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29th Aug 2015

Suspension lifted as Travis Browne’s domestic violence investigation comes to an end

"Inconclusive evidence to support claims"

Darragh Murphy

Travis Browne can start looking forward to another fight as the UFC’s investigation into his wife’s domestic violence allegations is over.

Their investigation, carried out by a former FBI agent, found “inconclusive evidence to support claims of alleged domestic violence involving Browne, and inconclusive evidence that Browne had violated the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy.”

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Earlier this week Browne’s estranged wife Jenna Renee had been tweeting her insistence that she was indeed victim to physical violence from the UFC heavyweight and also revealed that Browne was now seeing UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.

But the UFC’s statement suggested that they found no conclusive proof that Browne had committed the offences brought against him.

As part of his nearly two-month investigation into the Browne matter, the investigator and his colleagues interviewed nearly a dozen individuals located in several states.  The interviewees included the principals of the investigation, former spouses, individuals with close personal relationships, and health-care professionals.  Additionally, the investigator obtained various forms of electronic data reflecting interactions of the principals with each other and third parties.  The investigation also included electronic and hand searches for relevant civil and criminal records, law enforcement service-call records, and the like.

Based on the abundant evidence gathered to date, the results of the investigation are inconclusive to support the claims of alleged domestic violence involving Browne.  Similarly, the evidence was inconclusive to support a finding that Browne had violated the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy.  The evidence gathered in the investigation has also been reviewed by Donald J. Campbell, Esq. of Campbell & Williams, a former state and federal prosecutor with extensive experience overseeing criminal investigations, who likewise concurs that the results of the investigation are inconclusive.