HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — An MMA fighter is looking for a new attorney to represent him in a new case where he has been accused of assault.
Mixed martial arts fighter Ricky Camp appeared in the Superior Court of Guam on Wednesday morning to answer to his charges of aggravated assault as a third-degree felony and two counts of misdemeanor assault.
Camp explained to Magistrate Judge Benajmin Sison he has yet to find an attorney to represent him in the case.
The primary reason for not having attorney, Camp added, was that his lawyer in a prior case, could not represent him in the new case due to a conflict of interest.
According to Post files, Camp has an active case related to 2019 drug charges after he allegedly opened a package that contained about five pounds of methamphetamine.
Due to the conflict, Sison decided to reschedule the hearing to Oct. 4 to allow Camp more time to find a lawyer.
Charges
Camp’s charges stem from different incidents this year when he was accused of assault.
The first, according to court documents, was reported on March 19 when Camp allegedly assaulted a man in the parking lot of King’s Restaurant in Tamuning.
Camp, who approached and “berated” the man and his friend during the interaction, allegedly used his right shoulder to press against the man’s shoulder, punched him with an “uppercut” at the bottom of the man’s jaw, striking him multiple times.
When the man tried to get away and was backed against a car door, Camp then allegedly kicked the man’s midsection approximately three times.
The second incident reported occurred on Aug. 27 when a man told officers with the Guam Police Department that he was “jumped by Camp and possibly two other males in front of Tumon bar, Livehouse, according to the magistrate’s complaint.
Camp allegedly told the man he wanted to fight him, despite reporting he had no reason to fight Camp.
“Sometime during this interaction, one unknown male ‘sucker punched’ him, and the defendant punched him in a ‘one-two’ punch combination. Afterwards (the victim) told officers that ‘as he was collapsing to the ground, a possible third unknown male struck him in the back of the head with (what) may have been a hard object,'” the complaint stated.
The man, as a result, became unconscious and officers later observed during an injury check the man was bleeding from his nose, mouth and left ear and had abrasions on his left knee, a small cut to his left eyebrow and bruising to his right eye.
“The report indicates that (the victim) was treated at the Guam Memorial Hospital and received five staples to the back of his head,” according to the complaint.
Joseph Christopher Mendiola, Camp’s co-defendant and friend, allegedly admitted to being with Camp at the time of the incident and also punching the man’s face.
Mendiola was charged with assault as a misdemeanor and also appeared in court on Wednesday, however, like Camp, did not answer to the charges.
Mendiola’s attorney from the Public Defender Service Corporation explained they still needed to meet with Mendiola before answering to the charges.
Ricky Camp, a mixed martial arts fighter, appearing in court on Wednesday morning for a case where he stands accused of assaulting individuals on separate occasions this year.
