n a statement sent to The Huffington Post, Mack tells her story of what happened and details her injuries that resulted:
At about 2 am Friday morning, Jon Koppenhaver arrived unannounced to my home in Las Vegas, NV, after he broke up with me in May, he moved out of my house and back to San Diego. When he arrived, he found myself and one other fully clothed and unarmed in the house. Without a single word spoken, he began beating my friend; once he was finished, he sent my friend away and turned his attention to me. He made me undress and shower in front of him, then dragged me out and beat my face.
"I have no recollection of how many times I was hit, I just know my injuries that resulted from my beating," Mack said. "My injuries include 18 broken bones around my eyes, my nose is broken in 2 places, I am missing teeth and several more are broken."
Mack said she can't chew or see out of her left eye. "My speech is slurred from my swelling and lack of teeth. I have a fractured rib and severely ruptured liver from a kick to my side," Mack said.
Her leg was so badly injured that she can't walk and she has "several lesions" from a knife Koppenhaver retrieved from her kitchen, she said.
Mack also said her ex "sawed much of my hair off with this dull knife."
Mack continued, "He has beaten me many times before, but never this badly. He took my phone and canceled all of my plans for the following week to make sure no one would worry about my whereabouts. He told me he was going to rape me, but was disappointed in himself when he could not get hard."
Mack then explained how she escaped:
After another hit or two, he left me on the floor bleeding and shaking, holding my side from the pain of a broken rib. He left the room and went to the kitchen where I could hear him ruffling through my drawers. Assuming he was finding a sharper, more stable knife to end my life, I ran out my back door, shutting it behind me so the dogs didn't run inside to tip him off. I hopped the fence to the golf course behind my house and ran to a neighboring house. Naked and afraid he would catch me, I kept running through the neighborhood knocking on doors. Finally, one answered and I was brought to the hospital and treated for my injuries.
Fugitive and mixed martial arts fighter Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka "War Machine," was arrested in Southern California for the beating of his adult film star ex-girlfriend, Christy Mack.
Koppenhaver, 32, was taken into custody about 1:45 p.m. after Simi Valley Police Department officers discovered he was staying in a local motel after a week on the lam. They notified the U.S. Marshals Department, which issued an arrest warrant.
The suspect, a former resident of Simi Valley, was arrested without incident, according to Simi Valley police.
Bumping this old thread. I feel pretty bad for some of the things I've posted here about her. The uneasiness, the judgyness, and all that. Since we started hanging out I've realized that I'm clearly not dating what I thought a former porn star would be. She's pretty classy really, well mannered, well behaved. You know a normal person. I feel like a dick for thinking she wouldn't be those things. I think worse off is I was worried how others would perceive me because of her. She is an infinitely better person then I am.
Tonight we were kind of cuddling on the couch watching the game and I asked how her day was. She just looked up at me and said right now it's the most relaxing and best day of my life. I inquired a bit further she got me right in the feels. To paraphrase she said I'm sitting here with a guy I love being with because for the first time in my life I'm with a guy that doesn't yell at me, hit me, or rape me when I don't do the things he wants me too, when I'm not perfect. I've never had that before and I didn't think I could have it ever. I have it now and everyday is awesome because of it.
I sometimes forget how until recently our lives could not have been more different. Even though we grew up in the same town we grew up in two completely different worlds.
IMADreamer wrote:Bumping this old thread. I feel pretty bad for some of the things I've posted here about her. The uneasiness, the judgyness, and all that. Since we started hanging out I've realized that I'm clearly not dating what I thought a former porn star would be. She's pretty classy really, well mannered, well behaved. You know a normal person. I feel like a dick for thinking she wouldn't be those things. I think worse off is I was worried how others would perceive me because of her. She is an infinitely better person then I am.
Tonight we were kind of cuddling on the couch watching the game and I asked how her day was. She just looked up at me and said right now it's the most relaxing and best day of my life. I inquired a bit further she got me right in the feels. To paraphrase she said I'm sitting here with a guy I love being with because for the first time in my life I'm with a guy that doesn't yell at me, hit me, or rape me when I don't do the things he wants me too, when I'm not perfect. I've never had that before and I didn't think I could have it ever. I have it now and everyday is awesome because of it.
I sometimes forget how until recently our lives could not have been more different. Even though we grew up in the same town we grew up in two completely different worlds.
I think if I was in the same spot as you, I probably would've reacted the same way. We all have our biases to get past, but at least you got past them. It seems like she makes you genuinely happy.
IMADreamer wrote:Bumping this old thread. I feel pretty bad for some of the things I've posted here about her. The uneasiness, the judgyness, and all that. Since we started hanging out I've realized that I'm clearly not dating what I thought a former porn star would be. She's pretty classy really, well mannered, well behaved. You know a normal person. I feel like a dick for thinking she wouldn't be those things. I think worse off is I was worried how others would perceive me because of her. She is an infinitely better person then I am.
Tonight we were kind of cuddling on the couch watching the game and I asked how her day was. She just looked up at me and said right now it's the most relaxing and best day of my life. I inquired a bit further she got me right in the feels. To paraphrase she said I'm sitting here with a guy I love being with because for the first time in my life I'm with a guy that doesn't yell at me, hit me, or rape me when I don't do the things he wants me too, when I'm not perfect. I've never had that before and I didn't think I could have it ever. I have it now and everyday is awesome because of it.
I sometimes forget how until recently our lives could not have been more different. Even though we grew up in the same town we grew up in two completely different worlds.
That's a wonderful compliment from a partner--and a profoundly sincere one. It also suggests to me that she has had to move to a place where she could trust you, given the trauma and violence in her past, which she still probably has to deal with from day to day.
Whatever happens, I'm glad that you both have enriched the life of the other partner.
