LAS VEGAS (AP) – A jury in Las Vegas spent a full day deliberating Friday whether the former mixed martial arts fighter named War Machine is guilty of charges that could get him life in prison in an attack on his porn star ex-girlfriend and her male friend in August 2014.
Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver could face life in prison if he’s found guilty of the top charges of attempted murder, kidnapping and sexual assault in the violence that jurors were told left Christy Mack and Corey Thomas bloodied and injured.
But those are just some of the 34 charges the state court jury is considering.
Koppenhaver’s defense attorney took the unusual step Thursday of conceding Koppenhaver’s guilt on eight domestic battery charges for punching and injuring Mack and using a knife.
The Associated Press doesn’t usually identify alleged victims of sexual assault, but Mack gave AP permission to use her name. Her legal name is Christine Mackinday.