Raja Jackson has begun to serve a three-month sentence in Los Angeles County after last summer’s attack on pro wrestler Stuart Smith a.k.a. Syko Stu.
The son of MMA fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Raja was booked into L.A. County jail on Thursday, where he begins a 90-day sentence to be followed by a two-year probationary period and a $81,000 payment in restitution. This past May, Jackson pleaded no contest to a felony battery charge over a nasty incident at a Knokx Pro Wrestling show last summer, which was live-streamed.
Jackson was a guest at the show and had an incident with Syko Stu (Smith) before it began. While being live-streamed, Smith struck Jackson with a beer can and was then informed that Jackson wasn’t a worker, as Jackson wanted to get physical. Tensions cooled, and the two agreed to do a spot on the show. Jackson continued to stream on Kick and was being harassed by people in his chat for the earlier incident with Smith. Jackson later stormed the ring and slammed Smith, who appeared to lose consciousness before being struck by more than twenty blows by Jackson, leaving Smith hospitalized.
Smith appeared in court on Thursday and said, “What happened affected me deeply, and I do not minimize the seriousness of it. The injuries I suffered led to a long and difficult recovery that I am still trying to recover from, including treatment for a severe traumatic brain injury, a shattered maxilla and a bone graft procedure”, according to the L.A. Times.
Despite the severe injuries he sustained, Smith harbors no ill will toward Jackson: “I do not stand here with hatred for a desire for revenge. I hold no grudges against Mr. Jackson,” Smith said in court. “People can make terrible decisions in difficult moments.”
Jackson will appear in front of the judge in September and is likely to be released then.
