LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the attempted-murder trial of former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine (all times local):
2 p.m.
A jury in Las Vegas has found a former mixed martial arts fighter known as War Machine guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting his porn actress ex-girlfriend.
Jurors deadlocked Monday on two attempted-murder charges against Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, but convicted him of 29 counts. He could face up to life in prison.
Koppenhaver went by his birth name during the two-week trial but had legally changed it to War Machine during his 19-fight MMA career.
Defense attorney Jay Leiderman had conceded Koppenhaver’s guilt on eight lesser domestic battery charges, including punching and injuring ex-girlfriend Christy Mack.
Koppenhaver also was charged with threatening Mack’s male friend Corey Thomas when he found them together in bed in 2014.
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1:10 p.m.
A jury in Las Vegas has reached a verdict in the trial of the former mixed martial arts fighter named War Machine on attempted murder and other charges in an attack on his porn star ex-girlfriend and her male friend in August 2014.
A court official says the verdict will be read soon.
Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver could face life in state prison if he’s found guilty of the top counts, including kidnapping and sexual assault, in the beating of Christy Mack and Corey Thomas.
The Associated Press doesn’t usually identify victims of alleged sexual assault, but Mack gave permission to use her name.
The jury is considering 34 felonies, also including domestic battery, coercion and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.
Koppenhaver did not testify during his two-week trial.
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10 a.m.
A jury in Las Vegas has resumed deliberating whether the former mixed martial arts fighter named War Machine is guilty of attempted murder and other charges in an attack on his porn star ex-girlfriend and her male friend in August 2014.
A court official says the jury resumed work Monday morning.
Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver could face life in state prison if he’s found guilty of the top counts, including kidnapping and sexual assault, in the beating of Christy Mack and Corey Thomas.
The Associated Press doesn’t usually identify victims of alleged sexual assault, but Mack gave permission to use her name.
The jury is considering 34 felonies, also including domestic battery, coercion and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime.
Koppenhaver did not testify during his two-week trial.
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