War Machine

War Machine Jury Spends Day In Deliberations

... that jurors were told left Christy Mack and Corey Thomas bloodied and injured. But those are just some of the 34 charges the state court jury is considering. Koppenhaver's defense attorney took the unusual step Thursday of conceding Koppenhaver's guilt on eight domestic battery charges for punching and injuring Mack and using a knife. The Associated Press doesn't usually identify alleged victims of sexual assault, 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 ...

Christy Mack Recalls Years Of Abuse At War Machine Trial

... 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 work and why it is difficult to escape the perpetual cycle. “Now that I’ve looked into abusive relationships and I understand manipulation and abusive relationships between a boyfriend and girlfriend and how feelings play into it. I look back and realize that is not how it should have been.”. Koppenhaver is on trial for 34 felony charges, including attempted murder, kidnapping and various counts of sexual ...

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

... 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) ...

Former Ufc Star Assaulted Porn Star Ex

... 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 with another man. According to his lawyer, a cocktail of drugs, including Lexapro, Adderal and steroids, contributed to his aggressive behaviour. Christine Mackinday, also known as Christy Mack, cries on the witness stand. Picture: AP. Mackinday testified that he beat her for two hours until she could escape to get help. She said she suffered a broken nose, lost teeth, a fractured ...

Vegas Jury Convicts War Machine Of 29 Counts

... 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 the kitchen to fetch a knife. Koppenhaver was arrested a week later in the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley and was returned to Nevada. He has been serving a one- to four-year sentence for violating his probation on a 2009 conviction for attempted battery involving a 21-year-old woman. Koppenhaver made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in 2007. He had a 14-5 record as a welterweight and legally changed his name to War Machine. His final fight was in 2013. He was dropped by his fight promoter ...

Porn Star’s Mom Stares Down War Machine

... as she recalled her 25-year-old daughter’s physical state. Mack, whose real name is Christine Mackinday, has said she suffered numerous 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. ...

Trial Of Former Fighter 'war Machine' Begins

... Press usually doesn't identify alleged victims of sexual assault, but Mack gave the AP permission to use her name. She is expected to testify during the trial. Among their many tattoos, he has 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 ...

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

... arts fighter — let him go. According to prosecutors, War Machine entered Mackinday’s home, found Thomas in bed with her, and attacked him with punches and putting him in a choke hold. He then let Thomas go, on the condition that he wouldn’t call the police. War Machine, who legally changed his name from Jonathan Koppenhaver, is accused of then brutally attacking and sexually assaulting Mackinday. War Machine is facing 34 charges, and the jury is currently deliberating after a trial that lasted nearly two weeks. Thomas said that he wasn’t aware of past violence 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 ...