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Vinnie Jones in Court to Fight Assault Charges

Vinnie Jones just arrived in a Sioux Falls, SD courtroom to face assault charges for last year's bloody bar-room brawl -- the one where he got bashed in the face with a beer mug.

Vinnie Jones

Jones was arrested back in December after security footage showed the actor trying to attack a man near the restrooms of a local bar ... all while Vinnie still had glass still stuck in his face from a pummeling he received minutes earlier.

If he's found guilty on all three charges, Vinnie could do three years in a jail and a $1,000 fine.

UPDATE: 2:07 PM PST: State rests its case. The jury has been dismissed and the judge has informed Vinnie he doesn't have to testify if he doesn't want to.

UPDATE: 1:47 PM PST: A police officer testified that Vinnie told him Barrera said "Have you had enough, old man?" before the beatdown.

UPDATE: 1:01 PM PST:
Everyone just watched the security tape -- the one that shows a mangled, bloody Jones going ballistic on Barrera. The owner of the bar where the fight occurred is now on the stand.




UPDATE: 1:01 PM PST: Barrera hit the stand. The jury was allowed to hear the details of his drug arrest, including how much pot he was caught with and that a gun was found at his apartment. Barrera also admitted to selling his Vinnie fight story to the tabloids.

UPDATE 9:55 AM PST: The jury has been selected and sworn in. Earlier, it was made known that the man Vinnie is accused of assaulting, Juan Trevino-Barrera, is currently in jail after pleading guilty to an unrelated drug charge. Good times.

UPDATE 9:00 AM PST
: Jury selection has begun. We're told a "very, very tanned" Jones is sitting quietly at the defense table -- and he has no visible scars left from the attack.


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1. FIRST, and still champion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!just stop the madness bitch.

Posted at 10:08AM on May 14th 2009 by justsaying

2. This breaks my heart, this guy is not a bad man. And now he's scarred for life.
Drop the charges!

Posted at 10:52AM on May 14th 2009 by Brian Scott Miller

3. Oh, my. I have been to Sioux Falls and there is nothing there! White folks all over, couldn't find a brown person anywhere! Talk about hick. They are are going to eat him up in court. This is most news these people will see, unless it floods there again.

To be a young person in this town, miserable.

Posted at 11:37AM on May 14th 2009 by Rethink your comment people

4. Jones is a thug, he has been convicted of violent offences several times, he is bully. This is all borne out by his record. He gave a savage beating to a neighbour over a minor dispute, this is how Jones prefers to resolve matters. He also threatened the lives of an air crew on a long haul flight, something that may not impress US citizens. He was found guilty of these offences and more. How the US government can issue a Visa to someone with a history of agression and violence is unclear to me. I don't know the details of the case, only what is public, but I do know, as a UK citizen myself that Jones thinks he can do anything, and expects a slap on the wrist. If I had applied for a Green Card, as I understand he has, you cab bet your ass I would never ever get into an altercation like this, but someone like Jones just can't help it.

Posted at 12:23PM on May 14th 2009 by Harry

5. Desert Eagle point 5-0.

Posted at 12:45PM on May 14th 2009 by Nikki

6. He is a cheap shot artist. But he got his this time. That dude threw him away. Funny stuff. He should get time or sent back to where he came from.

Posted at 12:39PM on May 14th 2009 by Mike B

7. 9 PM? It's either a late night jury selection and court hearing, or their letting the kindergartener's from Sunday write stories for them again.

By the way, he F*CKED that guy up, and even bleeding was STILL laying waste. So.... ya.

Posted at 1:25PM on May 14th 2009 by Carriss

8. To Rethink your comment people. I live in Sioux Falls and it is a growing safe clean city of over 150,000. And yes we do have black people here. We even have a black man on our city commission. Can you beleive it? We are a very diverse city that represents 120 different countries that we have welcomed with open arms. . We have a grade school that speaks only spanish to accomadate our new I'm not sure what part you visited, probably the south side. Beleive it or not we even have big shows here. Like Korn and Slipknot that just played here Tuesday. And also, Im not sure where you get your information, but we haven't flooded! So rethink your comment or get your facts straight. Maybe your thinking of our great neighbors to the north. North Dakota. And contrary to popular belief, we aren't the same state. Nor do we still ride horses and shoot native americans. I think Money Magazine was right and voted Sioux Falls SD as the greatest city in American a few years back.

Posted at 1:28PM on May 14th 2009 by Lauri

9. To add to the talk about Sioux Falls, it's not all peaches and cream, but it's not as bad as earlier portrayed either. Yes, mostly white people live here, but we still have Mexican, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Vietnamese (plus others, I'm sure) groceries here. They definitely weren't started by our "hicks."

As for the bars, well, our bars do have character and bar brawls happen. A lot of people in a lot of our bars know how to fight and will when provoked. So do the bartenders. If you sense trouble that you can't handle, go to another bar. Otherwise, kick back with a beer and a shot and enjoy the show!

Posted at 1:47PM on May 14th 2009 by Ed

10. Good luck Vin!

Posted at 2:48PM on May 14th 2009 by Minnie Moo

11. does anyone else think this bloke looks a bit like eddie vedder (from pearl jam)?
in the second pic with the yellow hat.

Posted at 1:30PM on May 16th 2009 by lola_uk

12. I AGREE WITH NIKKI.......DESERT EAGLE 5.0.......DON'T F*** WITH BULLET TOOTH TONY.

Posted at 4:53PM on May 14th 2009 by CHALINOS MAMI

13. I hope Vince Jones has to do some jail time and is fined a hefty amount. Vince Jones assaulted someone because he was angry that someone asked him if he was "that guy from X-Men" and didn't know about Vince Jones' other movies. What an asshole. He should be punished just for having a titanic ego, let alone his history of assaulting people. And I can't believe people are saying that Jones can't get a fair trial in South Dakota because its population is mostly Caucasian. If that's your argument, remember that Jones is himself white, and the victim Hispanic. @Rethink your comment people, you ignorant jerk, you're prejudiced yourself if you're calling people "hicks."

Posted at 5:03PM on May 14th 2009 by Voice of Reason

14. Gay-Gay-Gay-Just like Me!

Posted at 5:07PM on May 14th 2009 by toofastforyou

15. This guys criminal records have been checked out by the courts long before he returned to our great state! So, what happens will happen because of his past and what happened the night he was arrested. Those of you who don't like our state of South Dakota... stay home! You won't be missed.

Posted at 5:40PM on May 14th 2009 by Pam

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