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Chestnut Pleads Battery, Receives Probation, Competes July 4

5/20/2026

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Chestnut's probation bars firearm purchases and mandates random drug and alcohol testing.
He pleaded guilty to a Class B misdemeanor battery for striking a man at an Indiana bar and received 180 days of probation.
A court-issued petition allows travel outside Indiana, so he will compete in the July 4 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York.

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Story summary

Chestnut's probation bars firearm purchases and mandates random drug and alcohol testing.
He pleaded guilty to a Class B misdemeanor battery for striking a man at an Indiana bar and received 180 days of probation.
A court-issued petition allows travel outside Indiana, so he will compete in the July 4 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York.