Current UFC fighter Khusein Askhabov in an interview with , he said that all charges against him in the case of the theft of an Italian citizen had been dropped.
In September, Thai media published information about the detention of Russian MMA fighters Khasan and Khusein Askhabov, accused of theft and torture of an Italian citizen and three accomplices. According to the victim, the Askhabov brothers and three strangers entered his house, tied him up and stole valuables and money. On November 23, after an investigation, the Askhabov brothers were released from Phuket prison, and in the near future the Thai authorities will officially drop all charges against the Russians.
“I was training, getting ready for the fight, then an Italian guy said we did this. We were sentenced to three months in prison while the investigation was underway. But, as we later found out, the owner of the villa where this Italian lived was the brother of the Thai police chief. It is now known that this Italian turned out to be a scammer who deceived everyone here in Thailand, who owed several restaurants and $50,000 to the owner of the villa where he lived. The police said that in three months they had nothing to confirm my participation in this affair. The cameras looked at where we were at the time: I was in a restaurant, then I went home to sleep, because at that point I was getting ready for a fight. My brother was in his villa. I showed them all the phones, gave them all the data for verification, understood that it was impossible, I myself would not have made such cheap things, I didn’t need anything, neither a watch nor anything else. I sat calmly and realized that I would be leaving soon. Thank you very much to all my friends who helped me, who responded and everyone who contacted me. Eight lawyers defended my brother and me; they collected and provided all the data showing that we had nothing to do with this matter.
It was six o’clock in the evening, I was playing chess with a friend, the guard opened the door and said to me: “That’s it, you’re leaving.” I knew they had to release us within three months, but I couldn’t imagine that everything would happen then. “The case is closed, on Thursday I have to collect a document that confirms that I am not involved in anything, I will send it to the UFC, and they promise to fight me before Ramadan,” Hussein Askhabov told .
Khusein Askhabov’s MMA statistics are 23 wins and 1 loss. The 28-year-old fighter made his UFC debut against Jamall Emers on February 18.
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