"The arrest came nearly a month after Jackson, 25, was caught on video assaulting pro wrestler Stuart Smith (aka Syko Stu) at the KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy in Los Angeles. Jackson entered the ring, slammed Smith and punched him until he was unconscious. Jackson was eventually pulled off Smith by several other wrestlers and fled the academy, which is located in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles."
"The incident was livestreamed and widely spread across social media. Smith spent several days in intensive care before being released on August 31. He later detailed the injuries he sustained from the unplanned assault on Facebook, stating that he was had a "serious head injury" as well as "trauma to both the upper and lower jaws, a laceration to his upper lip, and a fracture to the maxilla bone, which unfortunately resulted in the loss of several teeth.""
Raja Jackson, 25, was arrested on a felony assault charge and is being held on $50,000 bail. The arrest follows a widely circulated video that shows Jackson entering a KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy ring in Sun Valley, Los Angeles, slamming and repeatedly punching pro wrestler Stuart Smith until Smith was unconscious. Other wrestlers pulled Jackson off and he fled the scene. Smith spent several days in intensive care and was released Aug. 31 with a serious head injury, trauma to both jaws, a lacerated upper lip, a fractured maxilla and the loss of several teeth. No further legal details have been released.
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