NATE DIAZ CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE BATTERY IN NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, LA (April 27th, 2022)– Nate voluntarily turned himself in to the New Orleans Police Department this morning approximately at 7:10 am. CT.
The arrest warrant is for suspicion of second-degree battery. Such charges are considered a felony in Louisiana and carry a potential penalty of up to eight years in prison “with or without hard labor” and/or up to a $2,000 fine.
Following his booking, Diaz was allowed to post bond for his release from custody with no travel restrictions placed on him by the courts.
“Bond has been granted and posted with the full permission from the court to resume travel which includes returning to Stockton today,” Rosenfield said in a statement obtained from MMA Fighting. “We appreciate how we were treated by the New Orleans Police Department, the court and their staff.”
In a statement released Tuesday via Rosenfield, Diaz claimed that his actions were in self-defense:
Nate’s attorney looks forward to presenting all of the facts about this incident to the District Attorney which clearly demonstrate that a trained fighter named Rodney Petersen aggressively pursued Nate with the intention of engaging him and once doing so, Nate acted entirely in self-defense. No further comment will be made at this time.
Diaz attended Misfits Boxing 6 in New Orleans this past Friday and was involved in two separate altercations, first nearly getting into a fight with reality TV star Chase DeMoor and then later in the evening finding himself in a fight with Logan Paul lookalike Rodney Petersen, the latter of whom was choked unconscious by Diaz.
It is not yet known if Diaz’s legal issues will affect his upcoming boxing match with Jake Paul, which is scheduled to take place Aug. 5 in Dallas, Texas.
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