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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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16. He may like to brawl, but getting smashed in the mug with a glass mug is more than enough to make anyone want to fight! If someone smashed a glass in my face, I would assume they are trying to kill/blind me and it would take a large group of people to pull me off anyone who tried that crap!

Posted at 7:42PM on May 14th 2009 by Sorry, but.....

17. court again on friday .. http://keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=84647

Posted at 9:24PM on May 14th 2009 by Pam

18. I live in Sioux Falls and read the news every day. First of all, anyone can go to youtube and watch the video. There is no sound but what I see is a man coming out of the bathroom into a narrow hallway. He gets out of the way to let Vinnie through when he is attacked. The man was in the bathroom when Vinnie was hit with the mug. The man that hit Vinnie was also arrested but the charges were dropped. Also, the man he attacked was later arrested for being in an apartment that was raided and several pounds of drugs were found, along with guns. We can say he is no angel. These are facts anyone can easily find on the net. Now what is unclear: Vinnie claims the man said something like "have you had enough, old man" as he passed. Ya, he was being a punk but mouthing off to someone doesn't give them the right to respond with violence. He also claims the man he attacked and his friends provoked the fight in the bar. They claim he asked to play pool and they told him no. When they asked him if he was the guy from x-men he went nuts. I am confident Vinnie will get a fair trial. South Dakota convicted our former governor of manslaughter a few years ago and made him sit in jail for 100 days for causing a traffic accident that killed a Minnesota man. Judging from the video though, he looks pretty guilty to me. He should plead guilty, pay his fine, and negotiate a settlement with the dirtbag that he attacked. I actually feel sorry for him. He came to our state to go hunting and have some fun and this happened instead. A lot of celebrities come to our state to go hunting, camping, the sturgis rally or whatever and this is the first time I've heard about something like this happening.

Posted at 10:13PM on May 14th 2009 by Ryan

19. As for the Sioux Falls "bashers" it must have been a long ass time since you have been here.... I have lived here most of my (OMG) 40 years of life. Just as in any city (yes I said city) you have the good and bad. I can go to bed at night knowing there will be no drive-by shootings, I can sleep with my windows open and not fear for my life when I hear a noise outside,... you get the idea, I'm sure. If living in a pretty damn safe city makes us boring... well so be it... in your eyes.
It's pretty obvious to me that there are quite a few of "us hicks" in Sioux Falls even get on TMZ to keep up with trivial celebrity gossip... just like YOU!! Yep, were pretty big hicks... whatever!!
As for Vinnie, looks as though he picked the wrong bar on the wrong night and ran into one of the losers that THINKS he lives like a thug in a bigger city.... just like you find at any bar in any city in the USA... and testosterone and booze got the best of both of them. (oh ya, sounds like some drugs too eh?)
Sioux Falls is a great place... sorry to see that Vinnie came here for some relaxation and ended up in the predicament he's in. As the saying goes tho.... it takes two to tango.

Posted at 7:13AM on May 15th 2009 by Nancy

20. apparently after checking out facebook moments ago, i see that it didnt take long and vinnie jones was back in the bars in sioux falls again last nite!!!

Posted at 5:00PM on May 15th 2009 by lizzard

21. Well, folks, he got off, of course if he were an Indian or the beating was the other way around, you can bet yer bottom dollar the hispanic guy would be doing more then three years. South Dakota makes Mississippi pale when comparing the racist attitude there.

Posted at 10:41PM on May 21st 2009 by GPC

22. Sioux Falls is suffering from the same problems Los Angeles is when it comes to violent "immigrants" and latino gang bangers starting fights and trouble. Enough of the lies and views from behind rose tinted glasses.

Posted at 7:08PM on May 25th 2009 by Realistic L.A. Dweller

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