Joey Chestnut sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to drunkenly slapping a man at bar
Joey Chestnut was sentenced to 180 days of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge, court records show.
Us Weekly was the first to report that the 17-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion was at Joe's Grill in Hamilton County, Indiana, Chestnut's home state, when he drunkenly slapped a man in the face around 2 a.m. on March 21.
The victim allegedly recognized and approached Chestnut at the bar and exchanged a handshake right before Chestnut "slapped him" on the left side of his face...