The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that professional boxer Ryan Garcia has been charged with vandalism for causing damage at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills.
The incident occurred on June 8 when Garcia, allegedly under the influence, was arrested for vandalizing his hotel room and the hallway. The District Attorney’s office has pressed one misdemeanor count of vandalism against Garcia, citing property damage of over $400.
Garcia’s arraignment is set for August 7, and he faces the possibility of a maximum one-year sentence in county jail. However, Garcia took to social media, posting on X, “No way I’m going to jail.”
No way I’m going to jail
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) July 18, 2024
The Dallas Express reported that Garcia had already received a one-year suspension from the New York State Athletic Commission. Additionally, he will forfeit his win from April against Devin Haney because he tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug ostarine.
According to Yahoo!Sports, this latest development for Garcia, is just one of his many troubles.
Here is more of what Yahoo!Sports reported:
Garcia’s vandalism charges is just one of a long series of recent incidents that have not only gotten him in trouble with the law, but have affected his boxing career. Over the past seven months, the 25-year-old boxer has engaged in a series of vexing actions, including:
- announcing his divorce
- losing a $1.5 million bet to Devin Haney over making weight (he missed by 3 pounds)
- testing positive for banned substance Ostarine
- posting an unhinged tweet storm in which he proclaimed “I will swallow all steroids”
- getting sued for allegedly defaming Logan Paul’s energy drink company
- being accused by Paul of fabricating text messages in which the influencer supposedly made light of the war in Gaza
- the felony vandalism arrest
- get hospitalized following that arrest
- be suspended a year while losing the biggest win of his career and more than $1 million from the positive test
- get expelled from the WBC for brazenly racist comments
- apologizing for said racist comments and promising to go to rehab
- apologizing for threatening his ex-wife and promising to go to rehab again
Following the racist comments, Garcia revealed that his family was no longer talking to him and that he has lost several of his sponsorships. It is unclear whether Garcia has lived up to his now twice-promised pledge to attend rehab.
