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Nick Diaz Arrested Following Alleged Domestic Violence Incident

May 25, 2018 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Nick Diaz has been arrested after an alleged domestic violence that occurred Thursday evening in Las Vegas. MMAjunkie reports that an individual in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that Diaz is the individual in question. Diaz has been charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation and misdemeanor domestic battery.

According to LVMPD Officer Larry Hadfield, the alleged victim was female. He said that officers responded to a call at a Las Vegas residence at approximately 7:20 PM PT. A source said that twelve units were dispatched, that the alleged victim was transported to a local hospital and that Diaz was combative with officers during the arrest.

The UFC fighter is currently in custody with a bail set at $18,000. He cannot bail until after a court hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning.

UFC officials issued a statement about the incident which read, “UFC is aware of the recent arrest of middleweight athlete Nick Diaz. The organization does not tolerate domestic violence and requires all athletes to adhere to the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy. Every athlete is deserving of due process, and this situation, as with any official allegations, will be duly reviewed and thoroughly investigated by an independent party.”

Diaz’s friend and business associate Matt Staudt posted to Instagram defending Diaz and saying that the alleged victim was “deranged and insane,” accusing her of stalking Diaz. He said they ran into the woman in Las Vegas and claimed, “She left their interaction feeling some type of way yesterday and put in a fake report to get even and have him arrested which she’s threatened to do many times before as well.”

If it wasn’t clear, I’ve got this guys back if he needs me always and completely. One of the best people I know, and that’s the truth, he just plays by his rules, views the world very differently than most and has been fucked constantly. Seeing how everything evolved here infuriates me. The news is out so better to address than not, and for my own sake, not really on his behalf. I’ve seen drunk guys get in Nick’s face and avoid serious injury because he’s a martial artist and a killer but knows that and he’s passed the point of needing to prove it. He doesn’t even act tough to people… There is no scenario where Nick would put his hands on anyone unless it was necessary self-defense, and then watch the fuck out. Moving on, the girl who is accusing him is the most deranged and insane I’ve met to date. She has been obsessed with and stalked Nick for maybe 2 years now. Suicide attempts, calls to his family from fake numbers, thousand of calls a day – yes thousands, showing up everywhere he goes following his story… He changed his number to get away but Vegas is small and they crossed paths again. She left their interaction feeling some type of way yesterday and put in a fake report to get even and have him arrested which she’s threatened to do many times before as well. I can’t even fully digest this whole thing because of how insane and wrong it is. If Nick’s at fault it is because he has chosen again and again and again not to make a police report against her like I’ve advised profusely in the past when she has hit him or broke his phone or broke into his place or stolen things from him or threatened suicide, etc. Everyone is going to think what they think when they see the news so it’s very important for me to at least put something out that is actually factual. #fakenews

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