Gable Steveson faced sexual assault allegations in 2019

UFC newcomer and Olympic champion Gable Steveson, protégé of Jon Jones, was arrested on June 15, 2019, along with a teammate while on the U.S. wrestling team during the Olympic cycle. They were accused of group sexual assault involving a foreign object. The alleged victim went to the hospital the previous night and immediately filed charges. Very little information about the case is publicly available, but the charges were eventually dropped due to a legal loophole that prevented the victim's testimony from being admitted because she had voluntarily consumed alcohol the evening of the incident. There were no witnesses besides 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 victim testimony is now considered regardless of circumstances.