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This is a story I pulled from a website. Who knows what the true story is but being a MMA fan, I'm interested to see who is telling the truth, if Tito really laid a hand on her, if she is having a problem with drugs and the most important thing, what will happen to the children that they have together. Post any feedback if you want.
Monday, April 26, 2010
by Loretta Hunt (lhunt@sherdog.com)
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence on Monday, said Lt. Mike Reynolds of the Huntington Beach Police Department.
TMZ.com was one of the first to report police activity outside of Ortiz’s private residence on Monday morning.
The alleged victim’s identity will not be released at this time by the department, said Reynolds, though he said officers had been called to the scene by the victim’s father and that the victim wasn’t taken to the hospital.
The 35-year-old Ortiz is the father of 13-month-old twins, Jesse James and Journey Jette, with former adult film star Jenna Jameson, who resides with the fighter in Huntington Beach, Calif. Ortiz and Jameson are not married.
Ortiz, who is currently starring as a coach opposite rival Chuck Liddell on Spike TV’s “The Ultimate Fighter 11†airing Wednesdays, was handcuffed at the scene and transported to the Huntington Beach Police Department this morning for booking and arraignment, said Reynolds. The OC Register reported that Ortiz was released from custody Monday afternoon after posting $25,000 bail. The Orange County district attorney’s office will review the case and decide whether to press charges.
In a TMZ.com video posted Monday afternoon, Jameson, shown packing a car in the residence's driveway with her father, said that a restraining order had already been obtained against Ortiz. Jameson wouldn't give any specifics about the incident, but answered “yes†when asked if this was the first time something like this had happened.
“I am completely shocked,†Jameson told the cameras. “Tito is a loving, sweet man and I've always supported him through everything and for him to lash out at me like that is shocking and I feel completely betrayed.â€Â
Ortiz held a press conference Monday night at a Los Angeles restaurant, according to KTLA News. According to KTLA, the fighter's attorney, Chip Matthews, said Jameson had been battling an addiction to Oxycontin for "well over a year." Matthews said Jameson “relapsed†after Ortiz confronted her about drugs he had found.
"As Tito was leaving, unfortunately she contacted the police department through another individual," KTLA quoted Matthews. "I want to be quite clear, Tito Ortiz never laid a hand on Jenna."
Ortiz made a brief statement, but did not answer questions, said KTLA.
"My parents have gone through an addiction ... I'm not gonna let that happen to my family," KTLA quoted Ortiz. "I hold everything dear to my heart that Jenna will be okay."
TMZ.com said that when it contacted Jameson for comment regarding Ortiz’s allegations, she answered, “he's trying to save his career."
One of the UFC’s biggest draws at the early part of the decade, Ortiz’s career had recently been cast in doubt with news that he wouldn’t be facing Liddell in a third match at UFC 115 on June 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to culminate the end of TUF’s 11th season. Instead, former middleweight champion Rich Franklin will face Liddell instead, fueling rumors that a possibly injured Ortiz leaves the reality show early.
Ortiz has dropped three of his last four bouts, including a second TKO loss to Liddell at UFC 66 in December 2006 in Las Vegas. Ortiz drew with former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans at UFC 73 on July 2007 in Sacramento, Calif.
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