If he wasn’t fond of living in a posh mansion with 17 other dudes, something tells me he’s not going to like his future abode much either. (Pic: Las Vegas Sun)
MMA veteran Mike Whitehead tapped out before heading into the biggest fight of his life inside a Clark County, NV courtroom yesterday. As reported by the Las Vegas Sun, prior to the start of his preliminary hearing, Whitehead and his attorney reached a deal with prosecutors that will see him plead guilty to one felony count of attempted sexual assault.
Those who have followed the case will note that the former TUF competitor was initially charged with doing far more than attempting a sexual assault. Whitehead was arrested for sexually assaulting a female friend following a bar-b-que at the fighter’s home in April of last year. Whitehead invited the victim and her friend to stay the night after they’d had too much to drink; once the pair had passed out in his bed, he allegedly removed the clothes of one of the women and began having sex with her while fondling the other female. The victim awoke and ordered him to stop, but he continued for several more minutes before sitting quietly in a chair next to the bed.
As part of the plea bargain, prosecutors will drop additional charges including sexual assault and open and gross lewdness. A search warrant served on Whitehead’s residence revealed a marijuana growing operation that boasted more than 40 plants. Strangely, charges for that crime were never filed. The decision to plea Whitehead out to lesser charges seems curious as well, given that in addition to the victim’s statement you have an eye witness to the crime who was also assaulted in the attack. The day after the assault, the victim received a text from “Iron Mike” which read, “Babe I’m really sorry about last night!! I’m very ashamed!”. Despite the double exclamation points, the heartfelt apology wasn’t enough to sway her from notifying the authorities.
Whitehead will be arraigned on September 12th. Should he pass a psycho-sexual report, the district attorney’s office will not weigh in on a sentence recommendation as part of the plea bargain.
Props to Intercept440 for the tip.
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commentsBut as they say, Prosecutor's don't get elected and get made judges by making great deals. No politician can resist a good public shaming of someone, especially a quasi-celebrity.
Which most likely (again, not definite) is caused by witness problems. In any rape investigation you run into similar witness problems. Juries want to believe rape or sexual assault victims 9/10. In fact most DA's will just put them up there and hope for the best because they know juries love victims. Only a couple of things defense attorney's can use,
1. Sordid Past of Victims,
2. Heavy Drug use (real drugs not weed)
3. Something odd about post assault behavior, which has been more than once, sexual contact with someone else immediately afterward, delays in reporting, etc.
No one makes deals to let rapists testify against drug dealers. Most people don't care enough. And it is too far out there. NO jury is wanna know a rapist is testifying against some higher up drug guy. The victim's advocate groups would be all over it.
Thanks for elevating the discussion
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Unless one of them ever had to stand tall before a judge, or had prudent legal advice, most likely they would not know what the Nolo Contendere is.
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And before another one of your fuck heads gets froggy and pops tall, as I have said before - I don't have a Juris Doctorate.
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It's good to learn there is at least one on-board.
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In some circumstances in Nevada (a state used for corporate pass-thru's) - during the initial appearance and arraignment if the defendant enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court may transfer the action to the Washoe County Drug Court, if appropriate, or order a presentence report and set a sentencing date consistent with the jail population management policies of the court.
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Persons who enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and qualify for treatment in the Washoe County Drug Court may, if the department deems the defendant to be an appropriate referral, be immediately referred to such court without further proceedings in the department in which the criminal action is commenced.
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My guess, is there is a plea agreement in the works and it involves the dirt weed the prosecutor never charged and left on the table. Maybe Whitehead was smart and had a cop or notable in the hook for a weekly dose of smoke? Then again the group of rape activists around here, might just see him get 17 years.
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Being that Nevada is in a financially BUSTed condition I doubt the prosecutor wants to waste 17 years of tax revenues on Whitehead. Or, the D.A views the chicks with the sketchy accusations as borderline at best, and the D.A. doesn't want to carry this forward on the books.
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Could be a 1,000 fucking things going on, and until the Judges gavel strikes the sound block, it doesn't matter - or did I get that wrong?
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@Intercept -- Maybe in theory but not in fact, in short I'm calling you crazy
@el_timbo -- tell you and your skanky roommate to eat a dick, we can't all by imagineers or whatever the fuck you do.
@liupk -- I didn't start this shit I always defend this site but I make a comment about how criminal defendants are often pre-judged and Cancrush gets butthurt someone noticed his journalism degree came from Phoenix University.
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they let him plead to a lesser charge becuase he gave them something on the drug end of it
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Hey fool, I never said I trained with Randy. I live about 300+ miles from Vegas. Go back, find and read what I posted. I never said I trained with or know Randy.
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I said I would take you and the former Cup Cake to Randy's gym on a special trip so you could have you trendy ball caps and "T"-shirts signed by a pro.
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GRIN - It's good too see someone around here school morons.
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Here's a thought for this Sunday...
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...You'll make a persuasive point because you understand that people do not always use logic to make decisions. If a man (or some dumb bitch masquerading as a man) didn't use reason to get into a situation, he/she cannot be reasonably talked out of it.
Even after that wall of text, nothing's changed. You knocked on the writer for making a baseless conjecture when you did the same thing with those 2 girls. Admit it and move on. You're 28. You can start acting like an adult any time now.
"Somewhere, while nickyroose is posting, a Wal-Mart goes without it's greeter."
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I'm fucking 28. I had to get a real job and not just masturbate and repost fucking press releases. I know this website has a fucking tilt I've been on it since the start and I never shit on the writers. but this is fucking ridiculous, it's not writeen in a sarcastic way, I can tell because it's NOT FUCKING FUNNY THERE IS NO PUNCHLINE, Anyone else would have made an easy target like this a slam dunk but you fucked it with your hack writing. So in summation shut your stupid faggot mouth and continue to churn out absolute shit in between the decent articles written by literates.
Amen brother! I once had the naive view that anyone found guilty or pleading guilty to something like this was a complete POS. Then, a buddy of mine got falsely accused of rape. The prosecution had no real evidence, but he couldn't take the risk of being found guilty, given the harsh penalties involved (e.g. jailtime and sex offender status). So, he plead guilty to aggravated assault, the ordeal almost destroyed his life.
"rape" does not equal "one felony count of attempted sexual assault".
Read your own shitty copy fuckass.
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