Jeff Monson Arrested for Suspicion of Assault on a Female UPDATED
by Discman2 on Jan 20, 2009 9:18 AM EST
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If it isn't one thing with Monson, it's another. Last week Jeff Monson was charged with malicious mischief and now the former #1 UFC heavyweight contender has been arrested, but not because of the graffiti work he did on the state Capitol. This time it seems as if Monson was involved in domestic abuse against 30-year-old Stephanie Trapani, who is involved with Monson.
Here is what happened leading up to the incident and the incident itself according to the Olympian:
Trapani says she had a romantic relationship with Monson, but they got in an argument after found out he had romantic relationships with other women. She also alleges "he has two wives." She said she found out information about his other girlfriends on his cell phone and she then threw the cell phone out the window of her car while she was driving to pick him up at the gym. When he found out his cell phone was gone when they returned to Trapani's home, he got angry. "He went ballistic," she said.
At Trapani's home, Monson packed up his belongings, Trapani said. But when she told him she had thrown his cell phone out the window of her car, he grabbed her laptop and started "hitting the columns" of her home. She said Monson was enraged, and put a hole in the wall and flipped over a grandfather clock.
Two wives, a girlfriend and other romantic interests? AND the one girlfriend picks him up at the gym after he works out? Pimpin' ain't easy.
Is it me or have MMA fighters been in the news a lot lately, but not for the right reasons? It seems as if there is an incident a week involving an MMA fighter.
UPDATE
The Olympian has an updated report saying that Trapani has more photos of Monson spraying grafitti on various other locations. She tells the Olympian that she will be ahnding over the photos to prosecutors involved in tha case against Monson. She discovered the pictures on Monson's cell phone, which she had thrown out her car window after finding out about his other girlfriends. After she calmed down she recovered the cell phone and plans on giving the phone to the authorites.
"I'm sure the prosecutors would like to look at that," she said.Note to Monson(and everyone really): Don't mess with crazy chicks who have incriminating photos of you.
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Going on a tirade is one thing..
But nowhere in that entire article does it indicate how he assaulted the girl.
by Blackout612 on Jan 20, 2009 1:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
from Cage Potato
North Carolina on a charge unrelated to his malicious mischief trouble in Olympia, Washington. Now he’s in jail on suspicion of "assault on a female and injury to real property." Girl troubles gone terribly wrong, in other words. How disappointing.
and it’s suspicion of assault. Sounds to me like he flipped out and went crazy on her house, not that he attacked her. But thats what they are calling it so…. yeah
by Discman2 on Jan 20, 2009 1:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Tirades are assualt
you’re thinking of battery. If I got in your face and punched the wall next to you or made as if to hit you to make you flinch… Thats assualt.
Gimme 1 Round!
by skwirrl on Jan 20, 2009 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fair enough, however;
I’ve seen various snippets suggest that he grabbed her or shook her. I’d like to read some official detail.
by Blackout612 on Jan 20, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is Stephanie Trapani
..if anybody cares.
by Blackout612 on Jan 20, 2009 1:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yep. She’s nuts. You can see it in the eyes.
by subo on Jan 20, 2009 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Always look from the bottom up I say. That way you can atleast enjoy the view before you get to the crazy eyes
by Discman2 on Jan 20, 2009 7:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I guess UFC is no longer interested in his services
by bignerd on Jan 20, 2009 1:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Bad couple of weeks for the Snowman. I hope this isn’t true.
by subo on Jan 20, 2009 2:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
“He’s being charged with domestic violence and damage to property because he destroyed my house,” Trapani said. “He started just bashing holes in the walls and the columns.”
Even she doesn’t say he assaulted her.
by mythbuster on Jan 20, 2009 9:09 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Again
Thats assualt. Battery is the charge if he hit her. When you hear assault and battery its he made her feel threatened AND whupped her ass. Assault can be something as minor as screaming at someone or throwing something across the room.
Gimme 1 Round!
by skwirrl on Jan 20, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bingo. People need to read a Law book once in a while.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." - Sir Winston Churchill
by FlyByKnight on Jan 20, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Monson seems like such an unbelievable douche. Even before all of this stuff came to light.
by lbk on Jan 20, 2009 9:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
A douche?
This term is used too liberally… Monson is a really nice guy, in fact. I don’t doubt a lot of people would react similarly in finding out their girl is dumping them and threw their cellphone out of a moving car (which is not to say it’s acceptable, mind you).
by Blackout612 on Jan 20, 2009 11:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You seem to be ignoring the details in the story. you know, the fact that he has 2 wives and numerous GF’s? This isn’t anything to be proud of. I know younger guys think it’s “cool” to have multiple women, but it’s no badge of honor. Especially when those women don’t know about the others. So yes, he’s quite the douche actually.
by lbk on Jan 20, 2009 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
She also alleges “he has two wives.” She said she found out information about his other girlfriends on his cell phone
She said, she said.
by mythbuster on Jan 20, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s a pretty bizarre allegation to just make up. Why else would she toss his cell phone? You never seen a pissed off woman before?
by lbk on Jan 20, 2009 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or she’s just crazy? Or she did it for another reason, and made the story up to make herself look better? Or many other reasons.
I’m not saying she made it up, but just because a pissed of woman says something doesn’t mean it’s automatically true.
by mythbuster on Jan 20, 2009 12:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
but just because a pissed of woman says something doesn’t mean it’s automatically true.
I woukld say the same thing of a pissed off man. Men bullshit on a daily basis. Nevermind when they’re pissed.
by asa on Jan 22, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds pretty cool to me. Couple of wives, girlfriend that picks you up at the gym, these are the components to making a great life. Then this chick, a lowly girlfriend, not a wife, messes everything up.
by The_Vig on Jan 20, 2009 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t get the problem. She broke his stuff. He went back and broke some of hers. If anything shouldn’t she face charges for destruction of public property? Sucks to be a big dude in a fight with a small girl.
by EazyEismydad on Jan 20, 2009 9:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
and she was the one that brought him to her home. then, suprise! oh how could she know he would get pissed over her tossing his cellphone out the window? that’s so strange! it would make no sense to brake some of her stuff!
I’ve got one word for everybody: sexism.
Kuwabara Kuwabara
by J. B. Maddox on Jan 20, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Lots of people have way worse incedents on a daily basis. Just beause he’s a big scary UFC guy, the media will play with it. It will pan out into nothing though. It was just an argument and she wanted the attention. She broke his stuff, he broke hers. As long as he didn’t hit her, and didn’t go nuts like say…. get in a car and go nuts on a freeway on a wild police chase and hit 12 cars or something cough rampage. Not that it’s cool to lose your cool and hit things, but how much damage was really done, he just needs to make sure he fixes what he broke.
by adamdd on Jan 20, 2009 10:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yes
If my woman through my phone out the window I would be pissed also. I would do the same thing, but I wouldn’t lay a hand on her. Just because he is a professional fighter the media will treat it more serious than it really is.
She is lucky he hit things besides her; because out of all his rage he still was focused enough to know not to lay a hand on her.
by jimb0t on Jan 20, 2009 10:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
she deserved it
She started the whole thing by throwing his phone.
Think about it when you lose your phone you lose all the #s that you had.
That would piss anyone off She got what was coming to her and this is not a big deal.
Although he will probably be sued and lose a nice chuck of money.
by WhiteyBarrington on Jan 20, 2009 10:18 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
LOL!
"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007
by lovingmma25 on Jan 20, 2009 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
To all those saying she deserved it are kind of overlooking the fact that she had just found out he had 2 wives and multiple other girlfriends. Kind of a bit of a shock to find that info out don’t ya think? The guy is a moron.
by lbk on Jan 20, 2009 10:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
She wasn’t somehow turned on by finding out that her man is a stud?
"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007
by lovingmma25 on Jan 20, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Complaining that an anarchist does something that flaunts legal and social convention is like complaining when the snake you picked up bites you. “B* you knew I was a snake when you picked me up.”
She should have lied to Monson and told him that she gave the phone to a homeless person, since private property is theft.
by Jahbulon on Jan 20, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Remember this one
Two wrongs dont make a right. She was being immature and broke his phone know he cant call his Communist friends. That would piss anyone off. They where both wrong I just hate how some how its all the mans fault.
by WhiteyBarrington on Jan 20, 2009 10:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
exactly, but he’ll be punished for his wrong and she won’t be punished at all
by adamdd on Jan 20, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Even if she is punished.
The punishment for breaking a phone is much less than the punishment for domestic abuse and breaking a wall.
by Phildo on Jan 20, 2009 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
anarchist =/= communist
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by AJB on Jan 20, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Monson is an anarchist, not a communist. Although both are considered extreme left wing ideologies, they are pretty much antithetical to each other – in the same way that atheism is antithetical to all forms of religion.
by Jahbulon on Jan 20, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, they aren’t antithetical. Eventually the communist state is supposed to sort of dissipate as the society moves beyond governance. The state has its transformative effect and then fades away.
by Rundownloser on Jan 20, 2009 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Given the fact that a communist state never has and never will dissipate, and that all communist states have increased rather than decreased governance, I stand by my statement. However, you are right though that the fathers of communism claimed that would happen.
by Jahbulon on Jan 20, 2009 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it is an adorable theory.
by Rundownloser on Jan 20, 2009 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, actually they are. Anarchism and socialism are not antithetical, but communism is a particular form of vanguardist, party-based, revolutionary socialism. Anarchists are anti-vanguard, and anti-party, so they pretty much don’t talk to each other.
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by AJB on Jan 20, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll admit that I am not an expert, I was under the impression that communism isn’t necessarily vanguardist. Some forms, taking after Lenin, do support a vanguard, but communism isn’t inherently wedded to that notion. Nevertheless, in all systems on communism, eventually anarchy comes about due to the dissipation of the state as it becomes obsolete.
I think that we might be breaking the “no politics” proviso, but this is fun.
by Rundownloser on Jan 20, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Generally, it’s accepted these days that there are very, very few non-vanguardist forms of communism. There are some post-marxist communists floating around out there, but to be honest, they don’t really fit into traditional communist tenets and beliefs. I think the label “communist” is applied to them because no one has figured out anything more accurate. You are starting to see “non-hegemonic socialists” who support “socialism from below”, though, which is about the same thing as near as I can tell.
As for the “dissipation of the state”, that doesn’t necessarily lead to “anarchy”, though it could lead to “anarchism”. Anarchism and social anarchy are not necessarily connected – anarchists by and large support “voluntary order” rather than a total lack of laws. Other than anarcho-primativists, but they’re just… different. And I don’t really need to point out that no communist government has ever dissolved the state, because someone already did that. Anarchists disagree with communists on that point as much as any other: the master’s tools cannot destroy the master’s house.
In other words, there’s lots of grey areas, but generally when people say “communism” they mean the party-based kind of top-down socialism.
And I think it’s fine as long as we don’t take sides since all we’re doing is talking about definitions… But I’m sure Luke/Nate/another editor will let us know if we’re off base.
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by AJB on Jan 20, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I didn’t mean to conflate anarchy and anarchism. That was rather sloppy of me.
Well thanks for the info. My understanding of communism is sorely lacking considering I’ve studied it more from a more clinical, historical perspective, so it’s really cool to hear this stuff.
Would you agree then, that communism isn’t necessarily vanguardist conceptually, but practically speaking it is in that most modern day communists are vanguardist?
And on the anarcho-primativists, are they sort of neo-tribalist luddites (not intending to be pejorative with the term luddite)?
by Rundownloser on Jan 20, 2009 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This must be the best mma-forum, since you can find threads like this.
by Sventsh on Jan 20, 2009 2:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No problem; and it’s a fun discussion for me because, as an activist, I’ve really had to get to know where all the lines between similar-but-different groups are. Nice to know that all the lessons can come in handy now and again.
Yeah, I’d agree with that statement on communism. Communism as an ideological movement wasn’t tied to particular tactics at its origin, but there are certain conventions that have become associated with it over time, as has happened with liberalism (must it be inherently capitalist? no, but it is now) and other philosophies. Probably the biggest influence on contemporary communism is Gramsci’s idea of counter-hegemony, and it’s important to realize that the basic idea (not necessarily how Gramsci wrote it) could be applied either from an institutionalized (China and North Korea both do some of this) or a non-hierarchical, community based (South American peasant groups, for example) setting. That one is called “communism” and the other tends to get labeled a “social movement” shows that institutionalization has become almost completely correlated with communism.
Anarcho-primitivists are an interesting lot. They take basic anarchist analyses of power, the state, social cohesion (and coercion), and then add in the idea that humans can only achieve fulfilment and freedom by assuming a role in the “state of nature” that is hidden behind human-built structures of oppression. They have some good/interesting ideas – some parts of deep ecology and anarcho-primitivism have cross-pollinated – and also some… special characters who go a bit far with things (the Unibomber’s writings are a favourite of these guys). They range from people who try to live as simply and ecologically as possible while still holding jobs and such, to people who refuse to bathe, buy anything (everything is made/scrounged), own property, and will randomly destroy technology that they judge harmful. Of course, the majority fall somewhere in between.
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by AJB on Jan 20, 2009 2:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks a bunch for the info. I feel like Stan on South Park when I say, ‘you know, I learned something today…’ but it is cool of you to take time out to talk to me about his stuff.
by Rundownloser on Jan 20, 2009 5:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Any time! This is what I’m passionate about, and what I study for a living, so any time you want an opinion on alternative political philosophy, look me up.
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by AJB on Jan 20, 2009 5:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hitting her wouldn’t be Monson’s style. If he were to attack her he would take her down and try to smother her. Hitting people isn’t his style.
by Discman2 on Jan 20, 2009 11:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
His actions are abominable….
I also learned a lot from this thread. But when I went to the library and asked for a ‘law book’ to read they didnt know what I meant.
props to blackout612 for Yakov Smirnoff reference.
by Headkick on Jan 20, 2009 11:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
There’s actually a book called “Law Book”. It’s 600 pages, but only contains five words.
smashin teh puter iz assult
by Blackout612 on Jan 20, 2009 11:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
circling the drain…
If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.
by BJJDenver on Jan 20, 2009 11:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Is it me or have MMA fighters been in the news a lot lately, but not for the right reasons? It seems as if there is an incident a week involving an MMA fighter.
I think this is a result of the sport becoming more mainstream. We probably wouldn’t have seen much coverage of a fringe fighter assaulting his girl or getting arrested for spray painting a government building if it wasn’t.
If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.
by BJJDenver on Jan 20, 2009 11:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Is it me or have MMA fighters been in the news a lot lately, but not for the right reasons? It seems as if there is an incident a week involving an MMA fighter.
It’s not a surprise, considering MMA’s growth. The more mainstream exposure MMA gets, the more stuff like this will be reported widely. It’s inevitable. Gotta take the good with the bad.
by pud333 on Jan 20, 2009 12:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i think we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves boys
main stream media doesnt cover this. my friends couldnt tell you a darn thing about this or any of the deaths or arrests in the last year except for rampage.
it’s just us dorks that think MMA has been in the news a lot lately. rest of the US doesnt know or care.
by Headkick on Jan 20, 2009 12:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You seem to want to minimize these stories. Why is that?
by lbk on Jan 20, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
'She also alleges "he has two wives."'
What’s the punishment for bigamy?
Having more than one wife.
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on Jan 20, 2009 12:57 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
punishment?
Give that man a medal and a firm pat on the back.
by Discman2 on Jan 20, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Give him a medal?
I think having two wives is punishment enough…
by Gunslinger20 on Jan 20, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
All men should learn this, and live this.
by lbk on Jan 20, 2009 1:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Amen...
If only John Wayne Bobbit had received that advice..
by Gunslinger20 on Jan 20, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not sure of the laws of evidence in the US or Washington, but I’m pretty skeptical on the admissability of evidence obtained from theft of private property…?
I’m gonna have to go consult some old textbooks.
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by The_Gaijin on Jan 20, 2009 2:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Spelling is good...
admissibility
I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.
by The_Gaijin on Jan 20, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The comment should be deleted.
If you want me ban me for calling the guy who posted it an asshole, that’s on you. I’ll wear that one proudly.
At least one out of three women around the world has been beaten or otherwise abused in her lifetime, and women aged 15 to 44 are more at risk of dying from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, motor accidents, war and malaria.
http://www.unfoundation.org/our-impact/empowering-women-girls/say-no-to-violence.html
The only way we’re going to get homophobia and misogyny out of this sport is by standing up to it when we see it.
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by The Kittitas Kid on Jan 20, 2009 6:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You’re not getting banned. You’re not even getting warned. I just asked you to avoid name-calling.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 20, 2009 6:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, you can stand up to “homophobia and misogyny” without calling people assholes or dipshits.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Jan 20, 2009 6:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he’s saying the comment he responded to should be banned.
by subo on Jan 20, 2009 6:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But then we’d lose his excellent Sadie Hawkins line.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Jan 20, 2009 7:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, if this guy wants to broadcast to the world that he is a fan of Jeff Monson because he likes to lose his mind and get violently physical w/ women who are obviously weaker than he is and can’t defend themselves…. let him.
Just feel sorry for the guy cuz you know he’s never seen a naked woman outside of porn and the strip club. Good luck, 40 Year Old Virgin…..
by Gunslinger20 on Jan 20, 2009 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think he cares. But I see your point.
by subo on Jan 20, 2009 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I get that he doesn’t care, but like Gunslinger20 said, if people want to broadcast that they support violence against women, I think it would be doing them a service to hide that from others.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 20, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry but...
anyone who is… well lets say bold enough to make comments like those doesn’t get any at all because those of us who enjoy getting laid on a consistent basis know that we aren’t getting any booty saying shit like that.
Go ahead and call me whipped or whatever, but think about those comments while you’re jerkin it to japanese oompa loompa porn.
by Gunslinger20 on Jan 20, 2009 8:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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