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Report: Anthony Johnson agrees to plea deal in domestic battery case

According to TMZ Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson has reached a plea deal with prosecutors in Palm Beach County regarding a misdemeanour domestic battery charge. The charge stems from when Johnson was arrested on May 6th after his girlfriend told police that he picked her up against her will.

A probable cause affidavit stated that Johnson admitted to an arresting officer that he did pick up his girlfriend and moved her to another room of her apartment during an argument. That affidavit recorded the girlfriend as saying she was scared of Johnson during the ordeal, due to his size and “martial arts experience.