Raja Jackson, the son of former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, has been arrested and hit with a felony cost after he viciously attacked an expert wrestler at a present in California in August.
Los Angeles county jail information present that Jackson was arrested and booked on Thursday round 9:00 a.m. native time and he’s at present being held on $50,000 bail. As of now, Jackson stays in custody.
TMZ first reported the arrest.
Jackson was booked underneath a felony cost however the precise particulars of the case pending in opposition to him haven’t been revealed but. On-line information haven’t up to date with Jackson’s case following his preliminary arrest.
The arrest comes almost a month after Jackson acquired concerned in a professional wrestling match at a Knockx occasion in Los Angeles the place he stormed the ring and slammed Stuart Smith (ring title Syko Stu) to the bottom earlier than unleashing a sequence of brutal punches. Smith was seemingly unconscious simply seconds after he was dropped on the canvas however Jackson continued throwing punches till different wrestlers finally pulled him off.
Smith was taken to the hospital the place he spent a number of days in intensive care earlier than being launched.
Jackson’s involvement within the match was pre-arranged however the 25-year-old fighter truly assaulted Smith after they acquired into an altercation earlier within the day. Smith had hit Jackson with a beer can previous to the occasion believing he was one other professional wrestler concerned to assist hype the present however video captured confirmed him apologizing and the 2 shook arms after the incident.
Earlier than leaping into the ring, Jackson vented his anger about all the state of affairs on a reside stream and claimed he was going to get his revenge “for actual” through the match.
Members of the family posted an replace on Smith after his launch and revealed that he suffered trauma to each the higher and decrease jaws, a laceration to his higher lip and a fracture to the maxilla bone, which brought about him to lose a number of enamel from the assault.
Los Angeles Police later confirmed that an investigation was ongoing into the assault nevertheless it took a number of weeks earlier than authorities lastly charged Jackson with against the law and took him into custody.
Now Jackson has been arrested and hit with a felony cost over the assault and stays in custody pending his bail being posted.
