THE MMA FIGHTER WELL KNOWN AS WAR MACHINE HAS BEEN SENTENCED
IN A CASE WHERE HE BEAT IN A SCHOOL FRIEND BY THE NAME
OF CHRISTIE MACK.
A JUDGE JUST SENTENCED HIM TO 36 YEARS, AND ACTUALLY ñ IT'S 36
YEARS TO LIFE.
HIS SENTENCE INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE AFTER 36
YEARS, AND HE WOULD BE 71 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF POTENTIAL
PAROLE.
THIS STORY WAS A RATHER HIDEOUS ONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU READ
INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT HE DID TO CHRISTIE MACK, BUT HE HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF 29 COUNTS.
HE ALLEGEDLY FORCED HER TO STRIP NAKED AND REPEATEDLY
PUNCHED AND KICKED HER, BREAKING SEVERAL OF HER TEETH.
THIS HAPPENED IN HER LAS VEGAS HOME, HE SHOWED UP, SHE WAS
THERE WITH ANOTHER MALE, THEY WERE APPARENTLY BROKEN UP
AT THE TIME, BUT ALL OF THAT IS IRRELEVANT IF YOU ASK ME.
HE BECAME INCREDIBLY JEALOUS AND STARTED PHYSICALLY
ASSAULTING BOTH OF THEM.
THE GUY ESCAPES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY CHRISTIE MACK
WAS NOT ABLE TO ESCAPE BEFORE HE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
TO HER.
NOW, "WHILE MACK WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM,
KOPPENHAVER TOLD HER, THAT'S MY PUSSY, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT
BACK NOW.
HE THEN LICKED HIS HAND AND PUT IT ON HER VAGINA.
HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS GOING TO RAPE HER, BUT HE COULD NOT GET
HARD AND HE WAS MAD ABOUT IT."
SHE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED AS A
RESULT.
HE THREATENED HER WITH A KNIFE, AND WHEN HE WENT TO FIND A
SHARPER ONE TO QUOTE, FINISH THE JOB, SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE
THROUGH A BACK DOOR.
INJURIES INCLUDE 10 BROKEN BONES, A BROKEN NOSE,
MISSING AND BROKEN TEETH, A FRACTURED RIB AND A
SEVERELY RUPTURED LIVER FROM A KICK TO HER SIDE.
THE PICTURES THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU ARE GRAPHIC,
BUT IF THAT DESCRIPTION WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU, TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS; THESE ARE PICTURES OF HER IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING.
HE ALSO CUT HER HAIR OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, WHICH IS
JUST TERRIBLE.
YEAH, AND HE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE HE ASSAULTED PEOPLE
IN THE PAST, LIKE HE HAD A RECORD OF ASSAULT, AND I'M
GUESSING THAT ALSO PLAYED A ROLE IN THE JUDGES DECISION TO
SENTENCE HIM SO HARSHLY, BUT HE SEEMED PRETTY UNAPOLOGETIC AFTER
THIS BECAME A BIG STORY, AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S A DANGEROUS GUY.
I MEAN, LOOK AT WHAT HE DID TO HER, IT'S INSANE.
SO, HIS LAME ñ HIS NAME IS NO LONGER JON KOPPENHAVER, IT IS
LITERALLY WAR MACHINE, BUT THE
THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL HE USED
KOPPENHAVER.
I WONDER WHY.
ALSO, HE LAUGHED AT HER ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION, DURING ñ IN
THE COURTROOM, AND HIS LAWYER TRIED TO REJECT THE INCLUSION OF
HIM LAUGHING FROM THE ACCOUNT FROM THE COURT, AND THE JUDGE
JUST SAID, NO, I WATCHED HIM LAUGH.
HE ALSO LATER ON ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, AND LEFT A NOTE, WHICH
YOU CAN READ, AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE STILL DID NOT
UNDERSTAND, OR ALLOW HIMSELF TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL WEIGHT OF
HIS ACTIONS, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO HIM
GETTING THIS KIND OF SENTENCE.
ALONG THE WAY THERE WAS JUST NO REAL REMORSE, ALTHOUGH THERE
WERE PLENTY OF TIMES WHEN HE SAYS HE WAS SORRY.
HE STILL SAYS THINGS LIKE, I FORGIVE YOU, I HOPE YOU FORGIVE
ME, BECAUSE HE, IN THE COURSE OF HIS SUICIDE NOTE, THOUGHT
THEY WERE STILL TOGETHER WHEN HE CAUGHT HER WITH ANOTHER MAN.
THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE WHY YOU WOULD ARGUE AGAINST THIS,
REALLY.
WELL UM IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE ñ THIS IS PRIOR TO THE
RULING, RIGHT, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN THIS STORY MADE HEADLINES
YEARS AGO, OBVIOUSLY CENK AND I SPOKE OUT AGAINST HIM, BUT THERE
WERE PEOPLE SAYING THAT CHRISTIE MACK IS A SLOT, SHE WAS IN THEIR
HOME WITH ANOTHER MAN AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DESERVES, AND FOR
ME, LOOK, THE STORY ITSELF IS INCREDIBLY DISTURBING, BUT
THIS WAVE OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE NEED TO DEFEND THIS MAN'S
ACTIONS, THAT'S EVEN MORE DISTURBING TO ME.
THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THE STORY, LOOK AT THE PHOTOS,
READ THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HE DID, READ THE LIST OF
INJURIES SHE SUFFERED, AND STILL FEEL THE NEED TO DEFEND HIM
AND SAY, TOTALLY JUSTIFIED IN WHAT SHE DID, SHE WAS THERE
WITH ANOTHER MAN.
I DON'T CARE IF SHE WAS THERE WITH A UFO, I DON'T CARE IF
SHE WAS THERE WITH HIS BROTHER, I DON'T CARE.
NO ONE, WHETHER YOU ARE A MAN OR A WOMAN, HAS THE RIGHT TO
PUT THEIR HANDS ON ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, YOU JUST HAVE THE RIGHT.
HE DOESN'T OWN HER.
LET'S SAY FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT THAT SHE IS A SLOT, WHO
GIVES A SHIT?
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO BE EATEN NEARLY TO DEATH.
SHE'S AN ADULT FILM STAR, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WHAT
SHE WAS DOING AT THE TIME.
IN HIS SUICIDE NOTE, HE HAS THIS WEIRD INTERPRETATION OF
WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, HAD HE NOT BEATEN THE GUY UP.
HE SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, MAYBE I COULD HAVE LAID
DOWN ON OUR BED, AND CRIED, AND SHE WOULD HAVE REALIZED
THAT SHE LOVED ME AND HELD ME.
THAT IS SUCH A CONDITIONAL ñ
HE WAS MORE TAKEN ABACK BY THE FACT THAT SHE WAS SHELTERING TO
PROTECT THE MAN THAT WAR MACHINE WAS BEATING UP, AND HE SAID,
MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE LET HIM BEAT ME UP, AND THAT IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN GREAT IF SHE WOULD HAVE YELLED TO PROTECT ME.
THAT'S A RIDICULOUS INTERPRETATION.
JUST THIS STRANGE MIX OF HIM PLAYING THE VICTIM, AND HIM
BEING THIS WAR MACHINE.
YEAH, WELL, HIM PLAYING THE VICTIM APPARENTLY WORKED WITH
SOME PEOPLE, SOME OF HIS SUPPORTERS AND DEFENDERS, BUT AT
LEAST AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, JUSTICE IS SERVED, AND THE
JUDGE REALIZED THAT THIS GUY IS DANGEROUS, AND JUST REFUSES TO
TAKE ANY RESPONSE ABILITY FOR ANY WRONGDOING, AND IT IS JUST A
SCARY SITUATION.