08:53 AM EST on Wednesday, November 30, 2005

By JOHN ROMERO / 6NEWS

6NEWS

Ric Flair and his lawyer walked out of the Mecklenburg County Jail Tuesday afternoon.

6NEWS was the only station there as Rick Flair left the jail after turning himself in after accusations of road rage. Not only did we hear from him, but we also looked into the record of the other driver who has accused Flair of assaulting him on a Charlotte highway.

Driving, cursing, stopping and fighting. It's easy to recognize that as road rage, but it's also what one driver said happened to him during the Thanksgiving holiday. It's also easy to recognize the man who he said carried out those acts, one of Charlotte's biggest celebrities, professional wrestler Ric Flair.

Now we're hearing more about the man making the accusation and we're hearing from Flair himself.

When he walks into the ring, Ric Flair is always the center of attention.

Walking out of the Mecklenburg County Jail he not quite as vocal.

"I'm going to speak, let me," said Flair's lawyer.

His lawyer wanted to do all of the talking.

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"At this point Mr. Flair is going to plead not guilty to these charges and he denies the allegations," said Larry Hewitt, Flair's attorney.

A man named Robert Steel alleges Flair became upset with him while they were driving on I-485 the day before Thanksgiving.

Steele said Flair stopped in the middle of the interstate, grabbed him by the neck, left two red marks, kicked a dent in the side of Steel's Forerunner and made a threat that can't be repeated in good company.

6NEWS tried to talk to Steele, but he wasn't home. We did uncover however, nine speeding tickets in his name.

"95 percent of the time it's great being Rick Flair. Five percent its not," Flair told us as he left the jail.

As you might expect Flair did eventually have something to say.

"This system here treated me like a million bucks, and it's a great reflection on Charlotte and the city it is, and they were respectful and nice, and they treated me with the utmost respect," said Flair of his experience in the jail.

But he didn't have that much to say.

"No, no more, no comment," said Flair's lawyer as he hurried his client away from our cameras as our reporter tried to ask more questions.

Both charges, simple assault and injury to personal property, are misdemeanors.