Joe Son
Joe Son | |
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Born | Son Hyungmin November 22, 1970 |
Citizenship | United States |
Occupation(s) | Former actor, mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler |
Criminal status | Incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, San Diego County[1] |
Conviction(s) | Felony vandalism, torture, voluntary manslaughter |
Criminal penalty | 34 years to life |
Martial arts career | |
Other names | Iron Ball |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Weight | 236 lb (107 kg; 16.9 st) |
Division | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Team | Lord's Gym |
Rank | 3rd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo |
Years active | 1994–2002 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 1 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 4 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 4 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 2 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 손형민 |
Revised Romanization | Son Hyeong-min |
McCune–Reischauer | Son Hyŏngmin |
Joseph Hyungmin Son (
Early life
Son was born in Gwangju, South Korea. He moved to the US at an early age.[3]
Mixed martial arts career
Son was a mixed martial arts fighter and retired with a record of 0–4.
After his fight in UFC, Son competed in a match for the K-1 Kickboxing federation, facing established star Nobuaki Kakuda. The much heavier Son initially led the pace with body shots and knees, scoring a mild knockdown by right hook, but he was eventually knocked out by Kakuda via high kick and punches.[citation needed]
In 2002, Son debuted for Japanese promotion
On April 12, 2002, Son also took part in Xtreme Pankration 2, wherein he faced Joe Moreira. After a brief exchange of strikes, Moreira landed a hit which drew blood, and Son then refused to continue fighting, and the fight was called. The result was officially listed as "submission (terror)".[7] Son would return to PRIDE in July, facing Jukei Nakajima, and he once again gave up after being injured by being thrown on his head by the Japanese fighter.[citation needed]
Son was also a professional wrestler in Japan for a short time, wrestling Shinya Hashimoto at All Japan Pro Wrestling's second Wrestle-1 event[8] and working as singer and dancer for HUSTLE's third event.[9]
Acting career
Son is best known for his role in the 1997 movie
Legal issues
Joe Son was first arrested for kicking in the door of a roommate's car. He pleaded guilty to felony vandalism on May 16, 2008, whereupon he was sentenced to probation and 60 days in jail. On August 18, 2008, he was taken into custody and given an additional 90 days in jail, due to a probation violation for failing to report to the Department of Probation and keep them informed of his current residence. As a condition of his original plea agreement, Son was required to provide a DNA sample. In early October 2008, his DNA sample was linked to a gang rape on Christmas Eve, 1990. Already in custody for a probation violation, Son was arrested at the Theo Lacy facility on October 7, 2008.[12]
Son was initially charged in Orange County, California, with five counts of rape, two felony counts of forcible sodomy, two felony counts of sodomy in concert by force, seven felony counts of forcible oral copulation, and one felony count of sexual penetration by foreign object by force. He faced a maximum sentence of 275 years to life if convicted.[4][13]
Son and an accomplice tortured and repeatedly raped the victim before releasing her with her pants tied around her eyes. During the trial, the woman said that Son told her: "It's Christmas. This is your lucky day." Before
During the trial, the Orange County District Attorney's Office maintained that both Son and his co-defendant, Santiago Lopez Gaitan,
In October 2011, Son was accused of killing his cellmate, Michael Thomas Graham, who was serving two years for failure to register as a sex offender in the county in February.[15][16] The killing happened on October 10, 2011, on "B" Yard Reception, building 5 at Wasco State Prison. The beating occurred at 5:25 p.m., and Graham died 25 minutes later from multiple blunt force trauma.[17][18] After the killing, Son was moved to solitary confinement.[19] On September 13, 2013, Son was charged with Graham's murder. At his trial in 2017, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and received a 27-year sentence.[20]
Mixed martial arts record
4 matches | 0 wins | 4 losses |
By knockout | 0 | 2 |
By submission | 0 | 2 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 0–4 | Jukei Nakajima | TKO (shoulder injury) | Pride The Best Vol.2
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July 20, 2002 | 1 | 0:54 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Loss | 0–3 | Joe Moreira | Submission (terror) | Xtreme Pankration 2 | April 12, 2002 | 1 | N/A | Los Angeles, California, United States | |
Loss | 0–2 | Yusuke Imamura | TKO (elbow injury) | Pride The Best Vol.1
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February 22, 2002 | 1 | 0:33 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Loss | 0–1 | Keith Hackney | Submission (hand squeeze choke) | UFC 4 | December 16, 1994 | 1 | 2:44 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
Kickboxing record
Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nobuaki Kakuda | KO (Punch) | K-3 Grand Prix '95
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July 16, 1995 | 1 | 1:40 | Nagoya, Japan | [21] |
See also
Notes
- ^ Gwangju was capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office moved to Namak in Muan County in 2005, because Gwangju was promoted to a metropolitan city and was independent of South Jeolla province.
References
- ^ "Inmate Information". CDCR Inmate Locator. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
Current Location: California State Prison, Los Angeles County
- ^ "Joe Son". IMDb. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ Albertson, Cammila (2011). "Joe Son". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ^ a b Child, Ben (October 10, 2008). "Austin Powers Henchman faces life in prison". The Guardian. London. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
- ^ Newman, Scott (August 16, 2006). "MMA Review: #53: UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors". The Oratory. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ UFC 4: Keith Hackney vs Joe Son – BRUTAL Groin Shots!. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "XP 2 – Xtreme Pankration 2".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "AJPW 2ND WRESTLE-1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
- ^ a b "The MMA Mental Hall of Fame: Joe Son a.k.a. Random Task". ColinTimberlake.com. January 17, 2009. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Liddy, Tom (October 10, 2008). "'Austin' Actor in Rape Bust". New York Post. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ^ Bullet Points: Shootfighter 2, bulletproofaction.com, April 5, 2016
- ^ a b "Orange County District Attorney Press Release". Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "'Austin Powers' Actor Charged in Unsolved Gang Rape". Fox News. October 10, 2008. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
- ^ Welborn, Larry (August 16, 2011). "'Austin Powers' actor on trial in rape case". The Orange County Register. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- Sherdog.com. October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ Howard, Greg (October 12, 2011). "Austin Powers Actor Suspected of Killing Cellmate". Slate. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Former movie actor charged with murder". KGET-TV. September 12, 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ^ "Former actor could face death penalty in prison killing". The Bakersfield Californian. September 13, 2013. Archived from the original on August 6, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- The Huffington Post. October 11, 2011.
- ^ Kotowski, Jason (July 24, 2017). "'Austin Powers' actor found guilty of lesser charge of manslaughter". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Habermann, Jens. "fighter's profile – Joe Son – K-1sport.de". k-1sport.de.