Emelianenko went to prison for 4.5 years

Famous Russian fighter of the mixed single combats Alexander Emelyanenko sentenced to 4 and a half years of imprisonment in a standard regime penal colony. This decision was made by the Simon Tribunal of Moscow, recognizing the athlete is guilty of violent conduct of a sexual nature.

The Tribunal decided to recover from Emelianenko a fine of 50 thousand rubles and send him to prison. In the process of debate of the parties, the Prosecutor asked the Tribunal to sentence the athlete to 5 years in prison and fined 60 thousand rubles, reports RIA Novosti.

Earlier it was reported that Emelianenko was accused of committing sexual assault, kidnapping, passport and inciting the use of drugs of the woman who cleans his flat. His lawyer Alexander Karabanov said later that in the process of wrangling of the parties, the Prosecutor had denied charges of inciting the use of drugs, but others considered proven.

As far as can be determined from the case, on the night of March 3 of last year in the housing in Peresvetov lane, Moscow Emelianenko raped the victim and then stole the passport from her bag. The athlete insisted that "the relationship was mutual".

Alexander Emelianenko is 1 of the most famous adherents of Russia in the international Championships in mixed martial arts. He has a younger brother of Fedor Emelianenko, who many media outlets, even the American, considered the greatest fighter of the mixed style in history. Unlike his brother Alexander often falls into a scandalous situation, often in a drunken state.

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