Julio César Chávez Jr. expressed that He could have died of an overdose if he had not been arrested last January in Los Angeles and he was grateful to be clean after the preliminary hearing this Tuesday in which the judge upheld the three charges against him for possession of illegal weapons.
In statements collected by La Opinión after leaving the court, Chávez Jr. He reported that a woman who apparently used drugs with him died of an overdose a few days after he was released from prison, a situation that made him reflect and take his rehabilitation process seriously.
“I don’t regret it because it already happened, but I think that all this is better because if not, as they said there The girl who was with me two days after I got out of jail died of an overdose. Then it could have been me. “I am grateful to the police, I am grateful to all of you and grateful also to him, to my lawyer who sent me to an excellent program,” she said.
“(…) I am very happy, very excited to be well because I had not been clean for years, years.. I came out of rehab and my dad said I was fine and a week later I made a video that was already bad. I mean, I haven’t been well for a long time. I am gaining natural physical condition and I want to go back to playing sports, boxing if the police and the judge give me the opportunity. So I am very happy because I am with my family again,” he said.
Julio César Chávez Jr. will return to court on May 13 for his arraignment and the defense led by attorney Michael Goldstein will seek throw them away due to mental health diversion to prevent him from going to jail, since the Mexican was going through addiction and depression problems at that time.
The Mexican is in a rehabilitation center after being detained at his Los Angeles residence for carry an assault rifle, as reported by TMZ Sports. The weapon that was seized is a “ghost,” that is, it is not traceable within the databases of police corporations, since it does not have a serial number, nor is a background analysis required to purchase it.
At the hearing with the judge on January 11, Chávez Jr. pleaded not guilty and the judge ordered him to pay bail of $50,000. In addition, he demanded that the son of the Mexican Grand Champion must immediately enter a rehabilitation program due to his problem of addiction to weight loss pills, where he is recovering satisfactorily.
Julio César Chávez Jr., 38, was the former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion in 2011 and last fought in December 2021 when he defeated David Zegarra. The son of the Mexican Grand Champion has a professional record of 53 wins (34 by knockout), 6 losses and one draw.
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