yeah, that sucks. But what the hell is a charge for “damaging a cell phone”? Is that really a crime in California? Not to make light of Anthony’s situation, but I can’t fathom that as a law, nor the politics behind how that becomes a law.

unfortunate to say the least if true.

any destruction of private property is a crime. I suppose it could have been his own phone though . I think Johnson deseves the benefit of doubt until proven guilty,even then I think its a private matter.

He needs Rampage’s lawyers. He’ll be indebted to the UFC but no way he goes to the jail if his record is decent.
Probation+Fine+Community Service

But it is nice to see that he called the police and gained his composure by the time they arrived. Hopefully he’s able to get by with probation and community service. He has a very bright future ahead of him, but doing time will not help his development.

It really saddens me to see this crap still go on… what goes through a man’s head making them think at any point its ok to hit a woman. I don’t care if she cheated on him, had a gangbang with anthony’s two brothers and his dad whatever it is, if he hit her, he should definitely suffer the consequences

I agree with everyone saying we need to wait to pass judgment. The system is biased against men in these situations. I’m not saying that men don’t commit domestic violence, TONS do. But I have two reasons for believing it’s best to wait to pass judgment.

An ex-girlfriend attacked me and hit me with an uppercut to the balls. As I lay on the floor next to the phone I picked it up and dialed 911. On a positive note, they pressed charges and she pled guilty. However, as part of her sentence she was supposed to attend anger management classes. The (female) teacher decided to let her slide after attending one class. And the crazy thing is that when I spoke to my ex a few years after the incident, she told me that she received pamphlets about domestic abuse and women’s shelters in the mail after the incident. No one ever contacted me after she hit me and nothing came for me in the mail. I guess the prosecutor can proceed without the victim in MI. I only found out about my ex being charged years after the fact.

Calling the cops on her probably comes across as a bitch move on my part, but she was really unstable. I was sleeping on the couch at the time and had a hard time sleeping because I worried she was going to do something horrible to me in my sleep.

My other experience is as a law clerk at a domestic violence legal clinic in California. Most of our clients were women and when a man came to us for help, there was a palpable skepticism about whether he really needed a restraining order. The assumption was that most guys use restraining orders (especially TROs) as a power play against women. I didn’t fall into this way of thinking, but I saw other people do it all the time.

BUT violence against women is a very real problem all over the world, so there’s a reason it’s taken very seriously.