Recent Combate Americas competitor Alberto Rodriguez has been arrested and charged with sexual assault in San Antonio, according to NBC News 4 San Antonio.
Rodriguez, whose given name is Jose A. Rodriguez Chucuan, is accused of beating and assaulting a woman on multiple occasions. According to an affidavit, the most recent incident occurred on May 3 after Rodriguez accused the woman of being unfaithful.
Rodriguez allegedly slapped the woman multiple times and then forced her to put on a dress and dance for him. The victim alleges that Rodriguez also threatened to take her son and “drop him off in the middle of the road somewhere.”
According to a police report, Rodriguez then sexually assaulted the victim for several hours with different items and punched her in the back, leaving visible injuries. Rodriguez was arrested held for several hours before being released on $50,000 bond at approximately 3:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Rodriguez is perhaps best know for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment as Alberto Del Rio. The 42-year-old also has 15 professional MMA bouts to his credit, and he competed for organizations such as Deep and Pride over the course of a career that began in 2001.
He initially joined Combate Americas in an executive role before returning to active competition under the Alberto ‘El Patron’ moniker in a first-round submission loss to Tito Ortiz on Dec. 7.