A friend who helped grow Christine Mackinday’s social media profile testified Friday that he noticed photos she had secretly taken of bruises while she dated the mixed martial arts fighter known as War Machine.
Sex Crimes
A second man has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 14-year-old special education student who was used in group sex acts with several teen boys, court records show.
A Las Vegas man is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old special education student and encouraging several teen boys, including at least one of his sons, to do the same.
Prosecutors painted a picture of a predator during opening statements Thursday in the capital murder trial of Javier Righetti for the 2011 rape and killing of 15-year-old Alyssa Otremba.
Las Vegas police arrested a man this week after a woman was sexually assaulted in an east Las Vegas park earlier this month, and detectives believe the man may be a suspect in other open cases.
In an effort to boost awareness about domestic violence, former adult film actress Christine Mackinday took to social media soon after she was brutally beaten by her ex-boyfriend, a mixed martial arts fighter, she testified Thursday.
Former adult film actress Christine Mackinday testified Wednesday in the rape and attempted murder trial of her former boyfriend, ousted mix martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine.
Predators who try to solicit children under the age of 14 for sex could be charged with trafficking, under a bill in the Nevada Legislature.
Nevada may start a statewide program that tracks rape kits while keeping victims updated on the kits’ progression through the system.
A once-prospective juror in the War Machine rape and attempted murder trial showed up for the second day of testimony on Tuesday, even though she was never selected to hear the case.
She lay bleeding on the bathroom floor of her home, a pair of teeth knocked out, her eyes swollen shut. Prosecutors say that’s when Jonathan Koppenhaver, a former MMA fighter known as War Machine, told her: “This is it. I’ve got to kill you now.”
Anniah Pratt Jr., 22, was arrested on Feb. 4 after the woman flagged down a a stranger in a Vons grocery store parking lot and said she had been violently assaulted and raped.
With national media watching, jury selection started Monday in the trial of a former mixed martial arts fighter known as War Machine, accused of beating and sexually assaulting a former girlfriend.
The Nevada Department of Corrections reported that inmate Edmond Krotz died Wednesday morning.
After multiple delays, a trial is set to begin next week for ex-MMA fighter War Machine, who is accused of beating and sexually assaulting his girlfriend in 2014.