Julianna Pena Arrested and Released in Spokane County
Updated 12/21/2015 from Mercedes White on Facebook.
Pena was arrested at 2:20 a.m. Sunday morning and booked into Spokane County Jail. She was released on $2,000 bail Sunday afternoon at 2:20 p.m. Pena is due in Spokane Municipal Court on Dec. 30 at 1:30 p.m., per a court official.
An alleged victim and two witnesses told officers that Pena and Josh Gow, her training partner on the Sikjitsu fight team, attempted to enter Zola’s bar after being involved in a street fight. Witnesses said Gow’s face was covered in blood from the brawl and the two wanted to use the bathroom to get Gow cleaned up. Bar employees told Pena and Gow that the establishment was closed and they could not come in, which prompted Pena to become “irate,” according to one witness.
Witnesses said that Pena kicked a bar employee in the groin and then, while outside the business, kicked the owner in the groin twice. Gow did not get physical with anyone, witnesses said, and was described as being clearly drunk. The two attempted to enter Zola’s again, witnesses said, but were locked out. Gow then rubbed his bloody face on the bar’s front window, according to witnesses.
Sgt. Eric Kannberg said in his report that he was responding to a “large fight” outside another bar, called Globe, nearby. He then walked to Zola’s and came into contact with Pena and Gow outside. Kannberg wrote that they had “obviously been drinking.” Kannberg said Pena told him that they had been involved in a fight with 20 people outside Globe, Gow had suffered a facial injury and she wanted to take him to Zola’s to clean up because she knew the owner. Pena said that employees at Zola’s didn’t let them in because Gow was bleeding, according to Kannberg. Pena indicated that they had then left, Kannberg said. He wrote that he asked Pena if anything happened and she said no.
According to a post on Sherdog and MMAfighting it shows that Julianna was arrested early Sunday morning in what was called a fight at a bar in which she was charged on two assault charges.
Pena ranked #6 by the UFC is to be one of the top contender for the Bantamweight title will have some explaining to do today in what looks to be a some type of punishment from the UFC, a suspension? or something that the UFC will do to make sure their fighters behave themselves while out in public.
So far there is no comment from Julianna and the UFC is aware of the situation and will make a statement later today. As always all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, so I am sure there are two sides of the story and it will be revealed soon.
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