Overview
- Smith, 38, was arrested and booked into the Sarpy County Jail Monday on three felony counts: domestic violence, first-degree false imprisonment, and terroristic threats.
- Sarpy County prosecutors say the alleged episode began at a Gretna event when Smith threatened to kill his wife, forced her into a vehicle, and tried multiple times to strike her with the car as she fled.
- A judge set bond at $500,000 at a hearing where Smith waived a preliminary hearing and was released under a no-contact order, limits on travel and other conditions.
- Records and filings show evolving details and some discrepancies, with early booking language listing serious bodily injury and later court documents calling the domestic-assault charge an attempted offense while prosecutors add witness accounts.
- Smith is a high-profile former UFC light‑heavyweight title challenger and current analyst; under Nebraska law the charges carry years in prison if proven and he is due back in court on August 17 as the investigation continues.