Former two-division UFC champion Jon Jones is pushing back against his latest run-in with the law.

In a statement issued Monday to Uncrowned, Jones’ attorney Christopher Dodd staunchly denied Jones' involvement in a Feb. 21 incident that landed the now-retired UFC Hall of Famer a misdemeanor charge from Albuquerque, New Mexico, police for allegedly leaving the scene of a traffic accident. Dodd claimed the individual involved "used a false allegation against Jon to avoid being arrested for DWI, and the police fell for it."

Dodd's full statement:

As Jon’s lawyer, I am stunned by the Albuquerque Police Department’s decision to charge him in this new case. In the thousands of cases I have handled in my career, I have never seen a case as strange and unwarranted as this one. Jon was not driving that night; he wasn’t in the car. It appears that an intoxicated woman used a false allegation against Jon to avoid being arrested for DWI, and the police fell for it.

Based on the criminal complaint, it looks like they went so far as to seek a warrant for Jon’s cell phone records while conducting a misdemeanor traffic investigation.

I have never heard of such a thing. It is truly unbelievable that the police would waste this amount of resources on such a case. The only thing I can think of is that the police were targeting Jon for improper purposes. We will get to the bottom of it and make sure that this baseless case is dismissed.

In a police report obtained by Uncrowned, Jones' name...

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