Arturo Gatti arrested and released on bail in assault case

by Scott Christ on Apr 18, 2009 5:41 PM EDT in Boxing News Analysis

Retired boxing champion Arturo Gatti was freed on bail Friday after spending a few nights in jail for failing to show up for a court date.

The Montreal-born fighter was first arrested last month and charged with assault on his girlfriend. But neither Gatti or his lawyer showed up for his arraignment on April 7, which led to his arrest Wednesday night at a Montreal strip club where he was reportedly celebrating his birthday.

Gatti, 37, was released on $2,000 bail and a promise not to consume drugs or alcohol and to stay away from his former girlfriend and her son.

He's due back in court on June 5.

Not much to really say about this one. It's a crappy situation and sounds bad all the way around. Arrested for assault on a woman, misses his court date, re-arrested in a strip club partying. Not great.

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File this under the “wish I didn’t know this” category of news. Not that I feel it shouldn’t be reported: it should be; it must be. But who isn’t sick of formerly respectable boxing legends getting charged with shit like this. “Innocent until proven guilty”—yes. And I hope he is innocent of assault against a woman. But this still disturbs me.

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by Matt Miller on Apr 18, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

No Smoke without fire

Im sick of it too Matt i mean these guys can KILL you. What is it with some boxers who slap around partners? Gatti joins the hall of fame wife beaters with Tyson-Morrison-Dokes-Bowe etc etc. ..Maybe.

"But I was going into Tashi Station to pick up some power converters"-Luke Skywalker

by dinkman on Apr 19, 2009 6:11 AM EDT up reply actions