Miss Universe finalist ‘bit and punched’ by ex who stated he’d ‘f*** up her life’

A Miss Universe finalist was held at her ex’s residence towards her will earlier than he ‘bit and punched’ her and threatened to ‘f*** up” her life, a court has heard.

Chloe Othen, 33, who reached the prestigious final in 2015, was punched in the head at least 30 times and sustained bites that turned “septic” at the hands of her one time partner, Ricky Lawrence, 32, Nightingale Crown Court in Holborn, London, was told on Tuesday, March 5.

The model was also strangled and dragged along the floor by her hair and denied the right to leave the plush Knightsbridge flat, a prosecutor alleged.

“As she obtained as much as depart, Ricky Lawrence had grabbed her cellphone out of her hand and refused to provide it again. He then lashed out and punched her,” prosecutor Sheilagh Davies stated of the October 15, 2022 incident.

“He was fighting her, biting her multiple times all over her body.”

At this level, the pair weren’t collectively as a pair and when Ms Othen’s really accomplice referred to as her cellphone, Mr Lawrence allegedly answered and stated he would “kill” him, the court docket heard.

Ms Othen then escaped the flat and ran to security in a close-by resort, Nightingale Crown Court heard.

She went to A&E on October 16 and it was documented that one in every of her chunk marks had “turned septic”.

Ms Othen stated in court docket that she went to the flat within the early hours of October 15 after an occasion, following Mr Lawrence turning into “aggressive”.

“I thought I’d let him calm down and then go over there and see him,” she stated.

WhatsApp messages proven in court docket from 4.17am to five.35am on the evening of the alleged assault seem to point out Mr Lawrence threatening the mannequin and influencer.

Lawrence stated: “You f***** up tonight. Watch what I do now you silly c***.”

Another message stated: “I’ll do anything in my power to f*** up the rest of your life. Screenshot that.”

Ms Othen stated she thought Lawrence’s behaviour was “manic”, however that receiving abusive messages from him was “quite normal”.

After she arrived in a taxi from Kensington, Ms Othen stated she wished to go away in a matter of minutes. “I genuinely thought he was going to kill me,” she advised the court docket.

Ms Othen stated at one level he “got two kitchen knives from his bedroom and chased me round the dining room”.

Lawrence was arrested at his flat and advised police he had been scratched by Ms Othen.

Lawrence denies a cost of assault occasioning precise bodily hurt. The trial continues.

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