Overview
- Charles '2 Cold Scorpio' Scaggs pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree assault and armed criminal action as part of a plea agreement that avoids a jury trial.
- The charges stem from a June 2024 fight at a Kansas City Love’s Travel Stop where Scaggs, working as a security guard, confronted a customer about a cigarette and later stabbed the man multiple times.
- Police found the victim bleeding from several wounds and he was taken to a hospital, and investigators later recorded that the victim told them Scaggs was the aggressor.
- Scaggs told authorities he acted in self-defense during the scuffle, and that claim remains on the record even though he entered the guilty plea.
- Scaggs will be sentenced on October 9, 2026, and the case drew public attention and fundraising support from several former ECW figures who helped pay for his defense.