Life Outside Sports
Sonnen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from the University of Oregon.
Sonnen ran as the Republican candidate for the 37th district of the Oregon House of Representatives in 2010. In June of that year, he dropped out of the race, vaguely referring to a "2006 legal issue" involving real estate.
On January 3, 2011, Sonnen pleaded guilty to money laundering in connection with mortgage fraud. After agreeing to testify against others involved in the investigation, he was fined $10,000 and sentenced to two years probation. A licensed realtor in Oregon, Sonnen, as the agent for a home sale in 2006, told the title company to pay a plumbing company owned by Sonnen's mother for repairs, even though he knew that they would not be carried out. After the mortgage company agreed to the loan, the plumbing company was paid $69,000 and, at Sonnen's direction, paid the home buyer $65,000.
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