Jiu-jitsu coach and former The Ultimate Fighter 18 contestant Rafael de Freitas is a free man until the start of his trial.
A judge in Albuquerque (N.M.) Metropolitan Court on Monday denied a motion from prosecutors to keep him detained until the start of his trial for third-degree criminal sexual penetration.
The judge, Charles Brown, also issued a modified protective order to keep de Freitas away from the alleged victim, a former student who accused him of assaulting her on Nov. 7 at her house during a private lesson. De Freitas, who was arrested on Dec.