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New York Post
7 days ago
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- New York Post
Texas woman claims US Marine got her pregnant, then spiked her drink with abortion pills after she refused to ‘get rid of it': lawsuit
A Texas woman claims a US Marine got her pregnant and then secretly spiked her hot chocolate with abortion pills — ending her pregnancy without her consent after she refused his repeated demands to 'get rid of it,' according to a federal lawsuit. Liana Davis filed the wrongful death suit Monday, accusing Christopher Cooprider, 34, of dissolving at least 10 misoprostol pills into a drink he gave her at her Corpus Christi home on April 5 while she was eight weeks pregnant with his child, according to the lawsuit obtained by The Post. Liana Davis accused Christopher Cooprider of dissolving at least 10 misoprostol pills into a drink he made for her at her Corpus Christi home on April 5 while she was eight weeks pregnant with his child. Getty Images Advertisement Within 30 minutes of drinking the hot chocolate, Davis began 'hemorrhaging and cramping,' while Cooprider allegedly fled the scene and stopped responding to texts, the suit — filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas — claimed. 'I am gushing blood. Please hurry,' Davis texted him around 12:30 a.m. Instead, Davis's disabled mother had to take an Uber to watch her three sleeping children while a neighbor rushed the bleeding woman to the hospital. Her unborn baby, whom she had already named Joy, did not survive, documents said. Advertisement The lawsuit also alleges Cooprider ordered the abortion pills without Davis' knowledge or consent from Aid Access, an international online pill provider founded by Dutch physician Dr. Rebecca Gomperts. Both Aid Access and Gomperts were also named as defendants in the lawsuit. The alleged drink spiking followed a months-long campaign by Cooprider, a Marine pilot in training who was temporarily stationed in Corpus Christi, to pressure Davis into an abortion after she told him she might be pregnant in late January, according to the suit. 'We're not in love,' he texted her after the pregnancy was confirmed. 'It would be messed up to bring a child into the world without both parents raising them,' he said, the suit claimed. Cooprider continued to tell David to 'get rid of it' after her pregnancy test came back positive — causing her stress. Advertisement 'Every time you say 'get rid of it,' it's like an electric shock,' she wrote, according to the lawsuit. 'I literally feel like I'm going down the steepest hill on a roller coaster when I read that.' The lawsuit also alleges Cooprider ordered the abortion pills without Davis' knowledge or consent from Aid Access, an international online pill provider founded by Dutch physician Dr. Rebecca Gomperts. AP Cooprider even brought abortion pills to Davis' house several times to ask her to 'kill' her unborn baby, the suit said. He would leave the pills behind, hoping Davis would change her mind, she alleged. Despite several heated text exchanges, Cooprider failed to convince Davis to have the abortion. The Marine even threatened to testify against her in a custody battle for her three children with an ex-husband, Davis claimed. Advertisement By April, Cooprider appeared to change his tune, proposing that they have a 'trust-building' night where they'd drink warm tea and reconnect. Instead, three days later, he allegedly served her the poisoned hot cocoa. When Davis returned home from the hospital, she found the open box of abortion pills, which she handed over to Corpus Christi police. Despite the allegations, Corpus Christi police said there is no active investigation into Cooprider, NBC reported. The lawsuit seeks Cooprider, Aid Access, and Gomperts to pay undisclosed damages for the wrongful death of Davis's unborn child.
Global News
7 days ago
- Health
- Global News
Texas woman sues U.S. marine who allegedly spiked her drink with abortion pills
A Texas woman is suing a man she says spiked her drink with almost a dozen abortion pills without her consent, and the organization that supplied them. The woman, Liana Davis of Corpus Christi, Texas, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday, claiming that Christopher Cooprider, her neighbour and a U.S. marine stationed in the city, impregnated her and then dosed her with 10 abortion pills after she rebuffed his repeated requests to end the pregnancy. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleges that Cooprider obtained drugs from Aid Access, a non-profit organization run by a Dutch physician, Rebecca Gomperts, that sends abortion medication by mail to the United States and globally. Davis's lawyer argued that the non-profit 'purposely and knowingly mailed abortion-inducing drugs into Texas in violation of state and federal law.' Story continues below advertisement The Aid Access website says it can legally provide abortion pills by mail to all 50 U.S. states by working with abortion providers in shield law states. According to KFF, an independent source for health policy research in the U.S., shield law states such as New York, Massachusetts, and California, where abortion is legal, protect abortion providers operating in those jurisdictions from prosecution by states where abortion is banned. For example, a doctor in New York could mail abortion pills to a patient in Texas and would be protected by the New York shield laws, even if Texas law says their actions are illegal. Davis claims that after contesting Cooprider's pleas to 'get rid of ' the baby, on April 5, he laced a hot chocolate with abortion pills following several months of heated back and forth about the fate of the unborn child. 1:02 Pregnant Georgia woman declared brain dead taken off life support after baby delivered A series of text message exchanges beginning on Jan. 31 — before Davis took a positive pregnancy test — included in the court filing shows Davis's response to Cooprider's abortion request: 'Jesus, I thought you were conservative,' she wrote. Story continues below advertisement 'So you're one of those 'conservative until it happens to your own mistress guys,'' she added. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'We are not in love, we are not together, would be messed up to bring a child into the world without both parents raising them,' Cooprider said, the lawsuit states. On Feb. 3, he reiterated those sentiments, requesting that she abort the pregnancy if the test was positive. 'If it's positive, we need to schedule a clinic visit and get an abortion pill asap,' the exchange continued; 'excuse me?' Davis replied. According to the lawsuit, Davis found out she was pregnant on Feb. 4. Upon learning this, Cooprider reiterated his desire for her to 'get rid of' the baby. In response, Davis asked him to use different phrasing, saying, 'Every time you say 'get rid of it' it's like an electric shock,' the suit says. Further messages allegedly show Cooprider proceeding to order abortion pills online from Aid Access and instructing Davis to take them, a process she claims he kick-started without her consent. 'Well, YEAH, I am not okay with u buying something like that w/o my permission. It is not a benign purchase,' Davis wrote on Feb. 6, according to the court filing. Story continues below advertisement On Feb. 11, the lawsuit says Cooprider informed Davis that the pills had arrived. In the weeks that followed, Cooprider made repeated efforts in person and over text to convince Davis to abort the child, court documents show. She claims that on several occasions he came to her house with the pills and purposefully left them behind in the hopes she would take them of her own volition, a tactic Davis says she found 'disturbing.' The abortion pill regimen requires the pregnant person to take two different pills 24-48 hours apart. In a text message on Feb. 18, he allegedly wrote: 'Want you to practice some positive reinforcement. At the beginning of every hour, say out loud, 'I am going to be good and safe after taking the M&M's.'' (M&Ms referring to Mifepristone and Misoprostol – the combination of abortion pills Cooprider had ordered). Davis continued to rebuke Cooprider, accusing him of having a selfish attitude after he said there were 'zero pros' for him in the situation, the lawsuit says. On March 5, he agreed to attend an ultrasound appointment scheduled for March 25. In the weeks that followed, Davis and Cooprider shared increasingly contentious texts; the lawsuit alleges that neither would budge on their position. During that time, Davis claims that Cooprider referred to the unborn baby as a 'thing' and a 'mistake,' while she reiterated that she was capable of raising the child alongside her three children from a previous marriage. The suit says Cooprider accused Davis of having a 'psycho mentality' and threatened to contact her ex, with whom she was allegedly embroiled in legal proceedings. Story continues below advertisement Davis had accused her former partner of physically and emotionally abusing their children. The lawsuit says she had confided in Cooprider about her soon-to-be ex-husband on numerous occasions. By April, Davis, now eight weeks pregnant, claims that Cooprider was aware that he was running out of time to convince her to take the pills, which were only effective up until the 10-week mark. According to the lawsuit, on April 2, Cooprider asked Davis to hang out and watch television, painting the arrangement as a 'trust-building night,' text messages show. Davis claims this led her to believe he had accepted her decision to have the child, and that she saw it as a sign that there was an opportunity for the baby to have a relationship with their father. On the night of April 5, Cooprider came to Davis' home with a hot chocolate mix, claiming that warm beverages had been helping him to sleep at night, and offered to make one for her. While mixing the drink and when Davis had stepped out with her dog, she claims Cooprider laced the hot chocolate with the abortion pills, adding that he also made himself a cup. About 30 minutes later, Davis says she began hemorrhaging and cramping and knew she needed to seek medical attention, but could not leave her three children who were sleeping upstairs, the suit says. The pair decided that Cooprider would pick up Davis' mother, who lived close by, so she could take care of the children while Cooprider took Davis to the hospital. Story continues below advertisement But after Cooprider left the house, Davis claims he stopped responding to messages and calls, and that she soon realized he had spiked the hot chocolate with the abortion pills. After calling her mother an Uber to her home and returning from the hospital, Davis said she found the open box of pills and a pill bottle, which she handed to the Corpus Christi police, according to the lawsuit. The Corpus Christi Police Department did not respond to Global News' request for comment, but told NBC News that there are no active investigations involving Cooprider The Marine Corps did not respond to a request for comment.
Daily Mirror
12-08-2025
- Daily Mirror
Marine 'spikes pregnant woman's hot chocolate with abortion pills' to 'get rid' of their baby
Liana Davis filed a lawsuit against Christopher Cooprider, an Arizona Marine stationed in Corpus Christie, claiming she was "tricked" into drinking the hot chocolate filled with abortion pills A woman is suing a US Marine after he allegedly spiked her hot chocolate with dozens of abortion pill s, killing their unborn child. Liana Davis launched legal action on Monday against Christopher Cooprider, an Arizona Marine stationed in Corpus Christie, claiming she was "tricked" into drinking the hot beverage laced with abortion pills. Davis accuses the Marine of purchasing the abortion pills from an online website, and shared multiple text messages showing the pair discussing the pregnancy. In one text, before Davis took a pregnancy test on January 31, Cooprider allegedly said: "I would like to get rid of it." When Davis tested positive, Cooprider allegedly said on February 4, "Get rid of it", according to the lawsuit. It comes after a toddler died after a mum "slammed her head on the wall" for "hurting her feelings." The lawsuit claims to show dozens of text messages between Coopride and Davis, with the Marine insisting the woman get an abortion. However, according to the texts, Davis says she wants to keep her unborn daughter. 'Every time you say 'get rid of it' it's like an electric shock,' she wrote, according to the lawsuit. 'I literally feel like I'm going down the steepest hill on a roller coaster when I read that.' Cooprider 'repeatedly brought the drugs to Davis's house when he came to visit,' according to the lawsuit. 'All of this disturbed Ms Davis, who disliked having Cooprider's abortion pills in her home.' On April 2, Coopridger allegedly suggested he and Davis have a 'trust building night', telling Davis, 'I could make us some warm relaxing tea,' according to the texts. Davis, who was eight weeks pregnant, liked the idea, and Coopridger came to her house on April 5, where he made them hot chocolate he brought from his flat. Within 30 minutes of drinking the hot chocolate, the lawsuit claims Davis started 'haemorrhaging and cramping'. Davis needed to go to the hospital but couldn't leave her three children sleeping upstairs, according to the lawsuit. Cooprider said he would pick up Davis' mum, who lived nearby, and drive her to the home where she could watch the kids while they went to the hospital. But when Cooprider left the house, Davis was unable to reach him. 'I am gushing blood. Please hurry,' Davis texted him around 12:30am. Davis's mum took an Uber ride to her daughter's house around 1am. Around this time, Cooprider apologised and said he had to catch a flight the next day, according to the suit. A neighbour drove Davis to the hospital, where her unborn baby did not survive. 'Baby Joy died at eight weeks LMP [Last Menstrual Period], murdered by her own father,' the lawsuit claims. The lawsuit alleged Davis found the box of abortion pills Coopridger had purchased from an online shop. According to authorities, there are no active police investigations into Cooprider at this time.
NBC News
11-08-2025
- Health
- NBC News
Texas woman sues Marine, claiming he spiked her drink with abortion pills
A Texas woman is suing a U.S. Marine, alleging he spiked her drink with nearly a dozen abortion pills, killing their unborn child, after she rebuffed his repeated requests to 'get rid of it,' according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court Monday. Liana Davis alleges Christopher Cooprider secretly dissolved at least 10 abortion pills into a cup of hot chocolate that he prepared for her April 5 and then left the house and stopped responding as she profusely bled, the suit says. Cooprider, 34, declined to comment Monday. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, contains several purported text messages the pair exchanged for weeks, beginning Jan. 31, when Davis asked Cooprider for his input in case she is confirmed to be pregnant. Cooprider said he 'would like to get rid of it,' the texts show, saying the two were 'not in love' or together and that it would be 'messed up to bring a child into the world without both parents raising them.' When Cooprider reiterated his desire for Davis to 'get rid of it' after her pregnancy test came back positive days later, she asked him to use a different phrase. 'Every time you say 'get rid of it' it's like an electric shock,' she wrote, according to the lawsuit. 'I literally feel like I'm going down the steepest hill on a roller coaster when I read that.' The following text messages allegedly show Cooprider telling Davis, without her approval, that he would order abortion pills online. The pills were purchased from Aid Access, an online service that ships abortion pills to Americans from abroad, according to the lawsuit. Aid Access, and Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch physician who runs it, are also listed as defendants in the lawsuit. They did not immediately return requests for comment. For the next several weeks, Cooprider was unable to convince Davis to get an abortion, and the text messages grew more contentious. On March 6, Cooprider called the baby a 'thing' and blamed Davis for her 'psycho mentality' that he said caused her ongoing divorce. The lawsuit says Cooprider also threatened to testify against Davis in her divorce proceeding and bid to have custody of her three children. At the end of March, Cooprider texted that he wanted to 'abort this monstrosity of a situation' and said he felt 'trapped' by the situation. But on April 2, Cooprider appeared to change his tone in text messages to Davis. He proposed making them 'some warm relaxing tea' in what they could call a 'trust building night,' according to screenshots shared in the lawsuit. Davis, who was eight weeks pregnant, accepted. When the two met up at Davis' Corpus Christi residence on the night of April 5, Cooprider handed her a cup of hot chocolate shortly before midnight, according to the lawsuit. Within 30 minutes of drinking it, the suit says, Davis began hemorrhaging and cramping. Davis knew she had to go to the emergency room, but she knew she could not leave her three children who were sleeping upstairs, the suit said. They came up with a plan for Cooprider to pick up Davis' mother, who lived nearby, so she could watch the children while Cooprider took Davis to the hospital. But once Cooprider left the house, he became unreachable, according to the lawsuit. 'I am gushing blood. Please hurry,' Davis texted him around 12:30 a.m. Davis's mother took an Uber ride to her daughter's house around 1 a.m. Around that time, Cooprider apologized and said he had to catch a flight the next day, the suit said. A neighbor drove Davis to the hospital, where her unborn baby, whom she had named Joy, did not survive. Back home, Davis said she found the opened box of abortion pills and a pill bottle, which she turned over to the Corpus Christi police, according to the lawsuit. The suit claims Cooprider mixed 10 misoprostol pills into the hot chocolate. The Corpus Christi Police Department said there are no active investigations involving Cooprider.
