Brett Rogers, a former Strikeforce and Elite XC heavyweight who once fought Fedor Emelianenko, has been charged with sexual assault on men in three separate incidents. Rogers was charged with two counts of fifth-degree sexual conduct and one count of interfering with someone’s privacy, according to two district complaints filed against him in Ramsey County District Court.
Rogers, who is currently homeless, allegedly groped a library employee in an elevator this past November. The man slapped Rogers’ hand away and asked what he was doing. Rogers left the elevator without saying anything.
Via the Pioneer Press:
Then, on Jan. 4, he asked a man who was standing next to him at a urinal inside a bathroom in a St. Paul skyway if he wanted to engage in sexual activity inside one of the stalls, according to the complaint. When the man said no, Rogers grabbed his buttocks, the complaint said. The man quickly left and later reported the incident to police.
The third offense took place while he was in jail related to the first two incidents.
Rogers’ cellmate was sleeping when he woke to find Rogers fondling him, court documents say. He opted not to call guards out of fear that Rogers, who he described to police as “the biggest and strongest dude in the jail,” might hurt him before help arrived. He reported the incident as soon as he was released from his cell, the criminal complaint said.
Rogers was charged in early 2011 with third degree assault on his wife and was immediately released from his Strikeforce contract.
On June 6, 2009, at Strikeforce: Lawler vs Shields, he defeated former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski by TKO after 22 seconds of the opening round. This victory launched Rogers to the top of the list of heavyweights in Strikeforce and he agreed to fight MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko on CBS in Fedor vs Rogers on November 7. In the second round Fedor hit Rogers with a hard overhand right that dropped Rogers to the ground and John McCarthy quickly stopped the bout, breaking Brett’s undefeated record with a KO loss.
Rogers was scheduled to face Alistair Overeem on May 15, 2010 at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery. Rogers lost to Overeem via TKO (strikes) at 3:40 of round one, landing only one punch in the entire fight according to CompuStrike.
Rogers was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the south and west sides of the city, also living in the housing project Cabrini Green, a notoriously dangerous and gang-infested neighborhood. Rogers also grew up in this area during the crack cocaine epidemic, which made the neighborhood especially dangerous. He would often come to the aid of one of his younger brothers during street fights and, because of his imposing size, Rogers was often recruited to be in gangs, but turned down the offers. When he was twelve years old, Rogers moved to Minnesota with his grandmother.
Rogers attended Harding High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he played football and basketball. Rogers then went on to attend a junior college and began practicing Tae Kwon Do during this time. Before becoming a professional fighter, he had a job changing tires in a garage. Rogers had fifteen “Tough Man” bouts before going into professional mixed martial arts.
Rogers began his MMA training with Team Bison in Bloomington, MN, in the garage of head trainer Mike Reilly. Currently, Rogers trains with “Ambition MMA” in a state-of-the-art training facility formed by Reilly and his partners in 2008. Rogers continues to train on a daily basis with Reilly.
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