March 26, 2025 6:00 pm ET
Retired MMA fighter Sean Loeffler was going through over 12 years in jail earlier than pleading responsible to a sexual abuse cost in Oregon.
Final yr, Loeffler, 42, was handed a two-year sentence in San Diego after accepting a deal and pleading responsible to a number of home violence prices. In whole, Loeffler confronted 11 prices involving 4 girls.
Loeffler was paroled in November for time served and pre-sentence credit score. A number of months later in February, he was concerned in one other sexual incident, leading to arrest on prices of felony sexual abuse and illegal penetration, in response to ABC-10 TV in San Diego.
The sufferer was a girl “incapable of consent by purpose of psychological incapacitation or bodily helplessness,” in response to a charging doc in Lincoln County, Oregon. Loeffler pled responsible to a misdemeanor cost of sexual abuse and an interception of communication offense, leading to 4 felony prices being dropped.
Protection lawyer Mike Arnold acknowledged his shopper Loeffler was falsely accused, pointing to “a number of inconsistent statements” from the accuser in Oregon. The felony prices Loeffler confronted carried minimal sentences of 12 years and 6 months to 16 years and eight months.
“If you’re a person falsely accused of against the law it’s a must to weigh the chance that the kind of folks that falsely accuse you is also in your jury,” Arnold mentioned.
Though Arnold expects his shopper to be launched Wednesday after formal sentencing in Oregon, there’s nonetheless uncertainty if Loeffler can be extradited to California, because the San Diego Superior Courtroom issued a warrant for an out of state detainer following his February arrest.
In 2012, Loeffler was minutes away from making his UFC debut towards Buddy Roberts at UFC on FUEL TV 1. Nevertheless, Loeffler harm himself whereas warming up and was dominated out of the combat. He by no means made it again to the UFC, depsite not dropping a combat on the regional scene since.
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