MMA free agent Nate Diaz is wanted by New Orleans police after a violent incident on Bourbon Street last weekend. Police confirmed in a statement on Monday that an arrest warrant had been issued for Diaz. He is accused of knocking someone unconscious around 2 a.m. on Saturday in the 400 block of Bourbon Street. A video of the alleged incident has surfaced online. Once arrested, he will be booked with second-degree battery, according to a New Orleans Police Department spokesperson. Diaz’s attorney, Walter Becker, released a statement on Ariel Helwani, stating that Diaz knew about the warrant and that the incident was self-inflicted. defense. Halawani tweeted the statement, which read: “Nate’s attorney Walter Baker can confirm that Nate has received word of the arrest warrant, and that Baker is in contact with court authorities in New Orleans.” Nate’s attorney looks forward to providing all facts about this incident to the district attorney who show Clearly a trained fighter named Rodney Petersen aggressively pursued Nate with the intention of engaging him, and once he did, Nate acted completely in self-defense. No further comment will be made at this time.
MMA free agent Nate Diaz is wanted by New Orleans police after a violent incident on Bourbon Street last weekend.
Police confirmed in a statement released on Monday that an arrest warrant had been issued for Diaz.
He is accused of knocking someone unconscious around 2 a.m. on Saturday in the 400 block of Bourbon Street. a video appeared online of the alleged incident.
Once arrested, he will be booked with second-degree battery, according to a New Orleans Police Department spokesperson.
Diaz’s attorney, Walter Becker, issued a statement on Ariel Helwani, saying that Diaz knew about the warrant and that the incident was in self-defense.
Halawani tweeted the statement, which read:
Nate’s attorney Walter Baker can confirm that Nate has received word of the arrest warrant, and that Baker has been in contact with court authorities in New Orleans.
Nate’s attorney looks forward to presenting all the facts about this incident to the District Attorney clearly showing that a trained fighter named Rodney Petersen aggressively pursued Nate with the intent of engaging him, and once he did, Nate acted entirely in self-defense.
No further comment will be made at this time.
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