Joey Chestnut sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to drunkenly slapping a man at bar

Joey Chestnut was sentenced to 180 days of probation aft pleading blameworthy to a misdemeanor artillery charge, tribunal records show.

Us Weekly was the archetypal to study that the 17-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion was astatine Joe's Grill successful Hamilton County, Indiana, Chestnut's location state, erstwhile helium drunkenly slapped a antheral successful the look astir 2 a.m. connected March 21.

The unfortunate allegedly recognized and approached Chestnut astatine the barroom and exchanged a handshake close earlier Chestnut "slapped him" connected the near broadside of his face, the outlet reported.

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Joey Chestnut grabbed a protester by the cervix who interrupted the 2022 Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest successful Coney Island, New York City, connected July 4, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"The accused pulled [the victim] forward, moves person and uses his close manus to onslaught [the victim] connected the look with an unfastened hand. [The victim] is observed reacting to the onslaught and moving his caput downward and holding it determination portion the accused stands implicit him and [his friend]," the serviceman said successful an affidavit obtained Us Weekly. "[Chestnut] moves toward [the victim] again and [the victim] moves distant from the accused.

"The touching was nude, insolent oregon aggravated due to the fact that the open-handed onslaught was nonconsensual to the unfortunate successful a mode that caused symptom portion the accused allegedly utilized provocative connection toward the unfortunate to illicit a reaction."

The serviceman added that the slap "resulted successful bodily wounded to [victim] successful that helium had a ailment of symptom to the near broadside of his face."

Defending champion Joey Chestnut competes successful the 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest astatine Coney Island successful Brooklyn, New York City, connected July 4, 2023. The men's contention was postponed owed to thunderstorms but aboriginal took spot without spectators successful the arena. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

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Chestnut, who said helium was "pretty drunk and didn't remember" what happened, pleaded blameworthy to artillery resulting successful bodily wounded and was sentenced April 20.

The situation, however, was rapidly defused, and Chestnut took "full work for this misunderstanding," his lawyer told Us Weekly.

Chestnut filed petitions to question extracurricular of Indiana, arsenic the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest takes spot connected Coney Island successful Brooklyn, New York, connected the Fourth of July. He was granted support to travel, truthful arsenic agelong arsenic helium behaves, helium volition beryllium vying for his 18th rubric successful his past 19 attempts successful little than 2 months.

Joey Chestnut wins the men's contention astatine Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest successful New York City connected July 4, 2025. He returned to vie for a 17th triumph aft missing the 2024 lawsuit owed to a sponsorship quality with Major League Eating. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

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Chestnut was barred from the 2024 contention aft helium signed a woody with Nathan's rival Impossible Foods. Chestnut was inactive connected the outs months earlier past year's lawsuit erstwhile helium announced that helium and the organizers had recovered communal crushed connected sponsorships.

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