Onetime UFC lightweight contender Hermes Franca now sits in an Oregon jail after turning himself into authorities.
Franca stands accused of sexually abusing a female minor at a jiu-jitsu
academy in Clackamas, Ore., where he once taught. He turned himself into
the Clackamas County Jail on Monday.
At an arraignment hearing on Tuesday, Franca plead not guilty to seven
counts of sex abuse in the first degree and two counts of unlawful
sexual penetration in the second degree. His bail has been set at
$250,000.