Jon Jones' attorney has issued a statement.
Following Jones' announced retirement over the weekend, The ABQ Journal reported that a criminal summons was filed on Tuesday, accusing Jon Jones of a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident in February, and will appear in court next month due to it.
On June 23rd morning, Jon Jones’ attorney, Christopher Dodd, issued the following statement per Ariel Helwani.
"As Jon’s lawyer, I am stunned by the Albuquerque Police Department’s decision to charge him in this new case. In the thousands of cases I have handled in my career, I have never seen a case as strange and unwarranted as this one. Jon was not driving that night; he wasn’t in the car. It appears that an intoxicated woman used a false allegation against Jon to avoid being arrested for DWI, and the police fell for it. Based on the criminal complaint, it looks like they went so far as to seek a warrant for Jon’s cell phone records while conducting a misdemeanor traffic investigation. I have never heard of such a thing. It is truly unbelievable that the police would waste this amount of resources on such a case. The only thing I can think of is that the police were targeting Jon for improper purposes. We will get to the bottom of it and make sure that this baseless case is dismissed.”
Statement from Jon Jones’ Attorney, Christopher Dodd:
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 23, 2025
As Jon’s lawyer, I am stunned by the Albuquerque Police Department’s decision to charge him in this new case. In the thousands of cases I have handled in my career, I have never seen a case as strange and unwarranted as this…
Following his retirement over the weekend, Jones would issue a statement on the matter. You can read more about that here.
