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UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is due in court to face a pair of misdemeanour charges, which stem from a drug test at his home after he was accused of being hostile.
A bond hearing is scheduled for Wednesday (17 July) in an Albuquerque court on charges that include assault and interference with communication.
Jones has denied the allegations, initially posting on social media in April that they were baseless. He said at the time that he was caught off guard by what he called the unprofessionalism of one of the testers, and that he cursed after getting frustrated.
“However, I want to emphasize that at no point did I threaten, get in anyone’s face, raise my voice to anyone, or engage in any form of assault,” Jones said in his post about …