Textbook psychopath.
https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/06/05/war-machine-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-attack-on-porn-star-ex-girlfriend/amp/
War Machine sentenced to life in prison for attack on porn star ex-girlfriend
By Joshua Rhett Miller and Jackie Salo
June 5, 2017 | 5:09pm
AP
Former mixed martial arts standout War Machine ? who was convicted of sexually assaulting and kidnapping his ex-porn star girlfriend ? was sentenced on Monday to life in prison with possibility of parole after 36 years.
The fighter, who legally changed his name from Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver during his MMA career, had faced a life sentence without parole following his conviction in March for brutally attacking ex-girlfriend Christine Mackinday ? better known as former porn star Christy Mack ? and her male companion Corey Thomas after finding the couple in bed in her Las Vegas home.
Appearing before the court Monday, a tearful Mack said that she did not know how long of a sentence would make things ?feel right,? but that no amount will stop her from fearing for her life.
?I don?t know if my life will feel complete in 12 years or 30 years and neither do you, but I do know when he gets out he will kill me,? Mack said.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacqueline Bluth asked District Judge Elissa Cadish to sentence Koppenhaver to 32 years to life in prison.
Prior to being formally sentenced, Koppenhaver addressed the court, saying he regretted the attack every day and that something was ?not right? in his head, ?plain and simple.? He also asked Cadish if she received a letter he sent to the judge.
?There?s not a day that goes by that I don?t seriously regret all of the things that I did,? Koppenhaver said. ?I was a very, very lost and very empty person.?
Defense attorney Jay Leiderman focused on Koppenhaver?s childhood, saying the former fighter had witnessed his mother get repeatedly abused by his stepfather. Leiderman, who said Koppenhaver suffered brain injuries and used steroids during his fighting career, had sought the minimum sentence of 16 years in prison.
?He channeled all his rage into fighting, and the fighting became not enough,? Leiderman told Cadish.
When handing down the sentence, Cadish told the 35-year-old defendant that she didn?t think he was a ?monster.?
?I think you have done a lot of good things in the world, but there are consequences and I have to look out for the well-being of the community,? Cadish said.
A jury of six men and six women had deadlocked on two attempted murder charges against Koppenhaver, who was also acquitted of burglary with a deadly weapon, sexually motivated coercion and battery with intent to commit sexual assault.
Prosecutors said the Koppenhaver beat Mack, 25, for nearly two hours during the August 2014 attack before she was able to escape and get help. At one point during the attack, Mack said Koppenhaver told her, ?Now I have to kill you. I?ve gone too far.?
Mack testified during a two-week trial that she was clothed in bed with Thomas ? who told jurors he had been dating Mack for about two months at the time ? when Koppenhaver stormed into her home and assaulted the couple. She was later treated for several serious injuries, including a broken nose, lacerated liver, two lost teeth and a fractured rib.
War Machine apologized to Mack directly in a lengthy statement posted to Twitter one week after his conviction, saying he was finally at peace after learning he had faced up to life in prison without parole. He also invited Mack to visit him in prison.
Koppenhaver, whose last MMA fight was in 2013, said the life sentence he faced behind bars was not ?too high a price? for his actions, and begged for Mack?s forgiveness.
Mack has said the emotional damage following the attack has been as severe as the injuries she sustained.
?I never looked at him except when I was asked to identify him,? Mack told HBO during her first post-trial interview in April, adding that she had a total of 18 bones broken near her eye during the attack.
?He had mouthed that he loved me and that was extremely difficult,? Mack said. ?And I began bawling immediately. Because, for a long time, I did feel, you know, still emotionally connected to him.?
Mr. Machine will fit in nicely.
Gooble goble gooble goble one of us one of us. t(-_-)t
Seriously name one single good thing he has done for the world????
Yea , i wont be crying any tears for him... peice of shit.
He'll off himself in prison.
I think he would do it... to "teach her a lesson". Lets hope.
Yea, I'm not feeling it.
And this woman sustained injuries that sound more like a car crash than a pummeling. The only reason she's alive is through her sheer will, not his lack of effort. Holy shit. I can't believe people are making excuses for this animal. I hope most of these DudeBros are kidding.
There's a new show called Sin City Justice & it's premier is about this case on the ID channel. It just came on at 9pm so I'm sure it'll repeat tonight. I haven't had a chance to read this whole thread yet so I'm not sure if it's already been mentioned.
"CHRISTY: I am sorry for the man that I was, I am sorry for hurting you. One day, when enough time has passed, and when your wounds are fully healed, I hope that you will write to me, or, perhaps, even visit me, so that I can apologize completely, and so that I can tell you about all that I have found in regard to god. He is real and can heal and complete you deep inside, if only you knew the full extent to which he had healed me... I will never cease to pray for you.' "
Just fucking , fuck you in so many ways. Is this fuck for real !
He already attempted suicide. He failed.
That's a pity
Sounds just like the type of guy you'd want around in case shit goes down.
I do plan on watching the episode.
The man who was caught in bed with Christy Mack by ex-MMA fighter War Machine has spoken out, explaining why he abandoned the porn star to be brutally beaten.
She was left with a broken nose, missing teeth, fractured eye socket, leg injuries and a lacerated liver.
Now Internet mogul Corey Thomas, 38, speaks publicly about the incident for the first time since War Machine was sentence to life in prison, explaining himself to Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen for an episode airing on Monday.
Thomas, founder of the Vegas-based Web design company The Web Squad and contestant on a short-lived VHI reality show, was in bed with the renowned porn star Mack in August of 2014 when the horrific events unfolded.
Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, who changed his name legally to War Machine during his 19-fight career, burst into the bedroom and caught Thomas with Mack, whom he was dating.
He immediately began attacking Thomas for roughly 10 minutes. The fighter bit and put Thomas in a choke hold.
'He came on top of me and got me in a rear naked choke and?I thought to myself, "Oh OK, he's going to kill me now",' Thomas said in the new interview.
War Machine beat Thomas and barked at Mack, telling her to tell Thomas that she belonged to him, according to court testimony.
Thomas, who has come under fire for abandoning Mack, explained why he decided to leave her with the still-raging War Machine.
'In the moment, you think to yourself?"Why am I getting my ass kicked by this guy and she's telling him that she loves him",' he said.
'I figured to myself?"I'm in the wrong bed at the wrong time with the wrong girl?You crazy kids can figure this thing out for yourselves." I gathered my stuff and left.'
Asked if he thought about calling for help after he left, Thomas said: 'No, because I thought to myself we just fought, the fight's over.'
But the brutality was far from over. Over the course of several hours, War Machine savagely beat Mack, whose legal name is Christine Mackinday.
'I was trying to stand up and he kicked me in my ribs so hard that I started convulsing,' Mack recalled to Crime Watch Daily.
She has said she drifted in and out of consciousness as she was beaten, kicked and groped sexually.
During the incident, she has said he had stood over her and told her: 'This is it. I've got to kill you now'.
After being viciously beaten for two hours, Mack was able to escape when War Machine went to look for a knife to kill her.
'I would be dead. I know for certain I would be dead,' Mack said of her fate if she hadn't managed to escape.
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