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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of
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the Elite. I'm your host, Jim Chapman, and we are
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back with the sixth episode in this War Machine series.
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Now I have went through five of these episodes, played
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you the majority of the testimony that was important, and
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I'm just gonna summarize the rest of this thing so
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we can get this wrapped up so we can move
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on to the next subject in the bad Boy series.
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Last time that I left you, Christy Mack had testified
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to the prosecut She went over the horrible, horrible abuse
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she sustained that night, and not only that night in question,
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but also throughout her relationship with John Coppenhaber. And then
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it was the cross examination time for Christy Mack, of
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course by the defense, and I'm gonna summarize that for you.
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On cross examination, Christie said war machines suffered from depression
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and irritability. You think so. Defense attorneys asked Christy questions
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about her appearance, and they even questioned why she had
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worn a high collared shirt when the prosecution was questioning her.
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And then when the defense it was their turn to
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question her. She was exposing her neck and the defense
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attorney actually asked her if she was attempting to cover
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up her tattoos, and she said no, and asked her
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about what plastic surgery she had on her face in
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the last couple of weeks. She told him all she
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had was lip fillers done. The defense attorney then tried
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to ask about what implants that she had, but the
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judge sustained an objection by the prosecution on this. He's
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obviously trying to make her look like a whore, right.
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The defense attorney also asked about Christie's social following. He
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asked if she had seen a large spike in Twitter
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followers because of the case, and she said she didn't
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really keep track of that. He asked how many Instagram
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followers she had. She responded that she had two point
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seven million followers on Instagram, and Christy even mentioned she
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donates twenty five percent of the proceeds on Instagram that
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she gets to domestic violence shelters. When asked about her injuries,
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Christy said that the doctor had told her she had
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fractured two ribs and had a severely ruptured lever. The
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defense attorney then pointed out that the fracture ribs weren't
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in her medical record and that it had said she
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had a minor liver rupture. This guy's trying to just
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belittle these injuries. The defense attorney then focused on more
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text messages between Christie war Machine on the night of
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the attack. Christie had sent war Machine and naked photo
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of herself and wrote quote for my sexy war Machine,
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And they had also exchanged I love you text messages,
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and he made a point of bringing that up, and
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that is something that he didn't need to bring up. Now,
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none of that excuses him beating the shit out of
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two people that night, nearly killing Christy Mack in particular.
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But what the defense is trying to do is paint
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that picture that she was playing with Coppenhavier's mind, and
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whether she was or not totally a elevant doesn't give
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you the right to nearly kill her. The next witness
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was a guy by the name of David Johnson who
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was a forensic scientist with the LAPD, and he processed
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the kitchen knives in Christie's home for fingerprints. Remember, war
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Machine was going through those knives after he beat the
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shit out of Christy and he was going to kill her,
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but she escaped, thankfully. He did say he was unable
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to get any prints off of those knives, and he
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said it's rather common and might be due to the
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smooth plastic knive handles. Then a female by the name
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of Jessica Avocado, who is a forensic scientist with the
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LAPD she testified and she said she found a full
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DNA profile from war Machine on a swab taken from
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the crime scene. His DNA had also been found on
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a T shirt that had been found at Christie's house.
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The next witness was a man who handled Christie's social
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media accounts, including Google Pluse. He handled her YouTube and
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he said he saw pictures that she had posted of
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her bruises while he was working on her account. He
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also said that he had met Christy and saw bruises
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on her in person, and all this is prior to
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the incident in question. He said they had a casual
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professional relationship and so he didn't really pry about the
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injuries ask her about her bruises. They just weren't friends
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like that is what he was alluding to. But he
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did say that he talked to others about it who
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had known her, and they told him it was well
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known that she was in an abusive relationship. He said
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that he knew Christy kept photos of her injuries and
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a secret folder on her computer labeled private. He said
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that although he and Christy had a professional relationship at first,
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they are currently and while he's testifying, he's saying this,
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she's like a sister to him. He said that he
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wished he could have done more to help her. A
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crime scene analysis by the name of William Spies, he's
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with the Las Vegas Police Department. He took photos of
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Christie's injuries, and he walked the jury through more graphic
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photos of those injuries, and he said she was pretty
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messed up in his word, in that he couldn't even
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communicate how horrible her injuries were correctly, just couldn't find
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the words. Some associates of Christie's also testified, although they
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requested to remain anonymous. They said that they knew about
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the abuse and that they had even told war Machine
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that he needed counseling, but they said he refused. He
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said that it was quote for pussies. The last witness
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for the prosecution was Christie's mother, her name is Aaron McIntyre,
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and she said she moved in with Christy in April
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of twenty thirteen and moved out the day before the attack. Now,
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she said that she liked war Machine at first, but
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then Christie started changing after they started their relationship. She
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said Christy had always been independent, but that it slipped
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away once she had met war Machine. Now, as Aaron testified,
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she seemed like she wasn't even trying to hide the
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fact that she could not stand war Machine. I mean
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you could see it all over her face. She would
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openly glare at him. And I don't blame her. This
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guy damn near killed her daughter. Aaron testified about a
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fight that she had witnessed between Christi and war Machine.
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The attorney said, were you ever present at the home
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when the defendant became physically violent towards your daughter? And
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she said yes a couple of times, And the attorney
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brought up a situation with a water snake or some
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sort of snake that they had and a fight that occurred,
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and her mother said, yes, she wouldn't that she saw
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war Machine grab Christy by the throat drag her up
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the stairs. She said, all hell, pretty much broke loose.
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She said. At some point John let her go and
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Christy went back downstairs, and she had red marks all
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over her throat, and she just kept apologizing to her mother,
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how fucking disgusting. Then she said at some point John
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had gone up to the bedroom to pack his stuff
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because the mother told her, I'm going to call the police,
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and she started calling the police and Christy said he's leaving.
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You don't need to do that. And Christy testified about
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all of this as well. She even described another incident
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where she heard her dog squill, meaning Christy's dog, and
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war Machine told her that he had to punch the
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dog because it had bit him. So this guy don't
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only beat on people, he beats on pets. Her mother
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went on to say she received a text message from
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Christy's phone the night of the attack telling her that
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she wasn't going to go to the convention the next day,
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and Aaron thought that that was kind of strange of
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Christy to do. But then a few hours later she
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receives a series of text messages from war Machinees phone
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telling her to go to Christy's house and check on her.
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She said, I tried to call him because I couldn't
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text fast enough. I had just woke up. I was
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trying to read those texts and trying to process out
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of a straight sleep. What am I looking at?
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She said.
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She said her mind was trying to catch up with her.
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So she tries to call war Machine and she says,
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what's going on? And he says, we got in a
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fight and I had to beat her up. And from
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that point on, she said, I hung up the phone,
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went and told my boyfriend, you've got to get up.
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He's done something to Christy. Move your car so I
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can get across town. So Aaron said, she got in
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the car. She ended up going straight to the hospital.
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She said she saw somebody in the hospital bed, but
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she couldn't even recognize her daughter. She said, she laid
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on the bed and it just did not look like Christy.
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She walked around, grabbed her hand, squatted down underneath her
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bed and just started crying. I couldn't imagine the horror
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with that. Her mom was then asked if she had
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any regrets of not going to the police after she
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had seen some of these violent incidents with war Machine.
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She's then asked if she regrets not going to the police,
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especially after she had witnessed all this violence. And it's
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at that time that the mother glares at war Machine,
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just cuts him the most cutting look you've ever seen,
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and she says, yes, the incidents I saw, I really
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wish and she looks right at war Machine and quote,
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I would have shot you. She says, that's my regret.
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I wish I would have shot him. And a doctor
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he testified. His name was Stephen Sacks, and he was
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a doctor who specializes in facial and dental injuries. Now,
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the defense started their case with him, and he didn't
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actually treat Christy, but he saw photos of her injuries.
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He said that he also reviewed Christie's blood work, which
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showed that she had tested positive for opiates. And remember
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this is a defense witness. Doctor Sachs said he had
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seen eye socket fractures hundreds of times and they're not
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very serious. He said it was difficult to determine the
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exact number of hits, but the injuries to Christy's face
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could be consistent with two blows in rapid succession, one
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punch to the cheek and one punch to the center.
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He explained that the facial bones are like small pieces
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of glass. He said that he explains the missing teeth
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and the major swelling. Doctor Sachs said it's very easy
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to bruise your face and that you can get your
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teeth knocked out by a baby headbutting you. He said
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that if Christy was his patient, the only procedure he
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would perform is to put her teeth back in place,
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nothing necessary on her face. The defense then called a
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guy by the name of Herman Torito to the stand.
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He's a Brazilian jiu jitsu brown belt who owns his
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own gym and he has non warm machine since he
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was seventeen. Torito said he and war Machine used to
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train together and that war Machine would sometimes forget what
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day it was during training. For example, he would think
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it was Tuesday when it was Monday. Toto said that
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he and war Machine have choked each other out as
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part of training, and he said that he wasn't aware
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of any chokeholds that have ever resulted in death in
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mma fighting. Torito gets up and he actually demonstrated in
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court what a rear naked choke was on the defense attorney.
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He then demonstrated what's known as a seat belt move,
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which is what the Defense says war Machine really did
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to Corey Thomas. Torito said that if someone could be
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choked unconscious in ten seconds, it's a clean choke. He
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said it would be impossible for him to escape war
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machines chokes unless war Machine wanted him to escape those chokes.
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Maybe some truth to that. Torito said he has never
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seen war Machine lose it and that he knew war
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Machine had used steroids. He also said he knew about
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war Machine's depression involving his childhood. In the defense, at
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this point, they're trying to paint a picture that if
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war Machine wanted to kill him he could have. Basically,
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none of that fucking matters, and it's irritating, but that's
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what they're trying to do. The next witness for the
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defense was a registered nurse who had also requested to
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remain anonymous, and war Machine had lived with her and
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her husband for three months. She said war Machine loved
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her dog, which was a pit bull, and that he
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was very kind and very sweet. She said she knew
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war Machine had been taking steroids in her house. She
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also said she knew he was taking lexapro and adderall
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which she said he had a prescription for the nurse
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said that when she and her husband used to fight,
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war Machine was the peacemaker. She called him a kind guy.
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Next up for the defense was a guy by the
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name of doctor Stephen Hoppler. He testified and he said
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that he specialized in pain management and head injuries and
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he handled the medical records for war Machine. He said
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he found abnormalities when looking at war Machine's brain. The
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doctor said that the frontal lobe has to do with
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your personality, and the war Machine has an anatomical lesion
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on that frontal lobe. He said that frontal lobe damage
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typically causes hypersexuality, aggressiveness, and makes you eat a lot.
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He also testified that roid rage is real and that
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testosterine is a sex hormone that can cause aggression and sexuality.
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The defense then asked about a combo of four variables
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frontal load damage, steroids, lexapro, and adderall and the doctor
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said that's a nasty combination. Now, on cross examination, the
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doctor said he never saw war Machine as a patient,
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but that he's just talking in general terms, and what
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they're trying to paint a picture of there is that