A close friend of Nick Diaz came to his defense in light of the domestic violence allegations that the fighter is currently involved in.
Former UFC welterweight title contender Nick Diaz has made the headlines once again. This time, the 34-year-old Stockton native is allegedly involved in a domestic violence case.
According to reports, Diaz was taken into custody by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Friday night at a private residence after “being combative” with police officers during the arrest. The complainant, a female, was said to have been transported to a local hospital.
Diaz has been charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation and misdemeanor domestic battery. However, a close friend of the fighter claims Nick was simply a victim of circumstance.
As noted by Matt Staudt in a lengthy Instagram post, Diaz never lays hands on anyone, unless it was done out of self-defense.
“If it wasn’t clear, I’ve got this guys back if he needs me always and completely,” Staudt wrote. “One of the best people I know, and that’s the truth, he just plays by his rules, views the world very differently than most and has been f—d constantly. Seeing how everything evolved here infuriates me. The news is out so better to address than not, and for my own sake, not really on his behalf.”
“I’ve seen drunk guys get in Nick’s face and avoid serious injury because he’s a martial artist and a killer but knows that and he’s passed the point of needing to prove it. He doesn’t even act tough to people… There is no scenario where Nick would put his hands on anyone unless it was necessary self-defense, and then watch the f—k out.”
As for the woman in question, Staudt claims that she has been stalking Diaz for a couple of years now, as Nick has been constantly trying to distance himself from her. Things then took a turn for the worst when she supposedly filed a “fake” police report with the hopes of getting Diaz arrested.
“Moving on, the girl who is accusing him is the most deranged and insane I’ve met to date. She has been obsessed with and stalked Nick for maybe 2 years now,” Staudt claimed. “Suicide attempts, calls to his family from fake numbers, thousand of calls a day – yes thousands, showing up everywhere he goes following his story.”
“He changed his number to get away but Vegas is small and they crossed paths again. She left their interaction feeling some type of way yesterday and put in a fake report to get even and have him arrested which she’s threatened to do many times before as well. I can’t even fully digest this whole thing because of how insane and wrong it is.”
For Staudt, this lengthy statement is meant to offer the other side of the story, which he asserts is the factual one.
“If Nick’s at fault it is because he has chosen again and again and again not to make a police report against her like I’ve advised profusely in the past when she has hit him or broke his phone or broke into his place or stolen things from him or threatened suicide, etc. Everyone is going to think what they think when they see the news so it’s very important for me to at least put something out that is actually factual. #fakenews”
While an $18,000 bail has been set, Diaz will not be able to post it until he attends a court hearing for the case, which has ben set for Saturday, May 26th at 9 am PT.