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Adult Film Actor Attacked by MMA War Machine : The Survival Story of Christy Mack
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- TRUE CRIME with Bratterstein
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- May 29, 2026
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- 1994
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Summary
As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Christine Mackinday with me today. In August 2014, adult film actor Christine Mackinday, known professionally as Christy Mack, was brutally attacked in her Las Vegas home by her ex‑boyfriend, former MMA fighter Jonathan Paul “War Machine” Koppenhaver. He arrived unexpectedly and found her there with a male friend, Corey Thomas, then launched into a sustained assault: first beating Thomas, and after Thomas left, turning on Mack in a two‑hour attack that left her with a fractured eye socket and nose, broken ribs, missing teeth, a lacerated liver, and extensive bruising. The case drew national attention when photos of Mack’s injuries and her account of the assault circulated online, and police issued a nationwide search for Koppenhaver before U.S. Marshals arrested him days later in California. In 2017, a Nevada jury convicted him on 29 felony and misdemeanor counts, including kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery, and a judge sentenced him to 36 years to life in prison, meaning he will be in his seventies before he is even eligible for parole.