Gable Steveson rape case details surface from 2019 Olympic cycle

Details have emerged about a 2019 rape case involving UFC newcomer and Olympic champion Gable Steveson, who is mentored by Jon Jones. On June 15, 2019, Steveson and a teammate were arrested and charged with gang rape involving a foreign object. The victim went to the hospital and immediately filed charges. Very little information about the case is publicly available, but the charges were ultimately dropped due to a legal loophole that prevented the victim's testimony from being admissible because she had voluntarily consumed alcohol on the evening of the incident. There were no witnesses other than the victim and the two wrestlers, and their accounts contradicted each other. While there is no direct proof of Steveson's guilt, the law was changed specifically after this case to ensure that victim testimony is now considered by courts under any circumstances.