A professional wrestler has been charged with felony kidnapping and assault after his alleged victim left a note in a Florida sandwich shop begging for help, according to authorities.
Jordan Williams, a 34-year-old blue-haired wrestler known as Jayden Steele in the ring, was busted after investigators reviewed surveillance footage at the Jersey Mike’s in Navarre where the note was found, according to NBC 15 News.
Sandwich maker Eleanor Coffee told the outlet that she found the crumpled-up note on the restroom floor.
“[The author] was like, ‘Please help me. I’m at this address in Navarre. I need you to call the police and do a wellness check,’” said Coffee, who immediately alerted her manager and called 911.
“Let cops know don’t approach the house unless my Hyundai Kona is in the driveway because his parents will alert him and he will hurt me… I just want to get home to my kids and family… He controls my phone so he will know [if you message me],” the note read, according to the arrest report seen by EWrestling News.
“Please help get me home! HELP!”
The note was found by employees just 20 minutes after it had been left on May 27, according to the arrest report.
Cops were able to track down the alleged victim thanks to the details left in the note.
Surveillance footage then led to Williams, who has a history of domestic violence, Chief Tifft from Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office told NBC News 15.
“There was two previous domestic violence incidents, so this is the third,” the chief said.
Deputies later found the alleged victim at a home they had on file for Williams, just two miles from the Jersey Mike’s where the note was found.
She had visible injuries and was rushed to the hospital for suspected broken bones and other trauma, police said.
The accuser also reported a prolonged period of abuse, including six to eight months in isolation, repeated assaults and threats involving weapons, according to a news release shared by the Sheriff’s Office on Facebook.
She detailed three recent assaults in the past three months, including an occasion when he allegedly held a knife to her throat, a separate occasion when he strangled her and slammed her to the ground and knelt on her back, and a third when she said he punched her in the face, according to the arrest report.
The alleged victim told police Steele repeatedly threatened to kill her if she sought help, and her ex-husband has an active restraining order out against the defendant, according to the arrest report.
The ex claimed Williams once held the victim captive for two days, during which time he allegedly tied her to a bed, urinated on her, and spat tobacco in her mouth, according to investigators.
Williams made his first court appearance on May 29 and is being held without bond.
He faces multiple domestic violence charges including felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony kidnap, felony battery, misdemeanor battery/touch or strike and felony battery strangulation.
Williams pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and is currently being held at Santa Rosa County Jail.
His arraignment is scheduled for June 19.
“Anybody who would do that to another woman, he don’t need to be walking around free in our community,” Chief Tifft told NBC 15 News.
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