{"id":202160,"date":"2025-10-10T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202160\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T07:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:49:07","slug":"raja-jackson-pleads-not-guilty-to-assaulting-a-professional-wrestler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/202160\/","title":{"rendered":"Raja Jackson pleads not guilty to assaulting a professional wrestler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/85826738007.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rampage&#8217; Jackson&#8217;s son allegedly attacks wrestler<\/p>\n<p>Raja Jackson, son of UFC fighter Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson, has been accused of assaulting professional wrestler Stuart Smith during a show in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Sport<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/2025\/09\/19\/raja-jackson-arrested-felony-charge-wrestling-beatdown\/85826325007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Raja Jackson<\/a>, the son of former Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson, pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mma\/2025\/08\/24\/raja-jackson-rampage-jackson-son-attack-syko-stu\/85808036007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">an alleged attack on a professional wrestler<\/a>, his lawyers told USA TODAY on Oct. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Raja Jackson, 25, faces one felony count of battery with bodily injury and one misdemeanor count of battery, according to charging documents obtained by USA TODAY. A preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 24 at the San Fernando Courthouse in Los Angeles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacourt.ca.gov\/pages\/lp\/access-a-case\/tp\/re-acc-search-court-calendars\/cp\/re-acc-criminal-case-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to California Superior Court records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The felony charge carries a potential sentence of up to four years in prison, though charging documents indicate prosecutors are seeking an enhancement that could result in a maximum sentence of up to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Raja Jackson was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department in September and released on $50,00 bail, according to the booking records. His lawyer, Michael Freedman, declined to comment on the case beyond the not-guilty plea when reached by USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>What is Raja Jackson accused of?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mma\/2025\/08\/24\/raja-jackson-rampage-jackson-son-attack-syko-stu\/85808036007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The charges stem from a viral incident<\/a>\u00a0where Raja Jackson allegedly interrupted a match during the &#8220;Knox Experience&#8221; show put on by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knokxpro.com\/WebSite\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy<\/a> on Aug. 23. He was seen on a\u00a0live-streamed video\u00a0picking up, slamming, and repeatedly punching Stuart Smith, who wrestles under the name Syko Stu.<\/p>\n<p>As seen on the livestream reviewed by USA TODAY, the two appeared to have agreed that Raja Jackson would make a scripted interruption after a heated interaction before the show. The wrestling academy said that the wrestling spot turned into a \u201cselfish, irresponsible act of violence against Mr. Smith\u201d in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KnokXProEntertainment\/posts\/pfbid02nMWNK2hB2VwSpHj9G3xHhQGaX4iekRUqzhnTuq1objyZ6o1AwR7CAnTEQZi9KhQNl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">statement posted Aug. 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Malo, a wrestler who was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/martialarts\/comments\/1mym3ye\/comment\/nadixtn\/?context=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">involved in the ensuing melee<\/a>, previously told USA TODAY in an interview that Smith lost &#8220;a lot of teeth&#8221; in the incident. The misdemeanor charge stems from Raja Jackson&#8217;s altercation with Malo, according to the charging documents.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was released from the hospital Aug. 31 and said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOBmmgpkemQ\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">an Instagram post<\/a> that he suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured bone in his face and a &#8220;serious head injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rampage&#8217; Jackson&#8217;s son allegedly attacks wrestler Raja Jackson, son of UFC fighter Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson, has been accused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[26075,1338,3044,76,49,48,361,1346,12555,12856,2169,12366,5596,26057,75,55716,641,18817,1337,1348,3043,1522,55718,4225,1262,638,1327,1342,8886,99421,44051,1188,2039,44,1333,44056,6975,55715,55717,12852,82,1320,39,519,1335,640,26074,26077,26055,26058,14477],"class_list":["post-202160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-abuse","tag-affiliate","tag-angeles","tag-arts","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-central","tag-central-region","tag-crime","tag-department","tag-east","tag-east-region","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-wrestling","tag-fighting","tag-jackson","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-los","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-police-department","tag-martial","tag-martial-arts","tag-mma","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-n4n-news","tag-n4n-sports","tag-negative","tag-network","tag-network-trending","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-negative","tag-police","tag-quinton","tag-quinton-jackson","tag-region","tag-sports","tag-story","tag-top-stories","tag-trending","tag-u0026","tag-ufc","tag-violence","tag-violence-u0026-abuse","tag-west","tag-west-region","tag-wrestling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}