage. It was 10 days after the fact and her own doctor said the crash had nothing to do with it. In honesty people have miscarriages all the time and while it is sad for their family it happens.
JACKSON SUCKS, what he did sucks, i never liked him and dont think hes funny
cmon i some what like him its not like i hate him like i really dise like kieth jardine and mostly vera he thinks hes so good and cmon i how can u not think hes funny i do he’s hilirous and he doesnt suck hes one of the top guys.
and since ur name is capenter
kouch,
your comments about the woman and her miscarriage are way outta line. Obviously you’ve never had to experience what a woman goes through from a miscarriage, the length of time to mentally and in some cases physically recover from it can be pretty significant.