Joey Chestnut Gets 180 Days’ Probation After Pleading Guilty to Misdemeanor Battery
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 4
Joey Chestnut Gets 180 Days’ Probation After Pleading Guilty to Misdemeanor Battery
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 4
Summary
April 20 brought a guilty plea from Joey Chestnut, 42, to misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury, and an Indiana court sentenced the 17-time Nathan’s champion to 180 days of probation instead of jail.
March 21 surveillance video at a Westfield, Indiana, sports bar showed Chestnut slap a man in the face, according to a police affidavit; Chestnut later told an officer he was "pretty drunk" and said, "that did not look nice."
Oct. 16 is when his probation is set to end, and until then Chestnut must get his probation officer’s consent before leaving Indiana, a requirement that applies to travel for the July 4 Nathan’s contest in New York.
Major League Eating said in May the incident did not violate its code of conduct because it happened outside any organizational event, and the report says Chestnut is still scheduled to compete at Coney Island.