Rafael de Freitas granted pre-trial release, judge grants modified restraining order

Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesJiu-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. 4, will undergo pre-trial monitoring and is barred from having contact with the…