Alastair Overeem is announced as the winner after his first round TKO of Brock Lesnar in their heavyweight bout at UFC 141 Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Lesnar announced his retirement immediately after the fight.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | 12:45 p.m.
It looks like UFC heavyweight fighter Alistair Overeem is coming out a winner in Las Vegas again — this time in court.
A Las Vegas judge today approved an agreement that a misdemeanor battery charge from an alleged Jan. 2 shoving incident will be dropped if Overeem stays out of trouble for the next 90 days, performs 50 hours of community service and attends on online impulse control course.
The alleged incident took place a couple of days after Overeem’s TKO victory on Dec. 30 against Brock Lesnar in UFC 141.
Overeem, 31, was given a misdemeanor citation about 3 a.m. Jan. 2 in front of the Encore on the Las Vegas Strip. The citation alleged he "did willfully and unlawfully use force or violence upon the person of another, to wit, (woman’s name) by pushing /shoving her in the face, causing her to stagger back."
The report indicated the 6-foot-5, 260-pound Holland native had been drinking.
Overeem had been scheduled to have a bench trial Monday morning in Las Vegas Justice Court before Justice of the Peace Diana Sullivan.
Instead, Overeem’s attorney, David Chesnoff, worked out a deal with the district attorney’s office beforehand.
Deputy District Attorney Parker Brooks presented the agreement to Sullivan about 90 minutes before the bench trial was to start, and the court accepted it.
“The case was submitted to the judge without any admission of liability for anything,” Chesnoff said after the hearing. “At the conclusion of his responsibilities, the case will be dismissed."
Overeem, whose presence at today’s hearing was waived, has his next court date on June 26. Chesnoff said his presence will also be waived at the next hearing, if he complies with Monday’s agreement.
Chesnoff said he did not yet know what kind of community service Overeem will do but said it would probably be for a court-approved charitable organization. He said taking an impulse control course online was done routinely and was nothing special for his client.
“We are very pleased with the outcome,” Chesnoff said.
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