nine months after she suffered horrific injuries in a brutal attack, former porn star christy mack still has to wear a wig and glasses to look herself with 18 broken bones, a broken nose, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured liver, missing teeth, and a fractured rib, mack was unrecognisable as she fled her las vegas home on august 8, 2014 it was the climax, she claims, of an abusive on off relationship with mma fighter jonathan paul koppenhaver, known professionally as war machine she is still undergoing reparative dental work   while fighting to see koppenhaver convicted of attempted murder the journey, she told espn, has been monumental scroll down for video  nine months ago, christy mack was in hospital fighting for her life now she is on the road to recovery  mack, 23, claims mma fighter koppenhaver, 33, became abusive months into their one year relationship  'i didn't look in the mirror for weeks,' she said 'just feeling my face, i knew it wasn't right so when i'd look in the mirror, it's not me   that person wasn't me it's so hard to go every day without being you anymore' mack, 23, claims koppenhaver, 33, became abusive four months into their one year relationship, which started fast when they met on a photo shoot set, she had pneumonia and he offered to look after her, bringing pizza to her hotel, she told espn 'it was an amazing connection i feel in love really quick,' she said mack posted this message on twitter soon after the attack to show how she had been hurt  bruised: mack published this picture of her leg in the wake of the attack  as well as posting images, mack described the attack, claiming koppenhaver cut off her hair with a blunt knife  mack says the couple met on a photo shoot when she had pneumonia and he offered to care for her  she said she believed, after the first attack, that it would never happen again around six months later, a male friend corey thomas was sleeping in her bed when she says koppenhaver, who had a spare key, burst in koppenhaver allegedly beat thomas then told him to go, but not to phone 911 then, prosecutors allege, he approached mack with a kitchen knife he beat her and used the knife to saw off her mohawk, she told police mack, who has agreed to be identified in reporting of the case, was left with broken bones and a ruptured liver  a prosecutor asked the court to record koppenhaver laughing and shaking his head as mack said he sexually assaulted her  koppenhaver has maintained his innocence and tweeted that he was also beaten by another man  koppenhaver, who has legally changed his name to war machine, will be tried this autumn  it wasn't until he went to the kitchen that she was able to flee to a neighbor's house, it is claimed koppenhaver maintains his innocence throughout court proceedings, he has dismissed the 26 charges against him as 'heart breaking', insisting he was a victim he took to twitter days after the alleged attack to say that he had gone to propose to mack but 'ended up fighting for my life' 'i only wish that man hadn't been there and that christy & i would be happily engaged i don't know (why) i'm so cursed one day truth will come out,' he wrote mack, who had already been a supporter and donor for women's right groups before her attack, slams the critics who targeted her with abuse that suggested she got what she deserved 'it wasn't ok for people to say i got what i deserved when they had no idea what my struggle was' the court will resume the case this autumn sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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former porn actress christy mack claims ex boyfriend jonathan paul koppenhaver beat and raped her until she almost died at her home . she had been asleep next to a male friend when he 'burst in with a knife'. koppenhaver, who goes by the name war machine, claims to be innocent . mack has opened up about her recovery, now needs glasses and a wig . the case against koppenhaver, who faces 26 charges, resumes in autumn 