A professional boxer, the governor of Pojoaque Pueblo, the manager of the city of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe county clerk all played a role in what developed into a bar brawl at Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino in June, according to the police report.

An official cage-fighting event was held at the resort on the evening of June 4, but according to a narrative filed by Pojoaque Pueblo Tribal Police Department Sgt. Glen Gutierrez, fur flew long after the official fight had finished and continued into the early hours of June 5.

The officer wrote in his report that the drama began about half an hour past midnight when he was approached in the resort's Blue Tower Lounge by a woman who identified herself as Felicia N. Romero.

A story in the Sept. 2 edition of The New Mexican refers to this woman as Felicia Fischer Romero. The woman stated in divorce papers that she intends to revert back to her maiden name of Fischer. The name used in the police report is Felicia N. Romero.

Romero said her former husband, city manager Robert Romero, was also in the lounge, even though she had a temporary order of protection against him, and asked that he be removed, according to Gutierrez's report.

Robert Romero was standing about four feet away, the officer reported, so he called him over and asked him about the alleged order. "(Robert) Romero did not answer me but instead placed a call on his cell phone," the officer wrote. "A few moments later Robert P. Romero advised me that Governor George Rivera (governor of the Pueblo of Pojoaque) requested to speak with me."

The officer spoke to Rivera on Romero's cell phone, but he did not include the details of the discussion in his report.

Rivera declined to comment Friday.

The report indicates that, after speaking to Rivera, the officer handed Robert Romero back his cell phone and the city manager "walked away and ignored my call for him to remain."

Felicia Romero — who was divorced from Robert Romero in September 2009 after two years of marriage — began yelling obscenities at her former husband, saying among other things, "You are not untouchable!" and, "You'll get what's coming to you!."

At that point, another tribal officer told Felicia Romero four different times to quit yelling and, when she didn't, asked her to leave the lounge, according to the report. She left.

Robert Romero later told police (and court records confirm his claim) that he was the one who obtained the order of protection — against his ex-wife.

Several versions of what happened after that initial contact are detailed in the report.

All witnesses seem to agree that the next confrontation occurred in or near the resort's Red Sage Restaurant & Bar.

Robert Romero told police that after the initial incident he and County Clerk Valerie Espinoza went to the Red Sage and noticed Felicia Romero "drinking in the patio area." Robert Romero said he notified the bartender, Veronica Rae Raffensparger, of the earlier incident and asked to have his ex-wife removed from the area.

By most accounts, a security guard escorted Felicia Romero away from Red Sage. But, according to the police report, she came back, and that's when the fighting began in earnest.

Officer Gutierrez wrote that Robert Romero told him that after being removed from Red Sage, Felicia Romero "snuck back in" and approached Espinoza, who was speaking with Monica Lovato, a professional fighter who had participated in the night's sponsored mixed-martial-arts event, and began screaming obscenities at them.

"Robert P. Romero could not give any information on who hit who but did state he seen two or three other girls throw Felicia to the ground and when they were broken up he seen Valerie L. Espinoza get knocked to the ground and noticed that Felicia Romero was near her," the officer wrote.

Raffensparger gave a slightly different account of events. The bartender told the officer that shortly after having Felicia Romero removed from the area she saw the woman on the patio arguing with Espinoza and Lovato. She said she ran outside in an attempt to stop any altercation.

The bartender told the police that while she was trying to calm the women down, Felicia Romero swung her purse, Raffensparger ducked and Lovato was struck. Raffensparger said she then saw Lovato raise her arm and immediately grabbed Felicia Romero and began walking her back inside. Felicia Romero was "still talking trash to the other ladies and before she knew it Monica M. Lovato ran at them tackling them both," the report said.

The bartender said she got up and tried to grab Felicia Romero by the foot and "pull her out from under" Lovato. Raffensparger added that at that point other people were trying to separate the women as well, "but that once again Felicia Romero, Monica M. Lovato and some other girls fought again."

Lovato — who won her official fight against Alyx Luck by knockout in the first round earlier that night — told a reporter Friday that she was in Tokyo but offered to answer questions via e-mail. But she did not respond to e-mail messages sent to her.

According to police, Lovato gave a short written statement the day of the altercation in which she wrote that she entered the Red Sage with a group of friends and sat down on the patio where Espinoza and a friend came to visit with them. "During this time a lady approached us pointing fingers and disrespecting Ms. Espinoza," Lovato wrote. "I asked her to calm down and step away, at this time she started name calling and hit me with her purse twice, I was immediately grabbed by many friends and the woman continued to fight with Ms. Espinoza and possibly other ladies."

Felicia Romero would not give much information after the fight, according to the report, but did say she had approached her ex-husband and that's when she had been "jumped." She also stated that Lovato "got in her face" so she swung her purse and hit the professional fighter.

Espinoza told police that after Lovato saw Felicia Romero attack Espinoza, the boxer "went at the woman."

Lovato has been charged with public affray (brawling) in the incident. A pre-trial conference in her case is scheduled for Sept. 27.

Charges against Felicia Romero include public affray, battery, assault and violating an order of protection. A pre-trial conference in her case is set for Jan. 6.

Sgt. Gutierrez noted in his report that Felicia Romero sustained a "laceration above her left eye" during the fight and that Espinoza had "some scratches on her face and her hair was out of place."

Officers assembled most of the players in the security offices of the resort, but it's unclear what happened after that.

Espinoza told The New Mexican on Thursday that she and the city manager have only a professional relationship.

But Felicia Romero said Friday that she believes the relationship is more than professional. She also said in an e-mail that she used to work at the county and blamed Espinoza for the loss of her job.

Santa Fe County spokeswoman Kristine Mihelcic did not return a call seeking information about Felicia Romero's history as a county employee.

Contact Phaedra Haywood at 986-3068 or phaywood@sfnewmexican.com.