Andreas Hale
Multiple Authors
UFC welterweight Tim Means was arrested Wednesday in New Mexico on an open charge of child abuse, in response to Bernalillo County on-line court docket information.
Means, 42, was concerned in an altercation along with his 17-year-old daughter and was accused of head-butting her within the nostril earlier than punching her within the face after a dispute over home chores, in response to the Albuquerque Journal.
Means was launched Friday on his personal recognizance and has a listening to date set for May 26.
A felony grievance was filed Tuesday after Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office acquired a name that two individuals had gotten right into a bodily altercation. The caller was later recognized as Means’ daughter, who stated her father had head-butted after arguing over chores. The grievance stated that she pushed Means away and alleged that she was then grabbed by the neck in a “strangulation manner” within the kitchen. She additionally alleges that she had a potato thrown at her and the 2 engaged in a scuffle the place {the teenager} stated she tried to get away by pushing and punching Means within the face. Means then struck her with a closed fist on the appropriate aspect of her face.
“Let it be known that there were visible hand and red marks on neck, indicating she was strangled,” the grievance reportedly states. “There was blood on and in her nose where she was head-butted and several red marks indicated she was hit in the face and on her cheek.”
Local information outlet KOAT reported that Means spoke to legislation enforcement after being detained and admitted that there had been an altercation along with his daughter. However, he stated the one time he acquired bodily together with her is when he wanted to restrain her.
Means hasn’t fought since a 2024 submission loss to Court McGee and is 1-5 in his previous six fights.
