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War Machine Jury Spends Day In Deliberations

... but Mack gave AP permission to use her name. Her legal name is Christine Mackinday. Attorney Jay Leiderman told the jury that Koppenhaver also is guilty of threatening Thomas - Mack's boyfriend at the time - to dissuade him from going to police. Convictions on those nine felony counts alone could get Koppenhaver decades in state prison. Other charges include coercion and burglary. Koppenhaver, 35, legally changed his name to War Machine during his 19-fight MMA career that ended in 2013. He has gone by his birth name since his arrest a week after the alleged attack. He did not testify during his two-week trial. Mack, 24, spent eight hours on the witness stand, telling the jury she was beaten and raped by Koppenhaver in the months before his confrontation with her and Thomas. Thomas testified that he suffered a broken nose, dislocated shoulder, scrapes, bruises and bite marks in a bedroom brawl with Koppenhaver. The jury saw photos of Mack with a broken nose, missing teeth, fractured eye socket and leg injuries, and she testified that she also suffered a lacerated ...

In War Machine Trial, Mackinday’s Friends Talk About Signs Of Abuse

... War Machine, also known as Jonathan Koppenhaver, looks at evidence presented during his trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Friday, March 10, 2017. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bleblancphoto. In War Machine trial, Mackinday’s friends talk about signs of abuse. Judge Elissa F. Cadish presides over the sexual assault and kidnapping case of War Machine, also known as Jonathan Koppenhaver, at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Friday, March 10, 2017. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bleblancphoto. In War Machine trial, Mackinday’s friends talk about signs of abuse. Brandon Sua, a defense attorney for War Machine, also known as Jonathan Koppenhaver, returns to his client after cross examining a witness during War Machine's trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Friday, March 10, 2017. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bleblancphoto. In War Machine trial, Mackinday’s friends talk about signs of abuse. War Machine, also known as ...

Cnn’s Ashleigh Banfield Grills Man Over Why He Left Porn Star Girlfriend To Get Brutally Beat Up By Mma Fighter

... between War Machine and Mackinday, so he didn’t believe that she was in physical danger when he left her home. At the time, he thought that War Machine just attacked him for being with her. “Two guys fight, that’s the end of it,” Thomas thought, not thinking that War Machine might then turn his attention to Mackinday. When War Machine let Thomas go, he threatened to have his Navy SEAL friends go after him if he alerted authorities. Thomas said that War Machine was talking to Mackinday as if the two of them were still together. He figured that his fight with War Machine was over, and he didn’t want to get in the middle of what appeared to be a complicated situation between War Machine and Mackinday. “If she’s your girl, then you guys obviously have some serious issues to work out,” he thought about them, so he thought the best thing to do was get out of there. Thomas claimed he had no idea that War Machine would then attack Mackinday once he left. Despite having dated Mackinday for two months, Thomas said that she ...

Vegas Jury Convicts War Machine Of 29 Counts

... drugs that combined could have caused mood swings and violence that the defense attorney termed "roid rage.". Koppenhaver didn't testify. Mack, 24, spent eight hours on the witness stand, crying as she said she was beaten and raped by Koppenhaver several times in the months before the August 2014 attack on her and Thomas. Thomas, a digital media company owner, testified that he dated Mack for two months before Koppenhaver arrived at her home unexpectedly, flipped on the bedroom lights and set upon him on the bed with rapid-fire punches and choking. Thomas testified that he suffered a broken nose, dislocated shoulder, scrapes, bruises and bite marks. The beating stopped, he said, when he asked Koppenhaver if his "end game" was going to be to kill him or let him go. Mack testified that Koppenhaver attacked her after Thomas left. The jury saw photos of Mack with a broken nose, missing teeth, fractured eye socket and leg injuries. She also suffered a lacerated liver. Mack said she fled her home and ran bleeding to neighbors' homes when Koppenhaver went to ...

Former Ufc Star Assaulted Porn Star Ex

... resulting in substantial bodily harm, according to 3 News. RELATED: Christy Mack ‘didn’t have teeth’ after beating. Last week, prosecutors said Mackinday, who was known as “Christy Mack”, still loved her ex-boyfriend War Machine even after he allegedly beat her nearly to death. “He threw a dog blanket on her as she was convulsing from a lacerated liver and she still loved him,” prosecutor Jacqueline Bluth. Koppenhaver’s lawyers conceded that he was guilty on nine of the 34 counts he’s charged with. Lawyer Jay Leiderman admitted that Koppenhaver assaulted the pair and caused substantial bodily harm, but said that he acted in self defence and “mutual combat” with Thomas, according to KVVU. Mr Leiderman said that Koppenhaver had “blind rage” and “tunnel vision” when he stormed into Mack’s home and found her clothed in bed ...

Lawyers Start Picking Jurors For War Machine Trial

... adult film star Christy Mack, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the Regional Justice Center, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto. Lawyers start picking jurors for War Machine trial. Buy Photo. Defense attorney Brandon Sua, left, Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, and defense attorney Jay Leiderman listen to the remarks from the prosecution during the first day of Koppenhaver's trial where he faces 34 charges, including attempted murder, kidnapping, domestic battery and sexual assault stemming from an incident with his former girlfriend, adult film star Christy Mack, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the Regional Justice Center, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto. Lawyers start picking jurors for War Machine trial. Buy Photo. Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, ...

Sexual Assault Trial Set To Begin Monday In Las Vegas For War Machine

... War Machine. Former MMA fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, facing multiple felony charges in an attack on his then-girlfriend, Christy Mack, attends a hearing at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco. Sexual assault trial set to begin Monday in Las Vegas for War Machine. Former MMA fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, facing multiple felony charges in an attack on his then-girlfriend, Christy Mack, attends a hearing at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco. Sexual assault trial set to begin Monday in Las Vegas for War Machine. Former MMA fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, facing multiple felony charges in an attack on his then-girlfriend, Christy Mack, attends a hearing at the ...

Jon ‘war Machine' Koppenhaver Convicted On 29 Counts, Could Face Life In Prison

... trial to at least 8 of the lesser counts, which included domestic battery charges. Mack testified that War Machine had threatened to take her out to the desert and kill her in a previous altercation because people saw her trying to escape, but his attorney argued heavily against attempted murder charges in his closing argument. According to the Associated Press, “Leiderman suggested that the jury never learned many things about the August 2014 attack at Mack's home, including Koppenhaver's state of mind, and therefore could not know if he intended to commit a crime.”. TRENDING >   Conor Mc Gregor Sets Target Date for Floyd Mayweather Fight. He went on to characterize War Machine as a “raging bull,” and claimed that he had suffered brain injuries from his mixed martial arts career. Leiderman added that War Machine suffered the side effects of steroids ...

Christy Mack Recalls Years Of Abuse At War Machine Trial

... my phone in half, picked me up by my throat, brought me downstairs to my bedroom and threw me down.”. On one occasion when Mack attempted to escape Koppenhaver’s car after he had abused her, her ex-boyfriend promised to end her life. “He said now I have to take you into the desert and kill you,” a distraught Mack told the jury during her testimony. Despite the alarming situations, Mack explained to the court that she continued to love Koppenhaver and wanted to believe he was capable of change. She defended him against her mother, who witnessed him abuse her on numerous occasions, and made up excuses in front of her own friends. “I once told my mom I fell down the stair in the bedroom. I told my friends that it was a dog scratch or that my dog bit me. I would come up with any excuse,” Mack explained. “I loved him. I would have done anything for him. I just wanted to be with him.”. Nearly three years removed from the disturbing incident that led to Koppenhaver’s eventual arrest, Mack admits she now understands how abusive relationships ...

Prosecution Close To Wrapping Up In War Machine Trial

... defense questioned Johnson about the handle on one of the knives. “I was not able to recover any latent prints so I wasn't able to. I didn't have anything to put into automated finger printing system,” Johnson said. RELATED LINK | War Machine trial day 2: 'Somebody cut her with a knife'. The prosecution also brought up LVMPD DNA forensic scientist Jessica Acevedo. The District Attorney’s office tried to build their case on the sexual assault and attempted murder charges War Machine is facing. Acevedo says DNA was found on one of Mack's walls inside her home. "Having a DNA profile that is consistent with the DNA profile obtained for the evidence sample is approximately 1 in 4.05 quintillion. So how many zeroes is in quintillion is 18. How many people are in the world? Approximately 7.5 billion,” Acevedo said. RELATED LINK | 'I'm going to die in Christy's bathroom': Testimony begins in War Machine trial. The prosecution ...

Trial Of Former Fighter 'war Machine' Begins

... her name, "Mack," tattooed in large letters across his throat. She had "Property of War Machine" inked in red on the back of her right shoulder. Prosecutor Jacqueline Bluth told jurors that Mack liked to be choked during sex, sometimes to unconsciousness. Leiderman said Mack had rape fantasies, and invited Koppenhaver to surprise her. Corey Thomas, a digital media company owner who is both taller and heavier than Koppenhaver, testified Monday that he dated Mack for two months before Koppenhaver arrived unexpectedly, flipped on the bedroom lights and set upon him on the bed with rapid-fire punches and chokes that nearly left Thomas unconscious. High school wrestling experience and a couple of years of unarmed defense training helped Thomas escape, he said, along with the presence of mind to ask Koppenhaver whether he was going to kill him or let him leave. Thomas testified that he ended up with a broken nose, dislocated shoulder, scrapes and bruises, and bite marks on his face and arm. Koppenhaver let him go with a warning that if he went to the police, Koppenhaver would ...

Porn Star’s Mom Stares Down War Machine

... serious bodily injuries, including a broken nose, lost and broken teeth and a fractured rib. Earlier Monday, it was revealed that Koppenhaver, 35, tried to win back his ex-porn star girlfriend by having a friend tell her that he intended to propose the night of the attack. SEE ALSO. A former porn star said she sent her mixed martial arts. “Please tweet her this. ‘He was going there early with a ring to surprise you b-tch,'” Koppehaver allegedly texted friend Phil Baroni after the assault. “Need to get her sentimental and on my side,” Koppenhaver also wrote, according to evidence revealed in court. Las Vegas Detective Jessica Flynk testified Monday that the text messages between the couple in the day leading up to the attack alternated from aggressive to sexual. “There’s a back-and-forth mixed in with sexting and ‘I love you’ texts,” Flynk said. The former porn star admitted Thursday that she sent Koppenhaver a topless photo before the early morning attack. Koppenhaver was slapped with charges on 34 counts, including attempted murder, kidnapping and sexual assault. He ...