[CW: The following story includes reference to a sexual assault of an underage victim]
In March Gerald Strebendt, a 40-year-old former U.S. Marine and UFC fighter, was convicted of second-degree sexual assault in Lane County, OR. Strebendt was arrested in 2017 after accusations of sexually abusing a teenager he was coaching at a 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu gym in Eugene, OR.
Strebendt’s arrest came less than a year after he was released from prison for a negligent homicide conviction. That conviction was in relation to a deadly road rage incident in 2014; where Strebendt shot an unarmed motorist to death after a vehicle collision.