Former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen has agreed to a plea deal after he was accused of attacking a couple in a Las Vegas hotel in 2021.
At a motion hearing Wednesday in Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court, Sonnen’s pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor charge of “breaching the peace,” according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday.
Sonnen was ordered to pay a $750 fine. He was not present for the hearing, though was represented through his attorney Dayvid J. Figler.
The standalone misdemeanor charge stood in place of four previously-standing misdemeanor battery charges. Two other misdemeanor battery charges were previously dismissed by a judge in September.
Sonnen was accused of repeatedly punching Christopher and Julie Stellpflug in the hallway of a Four Seasons Hotel on Dec. 18, 2021, before he struck multiple security guards. The couple also accused Sonnen of appearing intoxicated during the alleged attack.
Prosecutors dropped a felony battery charge in March 2022. However, the misdemeanor charges materialized when the couple filed a civilian complaint.
In June, Sonnen pleaded not guilty to the charges with an anticipated trial start date of Aug. 9 – but now the proceedings will not need to go that far. Sonnen declined to speak on the matter publicly when pressed in recent months, citing the ongoing legal proceedings.
