Veteran MMA fighter Eben Kaneshiro died of an apparent suicide Sunday in an Oregon jail, according to a report from KTVZ.com.
Deputies at the Deschutes County Jail reportedly found the 36-year-old unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning. Paramedics were unable to revive Kaneshiro, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kaneshiro, a native of Hawaii who owned Portland’s New Breed Jiu-Jitsu Academy, was arrested last week on charges of sexual abuse and sodomy on a boy under the age of 12. His gym was closed following his arrest, and its website is no longer accessible.