‘Miss Universe finalist bitten and punched by her jex-boyfriend’

A Miss Universe finalist was bitten and punched by her jealous ex-boyfriend who threatened to ‘f** up the remainder’ of her life, a court docket heard immediately.

Chloe Othen, 33, was left with chew marks, bruises and cuts – a few of which turned septic – throughout her physique after she went to ‘abusive’ Ricky Lawrence’s £1.5 million Knightsbridge flat.

Teary Miss Othen informed jurors immediately that she feared Lawrence was going to homicide her and was left ‘scared for her life’ after he invited her over by textual content within the early hours of October 15 2022.

A row erupted upon her arrival, with Lawrence allegedly lashing out and refusing to let the mannequin, who has 305,000 followers on Instagram, go away the house.

When she tried to depart he’s mentioned to have snatched her cellphone from her arms, refusing to offer it again. He then began repeatedly punching her head and biting her, jurors have been informed.

Miss Othen’s companion on the time, Bora Guccuk, 39, referred to as her whereas she was on the house. Lawrence picked up the cellphone and allegedly threatened to kill him. 

Eventually she managed to depart the property with Lawrence chucking the cellphone again at her, the court docket heard.

Lawrence later despatched messages to Miss Othen saying ‘you f***ed up tonight, watch what I do now, you foolish c***’.

He added: ‘You f***ing silly c***, you are f****d now I swear, I’ll do something in my energy to f*** up the remainder of your life, screenshot that.’ 

Holborn Crown Court heard how one of many chew wounds on Miss Othen’s neck turned septic and was left with a cauliflower ear which needed to be drained following the punches. 

Miss Othen informed the court docket she was punched 30 instances by Lawrence and claims he grabbed two knives saying he was going to slit her throat. 

She mentioned: ‘He simply went right into a frenzy and attacked me, bear hugged me, punched me about 30 instances, bit me, strangled me, it went on for about an hour and a half or every time I left.

‘He threw me on the ground, he dragged me by my hair, he pulled me up and down, he pinned me down, he strangled me, simply as I used to be about to lose consciousness, he bit me on my neck and he punched me repeatedly.’

Lawrence and the mannequin had been in an ‘on and off’ relationship for six months between December 2021 and May 2022 earlier than it ended. 

Prosecutor Sheilagh Davies informed the court docket that whereas the pair have been not collectively and their relationship ‘didn’t final very lengthy’ they have been nonetheless in ‘occasional contact and met up every now and then, together with on October 15.

She informed the court docket: ‘What occurred there was clearly behind closed doorways, there was dialog nevertheless it appeared that after a time period, issues turned very ugly and Chloe Othen felt she wanted to depart and go house.

‘Her account is that as she acquired as much as go away, Ricky Lawrence grabbed her cellphone out of her hand and refused to offer it again. He then lashed out and punched her within the head.

‘He was biting her a number of instances and you will note that there are certainly what you would possibly conclude are chew marks in varied locations about her physique. 

‘She mentioned Ricky Lawrence stopped her from leaving and she or he was successfully saved there for a time period unwillingly.’

‘Bora Gucuk, who at the moment had change into her boyfriend, tried to name her and the prosecution say it was Ricky Lawrence who answered Chloe Othen’s cellphone and likewise threatened Bora Guccuk that he would kill him.’

The prosecution mentioned that after Miss Othen ‘made her escape’ she referred to as Mr Guccuk for assist. 

They met on the Berkeley lodge together with Miss Othen’s feminine good friend Alexandra Ivanovic.

The prosecution added: ‘Police have been referred to as, they turned up on the Berkeley Hotel. Ricky Lawrence was arrested and in the end he was taken to the police station and interviewed.

‘He didn’t reply all of the questions posed to him within the police interview, which is his proper, however he did learn a ready assertion. What he says is that the connection had damaged down however on 15 October.

Lawrence has denied one depend of bodily hurt. He informed the court docket immediately: Chloe had turned up at my deal with, her companion contacted her, I informed her to depart the flat as I didn’t need any hassle from her or her companion, I then ended the decision.

He denied threatening to stab both Ms Othen or Mr Guccuk.

His assertion continued: ‘She then started to scratch and hit me, I didn’t use illegal violence in opposition to her and I imagine her allegations are malicious and are a results of her not eager to spoil her present relationship.’ 

Ms Davies mentioned: ‘Chloe Othen was additionally capable of produce shortly after the incident, ten images that depicted her varied 9 or ten websites of damage and the next day additional photographs have been supplied.

‘Chloe Othen had numerous accidents and really nasty accidents at that, the query for you may be, who brought about them, they clearly can’t have been self inflicted, the crown case is that indignant on the state of affairs with Chloe Othen, Ricky Lawrence inflicted all these accidents on her.

Miss Othen informed the court docket: ‘Ricky began changing into very aggressive on the texts and I assumed I might let him relax after which I might go and see him. Throughout the day, Ricky had requested me to return over.

‘I needed to calm him down, Ricky was fairly abusive throughout our relationship and he was fairly aggressive. I didn’t need to be with Ricky anymore, it’s actually exhausting once you actually love someone however he’s, to be trustworthy with you a narcissist.

‘He would ship me abuse the entire time, as a result of I didn’t need to be again with him.’

Jurors heard Lawrence additionally despatched Miss Othen messages saying: ‘I’m the worst enemy, I do not go away you foolish c***, you thought you might mug me off’ and ‘I’m going out of my technique to f- your life up.’

‘I didn’t need to take him again and that’s the solely factor, this occurred loads in the course of the relationship, so generally I might interact in dialog because it was straightforward for me truly, he’s fairly scary.

‘It was regular that he would ship me messages like this after which the subsequent message or the subsequent day he can be regular. He used to punch himself within the head rather a lot, he used to punch the wall, he used to tug his hair out.

‘Within 5 minutes of arriving, he snapped my cellphone. In hindsight, I genuinely assume he needed to kill me, I do not perceive why he took my cellphone, he didn’t have entry to it, it was as quickly as I arrived.

‘He didn’t say something, he simply snapped my cellphone, he informed me I used to be not getting it again, it was his now and that was it.’

Lawrence, of Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, denies one depend of assault occasioning precise bodily hurt.

The trial continues.