Alberto Del Rio accused of sexually assaulting, beating woman for hours

[Pterois]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WOAI) - Professional Mexican-American wrestler Alberto Del Rio is behind bars after a woman came forward with photographs alleging he brutally beat and sexually assaulted her.

An affidavit for Del Rio, whose real name is Jose A. Rodriguez Chucuan, 42, gave graphic detail of the incident. According to court documents, the woman told investigators Rodriguez Chucuan assaulted her on more than one occasion.

The most recent incident took place on May 3, when Rodriguez Chucuan accused the victim of being unfaithful, investigators said. She claimed he became angry when she wouldn't admit to the infidelity, so he slapped her across the head, slapped her again, then took her to his downstairs bedroom and slapped her eight more times, according to arrest paperwork. The victim alleged he then made her put on a dress and dance for him, but she refused, prompting him to warn her not to cry or he'd take her son and "drop him off in the middle of the road somewhere."

Police said Rodriguez Chucuan then tied the woman's hands with boxing straps, put a sock in her mouth and sexually assaulted her for several hours, using various objects. According to investigators, he also punched her in the back during the assault, causing visible injuries. The victim told detectives she does not remember much after he placed his hand around her throat.

Rodriguez Chucuan, a San Antonio resident, is charged with Sexual Assault, a 2nd degree felony. His bond was set at $50,000.

According to his Wikipedia page, Alberto Del Rio was the first Mexico-born world champion in WWE history. He left the WWE in 2014 and continued to wrestle under the name Alberto El Patrón in promotions such as Ring of Honor.

He became a naturalized citizen of the United States during a ceremony in San Antonio on May 24, 2018.

"We all have different stories of how we got here to the United States of America," he said to the crowd that day. "In my particular case, I had to literally fight, literally wrestle to get here to this amazing country."

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/man-allegedly-sexually-assaults-partner-tells-her-hell-drop-son-in-middle-of-the-road

Awful story.

[El-P]

Old-school to the chore, this guy... Paige knows. He's all good for a Dark Side of the Ring episode next year and that's about it as far as his "legacy" goes. What a piece of shit.

[MoS]

AwfuI awful story. I hope the woman is fine. 

[SirEdger]

Honestly hope he spends a max amount of time in jail. Hopefully, his now ex-girlfriend is OK and I'm glad Paige got out of that relationship when she did.

[flyonthewall2983]

Did he make bail?

[MoS]

Yeah, he is not in custody right now. 

[KawadaSmile]

Well, can't say I'm shocked. It's something we feared would happen with Paige, and sadly has happened now.

Horrible on so many fronts. Hope the victim has a speedy recovery.

[NintendoLogic]

The way she worded her apology makes it sound like Alberto threatened her and/or paid her off. In any event, I doubt the state can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt without the victim's cooperation, so it looks like he'll get off scot-free.

[El-P]

That's fucked up. And depressing.

That being said, it should not matter. Aren't there actual proofs of his assault ? Shouldn't that be enough ?

[Migs]

On 11/29/2020 at 9:26 AM, El-P said:

That's fucked up. And depressing.

That being said, it should not matter. Aren't there actual proofs of his assault ? Shouldn't that be enough ?

The difficulty comes in that the altercation happened in private. So they can certainly prove that she was injured, but it gets harder to prove the injuries are the result of an assault, and even harder to pin it on Alberto, without her testimony. The US standard in criminal cases is so high ("beyond a reasonable doubt") that domestic / sexual assault is almost impossible to prosecute without testimony from the victim (and testimony that the jury trusts, which is why there's so much assaulting of the victim's character).