"People don't understand," Shields told MMAFighting.com. "Jon Jones is king of the world. It's not like people randomly doing drugs. He's probably with the richest people, the hottest girls, everyone trying to get him to party."
"It's tough," Shields said. "We have lives, too. We make mistakes. We do things. Obviously, I don't think he should be doing the coke, but it's easier said than done. I've made my mistakes as well. Right now, everything is good in my life, but it's easy to fall in these traps."
"I think it's unfortunate that he's doing cocaine, but that's like a whole separate issue," Shields said. "The legality is if you aren't supposed to be tested for it, then why would they test you for it? If they accidentally tested you for something, then why would they release it?"
"It just cost him millions of dollars in sponsorship money," Shields said. "It's a pretty serious issue to throw that out there. Obviously, he shouldn't be doing it and he probably needs a rehab process if he needs help on that end. But it seems unfair to blast him for something he wasn't supposed to be tested for."
"You'd be surprised how it is with rich and famous people -- everyone doing drugs, hot girls everywhere," Shields said. "It's just way too easy to get sucked into it."
