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New Zealand · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:23 am Post subject: Sean O'Haire charged with assault

A former professional wrestler was charged early Monday for fighting outside of a Hilton Head Island bar last month.

Sean Christopher Haire, 36, who won the World Championship Wrestling tag-team titles in 2000 and 2001 as Sean O'Haire, was charged with felony high and aggravated assault and battery. He remains in the Beaufort County Detention Center, where he is being held for prosecution, according the jail's online log.

The other man involved in the fight also was charged Monday. Juan Hamilton Brantley, 28, of Hilton Head also faces high-and-aggravated assault and battery charges. He also is being held for prosecution at the county jail, according to the log.

It is unusual for both parties in a fight to face the same charges, said Capt. Toby McSwain of the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

"It's a little surprising that the court has issued warrants to both of them, but I guess the judge listened to both sides of the story and couldn't determine who the primary aggressor was," he said.

Haire and witnesses offer differing accounts of what happened March 30 outside of Hilton Head Brewing Co.

Haire said he was trying to help a friend who was attacked by three unknown men when Brantley punched him in his left eye, knocking him into nearby bushes. Some witnesses say Brantley acted in self-defense after Haire tried to start a fight with him inside the bar and was kicked out.

The blow fractured Haire's orbital lobe in three places and resulted in other fractures to his face and skull. Vision in his left eye is impaired and his injuries reportedly require plastic surgery.

Just two weeks before, Brantley told deputies that Haire threatened to beat him up at another island bar.

Haire, a Hilton Head High School graduate, began wrestling in WCW in 2000 and later for World Wrestling Entertainment. He stopped wrestling in 2004 to focus on mixed martial arts fighting in Japan.

Previously, he had been charged in four fights on the island, but was only convicted of one.

Brantley also had been charged with four fights in the past as well as illegally carrying a gun, cocaine trafficking and grand larceny. It was unclear Monday whether he was convicted of those charges.
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IdaFreak · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:44 am Post subject:

LOL for a second there i thought O'Haire actually won a fight but after reading the rest of the story I guess i was wrong.
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BigDaddy · Professional Fighter Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 646

lol to funny Freak
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Bolivar · Heavy Weight Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 395

street fighting record = K-1 fighting record
for O'Haire now?

Sorry couldn't resist to jump on the wagon too .
Seems like a serious thing.

Jazzon · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject:

O'haire is going to be somebody's mrs in jail, lol.
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New Zealand · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:06 am Post subject:

Manon · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

That sucks for him... I'm surprised he got some shots in...his head is so soft...
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