Gable Steveson's 2019 sexual assault case resurfaces amid UFC career

Gable Steveson, the Olympic champion wrestler and Jon Jones protégé who recently joined UFC, faced serious legal trouble in 2019 during his Olympic training cycle. On June 15, 2019, Steveson and a teammate were arrested and charged with gang rape involving a foreign object after a woman reported the assault and went to the hospital. The case was ultimately dismissed due to a legal loophole that prevented the victim's testimony from being admitted because she had voluntarily consumed alcohol the night of the alleged incident. There were no witnesses beyond the accuser and the two wrestlers, and their accounts contradicted each other, resulting in no direct evidence of guilt. Following this case, Minnesota law was changed to allow victim testimony regardless of alcohol consumption circumstances. The post notes that while there was no definitive proof, the fact that the law was amended specifically after this case raises questions about the incident.