US Edition‘Bizarre’ Face-Licking, Stabbing Incident Involving ‘Bachelor’ Contestant Lands Netflix Reality Star in Colorado Prison
Carlos Vega Jr. was sentenced for stabbing a man after his girlfriend licked a reality TV star, with the court citing his violent past and trauma, Douglas County officials said.
- On Wednesday, Carlos Vega Jr., 42, was sentenced to five years in the Colorado Department of Corrections after his girlfriend unexpectedly licked Jessica Edwards' face at a Colorado bar.
- The July 11, 2021 confrontation at the Clock Tower Grill, Lone Tree, Colorado, led to Carlos Vega Jr.'s September conviction for second-degree assault and two counts of menacing.
- After Hyder punched Vega, Vega produced a knife and stabbed him in the hand, and surveillance video showed Vega reaching around a bartender to stab Hyder.
- Deputy District Attorney Sergio Renteria said the sentencing brings justice, while District Attorney George Brauchler warned at the Wednesday sentencing hearing, `If you bring a knife to a lick fight you are going to prison`.
- Vega's family story appears in an upcoming Netflix true-crime docu-series, and producers described his traumatic childhood and efforts to heal after Lourdes Gonzalez's murder.
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NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
NBC NewsMan sentenced in stabbing after girlfriend licked 'Bachelor' contestant Jessica Edwards' face
A man convicted of stabbing "The Bachelor" contestant Jessica Edwards’ ex-boyfriend during a 2021 confrontation was sentenced to five years in prison.
Denver Post
‘Bizarre’ face-licking, stabbing incident involving ‘Bachelor’ contestant lands Netflix reality star in Colorado prison
Carlos Vega of upcoming Netflix series "Homicide: New York" will spend five years in a Colorado prison for stabbing the boyfriend of a "Bachelor in Paradise" star.
Telemundo Las Vegas
A man from New York City, convicted of stabbing ex-boyfriend Jessica Edwards, contestant of “The Bachelor”, during a strange altercation in 2021 at a Colorado bar, was sentenced to five years in prison. Carlos Vega Jr., 42, was convicted of second-degree assault and threats for the incident that occurred on July 11, 2021 at the Clock Tower Grill bar in Lone Tree. He will serve his sentence in the Colorado Department of Corrections, as reported b…
Man punished in stabbing after sweetheart licked face of 'Bachelor' candidate at Colorado bar
CASTLE ROCK, Colo.– A male was punished to five years behind bars for a stabbing that occurred after his sweetheart licked the face of a reality program candidate at a Colorado bar 4 years again, in line with a launch from the twenty third Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Carlos Vega Jr, a 42-year-old male from New York City, was based responsible in September of second-degree assault and a pair of issues of monumental. Vega previously supp…
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