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Report: UFC champ Jon Jones charged with battery for alleged incident at strip club

Again, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is in hot water with the law.

Jones has been charged with one count of battery for an alleged incident at a strip club in April, KRQE News 13 reported late Sunday night. Jones has not been arrested.

A cocktail waitress, who worked at TD’s Eubank Showclub in Albuquerque called police to her home and alleged that Jones “slapped her inappropriately” and “pulled her down to his lap and kissed her neck,” per the report. Jones also allegedly placed the waitress in a chokehold and lifted her off the ground, she told police.