Johnny Jimenez Jr., the toy expert who regularly appears on the History Channel's series "Pawn Stars," has been charged with domestic violence against his girlfriend, TMZ reported.
According to the gossip site, the reality star was arrested last month after he was seen on surveillance camera footage allegedly pulling his girlfriend to the ground outside a Las Vegas restaurant early in the morning.
Law enforcement told TMZ that Jimenez tried to get an intoxicated woman, who was later identified as his girlfriend, back inside the restaurant; however, Jimenez allegedly pulled on her purse strap, causing her to fall to the ground. According to TMZ, Jimenez's girlfriend appeared unresponsive for a few minutes after taking the fall.
Cop were called around 4 a.m., but the reality star's girlfriend refused to speak to police and Jimenez had reportedly left the restaurant. He later told officers that he was only trying to help his girlfriend, who has not been named, get sober. The "Pawn Star" regular claimed that he did not mean for her to fall when he pulled her purse strap.
Jimenez tried to explain his part of the story, in a statement to KTNV Action News.
"We arrived to the Casino at 4 a.m. to go to our room after my birthday party with family and friends, my girlfriend was extremely intoxicated," he said. "I should of just went to the room but was trying to get my girlfriend food to sober up and the was really hard to do. The cameras will show on multiple occasions me picking her up off the floor. She was wearing 4 [inch] stiletto boots on top of being drunk. I was holding her hands and purse attached to her to keep her standing there was no argument whatsoever. I did what any other guy in the world would do when your taking care of an intoxicated person. The video footage will show clearly the truth and I'm really disappointed that that the police here could not get the facts before they put someone in handcuffs."
Jimenez ended his statement revealing that despite looking like a "scary big guy with a shaved head," he is only "a single dad who takes care of his friends family and have been nothing but good to my girlfriend."
