Jairzinho Rozenstruik is no longer facing domestic violence
charges. | Getty/UFC
Domestic violence charges have been dropped against
UFC veteran Jairzinho
Rozenstruik following a dispute with his wife earlier this year
in Florida.
According to TMZ Sports, the Broward County district
attorney’s office elected not to pursue charges because “the victim
refused to provide a sworn statement” and „parties were engaged in
mutual combat and provided conflicting accounts of the incident.”
Due to the lack of cooperation from the victim, the DA determined
it was unlikely that Rozenstruik would be convicted.
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In January, Rozenstruik was arrested on charges of false imprisonment and
touch or strike/battery/domestic violence. During the dispute with
his partner, which occurred while the couple was driving from a
storage unit in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Rozenstruik allegedly
slapped the woman’s phone out of her hand, grabbed her arm and bit
her when she refused to kiss him. The woman also claimed that she
punched Rozenstruik in self defense. According to police had “a
visible bite mark on her right bicep, redness on both of her
forearms and a red scratch/bruise mark under her right eye.”
Rozenstruik was also deemed “uncooperative” with the
investigation.
‘Amazing Father and Husband’
Rozenstruik’s wife filed a letter requesting that the charges in
late January.
„We have 1 child together, who’s 4 years old, we do reside together
as a family, with no issues,“ the letter read (via MMAjunkie.com). „He’s in fact an incredible
amazing father and husband. I’m not in fear of my life, I’m not in
any danger at all. I will (ask) that this court drops all of the
charges against Mr. Rozenstruik and/or to at least allow him to
have non-violent contact between myself and him.”
The 37-year-old Rozenstruik went 9-6 over the course of a UFC
tenure that began in 2019, earning notable wins against the likes
of Alistair
Overeem, Andrei
Arlovski, Junior dos
Santos and Tai
Tuivasa. “Bigi Boy” was released from the promotion last year.
Rozenstruik has since gone 2-0 in Dirty Boxing, capturing the
organization’s heavyweight title this past August.