Former Strikeforce and WEC champion Nick Diaz was arrested on May 24 and charges with a felony case of domestic battery by strangulation and a misdemeanor case of domestic battery. Now new information concerning the incident has come to light.
Diaz was arrested and sent to the Clark County Detention Center, where the fighter’s bail was set to $18,000. After having his court hearing on Saturday, May 26, Diaz made bail and was released from custody.
The alleged victim was identified as female and was reportedly transported to a local hospital after the incident. Matt Staudt, a friend of Nick Diaz, later went to social media to claim that an alleged stalker of the fighter’s falsified the police report.
“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”
Now MMA Fighting has come forward with new details on the case. The alleged victim is claiming, per the police report obtained by MMA Fighting, that Diaz grabbed her by the head and slammed her to the ground.
The police report states that the individual was “visibly in a large amount of pain and could not walk” when the police arrived. The woman was transported to a local hospital with a possible broken hip.
The alleged victim told police that she confronted Diaz, described as her on-again-off-again boyfriend, after discovering that the fighter was having sex with one of her friends. After an argument took place, the alleged victim claims to have thrown a glass of water in Diaz’s face.
Diaz reportedly “grabbed her by the head and slammed her to the ground, hitting her head against the floor” after becoming angered by the incident. The alleged victim then told police that Diaz picked her up, took her outside and slammed her on the ground next to a pool.
However, the report claims that her story changed when she spoke to another police officer at the hospital. This time, the alleged victim claimed that Diaz choked her for at least 30 seconds before letting go. Diaz was reportedly labeled the “primary physical aggressor,” as Diaz had suffered no injuries and the alleged victim’s injuries were “severe.”
Nick Diaz is due back in court June 24.
