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Former UFC fighter Abel Trujillo pleads guilty to promoting obscenity, has child sexual exploitation charges dropped

Former UFC fighter Abel Trujillo, 36, has accepted a plea agreement in Douglas County, CO over a child exploitation case. Trujillo was arrested last summer under suspicion of sending inappropriate messages to a minor via social media.

Initially Trujillo was charged with promoting obscenity, a misdemeanor, and three felony charges of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, promotion of obscenity to a minor, sexual exploitation of a child - self/publish.

Trujillo’s agreement with the court resulted in him pleading guilty to the misdemeanor and the felony charges being dropped. Trujillo is scheduled to be sentenced on April 6th.