Christy Mack & Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver - Sentencing.

[JerryBoBerry]

Former UFC fighter War Machine sentenced to 36 years to life in prison for assault on ex-girlfriend.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving douche-bag.


http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/...in-prison-for-assault-on-ex-girlfriend-060517

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Former UFC competitor Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver on Monday was sentenced to life in prison with possibility of parole in 36 years after being convicted on 29 separate charges in connection with an assault committed against his ex-girlfriend Christy Mackinday and her friend Corey Thomas in 2014.

Koppenhaver was found guilty on 29 out of 34 charges in a trial that took place in March in Nevada.

The former UFC fighter would be first eligible for parole in 2053, when he would be 71 years old.


Koppenhaver broke into Mack’s home and assaulted her along with her friend, Thomas, who was also at the residence at the time. Following the assault, Koppenhaver fled from police before being captured a few days later and placed in custody while awaiting trial.

Mackinday, best known by her stage name Christy Mack, testified against Koppenhaver in court after suffering through the brutal assault and accused the 35-year old fighter of a history of violence throughout their relationship.

The jury convicted Koppenhaver on a long list of charges including sexual assault, kidnapping, coercion and battery.

The jury remained hung on two additional charges of attempted murder, but based on the 29 convictions, War Machine still faced life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ultimately, Judge Elissa Cadish ruled that the former fighter needed to face a substantial penalty for the assault before deciding on life in prison with the possibility of parole in 36 years.

 

[Gen]

Good. I hope she and her friend are doing well.

Also this is one of the few articles I've seen that wasn't like "sentenced for assaulting his PORN STAR ex who made PORN" so props to Fox Sports for that.

 

[Teagan]

Good. Fucking good. This whole "she liked it rough" bullshit needs to stop.

 

[LaceyRoyce]

Good. I hope she and her friend are doing well.

Also this is one of the few articles I've seen that wasn't like "sentenced for assaulting his PORN STAR ex who made PORN" so props to Fox Sports for that.

Agreed! I was reading it somewhere else and was like... "woah." .. its sad that that is the exception to the norm and that its SO surprising to me when I see an article NOT make it into the focus of an assault/crime that was unrelated to the persons profession. But... yeah.

And fuck yes to life in prison for that douche and she can start really moving forward

 

[heybarkeep]

Kinda hope he follows in the footsteps of Aaron Hernandez. Don't see him lasting long even if he doesn't.

 

[justjoinedtopost]

Good. Fucking good. This whole "she liked it rough" bullshit needs to stop.

You heard someone say that about the War Machine story???

 

[Teagan]

You heard someone say that about the War Machine story???

Multiple people. Claiming she asked for it basically and how was he to know what too far was when she liked it that way as evidenced by her career. When his attorney is questioning her about profiting off of any of it with more twitter followers and claiming she was coached it made me sick. If the best defense you have is if he wanted to kill them he would have, then you have no defense really.

 

[justjoinedtopost]

Multiple people. Claiming she asked for it basically and how was he to know what too far was when she liked it that way as evidenced by her career. When his attorney is questioning her about profiting off of any of it with more twitter followers and claiming she was coached it made me sick. If the best defense you have is if he wanted to kill them he would have, then you have no defense really.

Where?

 

[Teagan]

For the comments...any comment section really. During the first parts of things his own attorney said that because she liked it rough the rape doesn't gold up. "War Machine’s attorney Sua said that even when she wasn’t acting as on-screen seductress Christy Mack, the accuser showed the “desire, the preference, to acceptability towards a particular form of sex activities that were outside of the norm.”


For the defense attorney stuff there was articles written on it and what he questioned her on.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/war-machine-mocks-rape-case-in-court

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Here's the list of charges against him. Not sure which 29 of these he was found guilty on, as even this was a pain in the ass to find.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

I hadn't realized he was offered a deal by the State before the trial started. Prison for 16 years to life or 18 to 40. Koppenhaver rejected the deal.

That was a bad gamble.

 

[LaceyRoyce]

Where?

yeah it was all over her twitter constantly back when the story first broke. The shit people said to her made me vomit.

 

[eyeteach]

Good. Fucking good. This whole "she liked it rough" bullshit needs to stop.

Abso-fucking-lutely. It was as disengenous as the argument that in his career he's taken so many shots to his head that he suffered a form of brain damage and actually had no idea what he did to her.

BULLSHIT.

36 years is almost life, and life is what that piece of garbage deserves. Here's hoping he drops the soap in the shower.

 

[dilligaf0]

Former UFC fighter War Machine sentenced to 36 years to life in prison for assault on ex-girlfriend.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving douche-bag.


http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/...in-prison-for-assault-on-ex-girlfriend-060517

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Former UFC competitor Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver on Monday was sentenced to life in prison with possibility of parole in 36 years after being convicted on 29 separate charges in connection with an assault committed against his ex-girlfriend Christy Mackinday and her friend Corey Thomas in 2014.

Koppenhaver was found guilty on 29 out of 34 charges in a trial that took place in March in Nevada.

The former UFC fighter would be first eligible for parole in 2053, when he would be 71 years old.


Koppenhaver broke into Mack’s home and assaulted her along with her friend, Thomas, who was also at the residence at the time. Following the assault, Koppenhaver fled from police before being captured a few days later and placed in custody while awaiting trial.

Mackinday, best known by her stage name Christy Mack, testified against Koppenhaver in court after suffering through the brutal assault and accused the 35-year old fighter of a history of violence throughout their relationship.

The jury convicted Koppenhaver on a long list of charges including sexual assault, kidnapping, coercion and battery.

The jury remained hung on two additional charges of attempted murder, but based on the 29 convictions, War Machine still faced life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ultimately, Judge Elissa Cadish ruled that the former fighter needed to face a substantial penalty for the assault before deciding on life in prison with the possibility of parole in 36 years.

I only "liked" this post because there's no "YAY" rating.

 

[mynameisbob84]

Can't see him lasting 36 years without being murdered or killing himself. While I wouldn't wish death upon him, I won't be shedding any tears if it happens either.

 

[Teagan]

I hope he last the whole time actually. I want him to suffer and be miserable as long as humanely possible for what he did. Knowing every damn day why he is there and what a fuck up he is and how he has fallen and how everyone hates him. I think evil people get off too easily when they just get murdered. I want them to really suffer in prison.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Can't see him lasting 36 years without being murdered or killing himself.

For some reason I suspect he won't be killed. I just picture him as the prison girl who gets passed around a lot.

 

[dilligaf0]

Can't see him lasting 36 years without being murdered or killing himself. While I wouldn't wish death upon him, I won't be shedding any tears if it happens either.

I hope he's not murdered. I hope that they do to him (everyday) what he did to her.
Some guys could make him their prison bitch when he's not being beaten up would be with okay with me too.

 

[SoTxBob]

I'd guess he won't have much of a hard time in lockup. He's not exactly what you'd call soft. I'm quite glad at his sentence and that he wasn't able to get off with a hand slap.
That said, when I see cases like this, I always wonder what would draw women toward someone like him with such a history. The danger, the fame, perhaps pressing their own safety or trying to be outlandish and turn heads in the media....... Not buying the 'rough sex" angle tho... you can find plenty of that without giving up sanity or safety. Life goes on.....

 

[justjoinedtopost]

I don't think the "she liked it rough" stuff held any water with anybody other than War Machine himself. Despite what comment section/twitter trolls and defense attorneys might have said.

The fact that he was offered a plea deal is pretty outrageous. It was time for this guy to go away for good, no pleas. Already been locked up before, slapped another woman around at a some porn star party, couldn't conduct himself in society apparently without occasionally sending people to the hospital.

 

[Teagan]

Sadly the "she liked it rough" stuff holds a lot of weight for some people. It's not a valid excuse but it's used a lot in defenses and a lot of cases don't go anywhere because of it. Really sometimes there's no way to prove a woman didn't ask for it, so it's pretty popular to claim it's what happened. Not in this case, because it was pretty obvious that's not what happened and there was a witness, but a little less brutal and it very well may have been accepted as true. Especially with the stigma around sex work and people loving to still blame victims.

 

[justjoinedtopost]

people loving to still blame victims.

I know, right?

Shit has got to stop. And it will.

 

[SMuser69]

I don't think the "she liked it rough" stuff held any water with anybody other than War Machine himself. Despite what comment section/twitter trolls and defense attorneys might have said.

The fact that he was offered a plea deal is pretty outrageous. It was time for this guy to go away for good, no pleas. Already been locked up before, slapped another woman around at a some porn star party, couldn't conduct himself in society apparently without occasionally sending people to the hospital.

Plea deals aren't a 'cop out'. The prosecutor has to look at other factors like if the client is in psychological state to withstand a trial. I'm pretty sure being beaten to near death by a person you trusted is very traumatic. The prosecutor know's he can't lose the case but if he doesn't have to put his client in the room with defendant ever again that might be worth more to the victim than increasing his jail time. Trials are very long and painful things to go through a plea lets you avoid that and move on with your life.

 

[justjoinedtopost]

Plea deals aren't a 'cop out'. The prosecutor has to look at other factors like if the client is in psychological state to withstand a trial. I'm pretty sure being beaten to near death by a person you trusted is very traumatic. The prosecutor know's he can't lose the case but if he doesn't have to put his client in the room with defendant ever again that might be worth more to the victim than increasing his jail time. Trials are very long and painful things to go through a plea lets you avoid that and move on with your life.

Maybe.

Not really thinking about it from the victim perspective, or what is more cost effective or efficient for the State. More from the point of view that he was a minor celebrity who had already used up his "slaps on the wrist", and had only doubled down on his antisocial behavior.

I remember watching him early on. Also had a younger family member in the mma culture back around the time War Machine started popping up with his bullshit getting arrested, saw how he looked up to these figures, emulated some of the behavior. He was getting in fights, assaulting and threatening people too (I don't blame that on mma, but a joker like War Machine running around certainly not helpful).

This is the example asshat WM was setting... https://wmweek40.blogspot.com/
I think a publicized trial and a "in prison at least until he is 71" a better example. To tell the truth, I wish they had just reported the story as "sentenced to life in prison", and left the "possibility of parole" completely out of the narrative.

Wasn't saying plea deals always a 'cop out'. I am saying that in the case of War Machine, it was time for this guy to get sent away for good, no pleas.

 

[dilligaf0]

I'd guess he won't have much of a hard time in lockup. He's not exactly what you'd call soft. I'm quite glad at his sentence and that he wasn't able to get off with a hand slap.
That said, when I see cases like this, I always wonder what would draw women toward someone like him with such a history. The danger, the fame, perhaps pressing their own safety or trying to be outlandish and turn heads in the media....... Not buying the 'rough sex" angle tho... you can find plenty of that without giving up sanity or safety. Life goes on.....

Tough guys can sometimes "soften up" when 6 - 8 guys decide to gang-rape them in the shower.

 

[Bocefish]

Good. Fucking good. This whole "she liked it rough" bullshit needs to stop.

Good luck with that, but I agree.

MMA fighter breaks into her house and rumors are being spread she liked it rough?

I can't stand to watch any porn with James Dean or whatever that shitheads porn name is, yet girls seemed to be all smitten with him. WTF!?

Testosterone/steroidal fueled abuse comes to mind. Not that it's in any way an excuse, or should lower his sentence.

Retrained and brainwashed in prison, he could be an asset depending on what religion/gang or government you support.

 

[heybarkeep]

I like his odds one on one with people his size but he isn't that big of a dude. Five ten and off the gear, was looking scrawny in recent courtroom pictures. His training is obviously great to have but not sure how useful it will be in a prison fight situation. Herb Dean won't be around to deduct points for incidental eye pokes or super intentional shanks.

I assume the culture of the prison he is at will be a huge factor. He could already be covered in Nazi tattoos and living, all things considered, a comfortable and relaxing life. I'm hoping he is being shunned by applicable groups. Hopefully the inmates want the claim of the guy who took out a woman beater/mma fighter and make his life brutal. Barbaric to think this way perhaps but certain behaviors require hardline consequences.

As comically stupid as his thoughts can be ("The oppression of MEN is worse than oppression of Jews in Nazi germany, worse than the slavery of Blacks in early America"), really hope he doesn't have access to the internet this time. Certain types of dumb should be seen as crimes against evolution or something. Twenty to life for any that ever even think this stupidly, let alone share it with others. Thought crime laws we could all get behind.

 

[dilligaf0]

I like his odds one on one with people his size but he isn't that big of a dude. Five ten and off the gear, was looking scrawny in recent courtroom pictures. His training is obviously great to have but not sure how useful it will be in a prison fight situation. Herb Dean won't be around to deduct points for incidental eye pokes or super intentional shanks.

I assume the culture of the prison he is at will be a huge factor. He could already be covered in Nazi tattoos and living, all things considered, a comfortable and relaxing life. I'm hoping he is being shunned by applicable groups. Hopefully the inmates want the claim of the guy who took out a woman beater/mma fighter and make his life brutal. Barbaric to think this way perhaps but certain behaviors require hardline consequences.

As comically stupid as his thoughts can be ("The oppression of MEN is worse than oppression of Jews in Nazi germany, worse than the slavery of Blacks in early America"), really hope he doesn't have access to the internet this time. Certain types of dumb should be seen as crimes against evolution or something. Twenty to life for any that ever even think this stupidly, let alone share it with others. Thought crime laws we could all get behind.

My problem with thought crime laws is there seem to be assholes that get into power and take those laws in a direction they were never intended to go to and hurts legitimate free speech.
No matter the purpose of a law, there's the potential of twisting it and abusing people with it.

 

[heybarkeep]

My problem with thought crime laws is there seem to be assholes that get into power and take those laws in a direction they were never intended to go to and hurts legitimate free speech.
No matter the purpose of a law, there's the potential of twisting it and abusing people with it.

I completely agree with what you are saying and want to add that I was mostly joking with some of the comments at the end there.