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Daily Mail
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Miss Universe GB finalist 'had bite marks, could hardly speak and could not stand up on her own' after ex attacked her and threatened to kill her and her boyfriend, court hears
A Miss Universe GB finalist was 'left with bite marks and could hardly speak or stand up on her own' after her ex attacked her and threatened to kill her new lover, a court heard. Model Chloe Othen, 34, was allegedly attacked at her ex-boyfriend's £1.5milliom Knightsbridge home on October 15, 2022, after being invited over by text. Whisky merchant Ricky Lawrence, 33, is accused of assaulting Ms Othen. Her now boyfriend, Hatton Garden jeweller Bora Guccuk, 41, told Aldersgate House Crown Court that he had seen Ms Othen after the attack and she was 'bleeding in certain places'. 'She had bite marks she could hardly speak. She was in a state of shock. She had cuts on her face, her arm. Bruises on her neck, bite marks.' Mr Guccuk told the court that Lawrence had threatened to kill both him and Ms Othen. Lawrence's defence allege that it was Guccuk who assaulted Chloe Othen. Ms Othen has told she thought she would die after she was pinned down, punched and repeatedly bitten by Lawrence. Jurors heard Lawrence later sent messages to Ms Othen saying: 'I will do everything in my power to f-k you up.' Lawrence and Othen had been in a relationship for around six months between December 2021 and May 2022 but remained 'on and off' after it ended. Ms Othen, a finalist in Miss Universe GB in 2015, is a model and internet personality with 284,000 Instagram followers. She went over to Lawrence's apartment in Hans Place and a conversation between the pair led to Miss Othen feeling she needed to leave. Ms Othen's partner, Bora Guccuk, called her and Lawrence picked up the phone, threatening to stab them both, jurors have heard. Giving evidence Mr Guccuk said Ms Othen had moved in with him for a time at his apartment in Kensington. Mr Guccuk said he was aware Lawrence had been abusive to Ms Othen. 'It was abusive - that's why she came back (to me),' he said. But Lawrence carried on pursuing Ms Othen after their relationship came to an end, the court heard. Mr Guccuk said Lawrence would 'turn up, even in other countries' even when he was with Ms Othen in Mikanos. 'He turned up uninvited and caused a drama, problems. 'He turned up at nightclub. He would stalk her on Instagram and just turn up.' On the night of the alleged assault he said he called Ms Othen multiple times because he was 'worried' about her. In one of the calls he said to the operator: 'My girlfriend is being held against her will in his place right now. She's screaming for help, screaming for help.' 'He's been stalking her. She's screaming in the background for help. She's in a kidnap situation there's no time. 'He's got her phone. She's screaming in the background saying help me.' He told the operator: 'This guy is crazy. He's been assaulting her, turning up wherever she's been. Watching her social media.' Ms Davies asked: 'At any point from arriving at the hotel and seeing Chloe were you alone with her?' He said Ms Othen went to the nearby Berkeley Hotel to see her friend Alexandra Ivanovic. 'She could barely stand up. She needed Alex to support her', he replied. In cross examination Tom Wyatt, defending, asked Mr Guccuk: 'Are you a jealous man?' 'I wouldn't say that, no', replied Mr Guccuk. 'Are you a violent man?' 'No,' the jeweller replied. 'Are you a man who has no problem paying for a woman's life, covering her rent while she is sleeping with another man?' 'I make good money, I'm wealthy it doesn't bother me', replied Mr Guccuk. 'I knew we had an easy, open relationship.' He said that after Chloe had broken up with him, Lawrence started stalking her. 'He would still turn up at places and places I regularly go to. He turned up, caused issues. It was an ongoing stalking situation.' Mr Wyatt suggested to Mr Guccuk that they were in an exclusive relationship, which is why he phoned her, worried about where she might be. 'You were in a normal relationship. An exclusive relationship, and that is why you were worried about where your partner might be'. 'Not true', he replied. 'Why are you laughing, Mr Guccuk?' 'Why are you getting annoyed, are you struggling with your questioning?' Mr Wyatt pointed out that he had not mentioned Lawrence's threats to stab them both in his call with the police. 'Not once did you mention that threat made against you.' Mr Guccuk said: 'I was on the move. I was more concerned with going to help her than giving exact details to the operator. I knew that that statement would be taken from me.' 'You don't think that he threatened to stab you in the neck was worth mentioning? Mr Guccuk said: 'I was panicking for her life. You can not expect me to go into particulars when the operator is asking me particular questions anyhow...' Mr Wyatt said: 'I suggest that you thought she was held against her will by a harmless idiot who was following her around because that is how she painted him to you.' 'Absolutely not', replied Mr Guccuk. Mr Wyatt told Mr Guccuk that he would have noticed that Chloe had changed from the clothes that she was wearing at a fashion event that night to go and see Lawrence. 'When you found her and saw what she was wearing you would have realised that you were being cheated on behind your back'. 'Absurd', replied Mr Guccuk. 'You reacted violently and jealousy and assaulted Chloe Othen'. Mr Guccuk said: 'Absolutely absurd.' 'The injuries she sustained were from you'. 'Absolutely absurd.' Following his arrest Ricky Lawrence wept and told officers: 'This is ridiculous. She's ruining my life. I asked her to leave.' Lawrence later gave police a prepared statement in which he confirmed his relationship with Chloe Othen began in January 2022 and ended four months later in May 'because she aborted my child.' He added: 'She had been drinking quite heavily throughout the relationship. 'I no longer wished to be with her. 'Since the end of our relationship she has initiated contact with me and has met up with me.' Lawrence insisted that Ms Othen turned up at his home on 15 October 2022. 'I told her to leave...I didn't want any trouble with her or her partner. 'I repeatedly told her to leave. She began to scratch and hit at me.' Lawrence said he received a lengthy scratch on his abdomen, adding: 'I didn't use unlawful violence against her. 'I believe the allegations are malicious as she didn't want to end her current relationship. 'I didn't hold her maliciously against her will.' Lawrence said he phoned police to get her removed from his flat. Lawrence, of Hans Place, Knightsbridge, denies assault causing actual bodily harm. The trial continues.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
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Ex-boyfriend who 'pinned down, punched and repeatedly bit Miss Universe finalist' told her 'I'm going to be a shadow over everything you do', court hears
A Miss Universe finalist has told a court how her ex-boyfriend threatened 'I am going to be a shadow over everything you do'. Ricky Lawrence, 33, is on trial accused of assaulting model Chloe Othen, 34, at his £1.5m Knightsbridge home on 15 October 2022. Today jurors at Aldersgate House Crown Court heard how Ms Othen, a finalist in Miss Universe GB in 2015, thought she would die after the alleged attack. Jurors heard Lawrence, a whisky merchant, later sent messages to Ms Othen saying: 'I will do everything in my power to f*** you up.' She also referred to one of the abusive messages she received from the 33-year-old, in which he said: 'I am going to be a shadow over everything you do.' Ms Othen told the court: 'He is still a shadow, he ruined my life. He literally says he is going to do everything he did to me.' They were in a relationship for around six months between December 2021 and May 2022, but remained 'on and off' after it ended, the court heard. The model and internet personality, who has 284,000 Instagram followers, went over to Lawrence's apartment in Hans Place, they had a conversation, but at one point, she felt like she needed to leave. Ms Othen's partner, Hatton Garden jeweller Bora Guccuk, 41, called her, and Lawrence picked up the phone, threatening to stab them both, jurors have heard. On the second day of her evidence, Ms Othen said Lawrence abused her before the alleged assault. 'He bit me a lot,' she said. 'I appreciate that I hadn't mentioned it, but honestly, I'm embarrassed. Embarrassed at having gone back to someone who abused me physically and mentally.' Lawrence insists that he was not responsible for Ms Othen's injuries in October 2022. Tom Wyatt, defending Lawrence, asked Ms Othen: 'Do you accept that Bora could be jealous?' She responded: 'I have never been worried about Bora. I know what you're getting at. Bora and I didn't break up on bad terms.' She said after they had broken up Lawrence stalked her while she was in Cannes for the film festival. 'I was sitting at the dinner table and he came up to me. I never stalked Ricky or followed him. 'I did love him and it is hard with someone who love bombs you right from the start. You just want better for that person. I used to think he could be a good person.' Mr Wyatt said: 'You sent him a text message telling him that you were pregnant. Isn't it only natural that you would be interacting? Once you told him you were carrying his baby? 'He told you that keeping the baby was incompatible with your lifestyle.' Ms Othen replied: 'He might have said that, it is something that he would say.' Mr Wyatt asked the model: 'Do you remember having a bruise on your face and saying that it had come from Bora?' Ms Othen replied: 'No. No, I'm saying no.' 'You made a significant effort to get him (Lawrence) back', said Mr Wyatt. 'No', she replied. Mr Wyatt asked her: 'You went to his (Lawrence's) parents house and asked if they could intervene?' Ms Othen replied: 'No I didn't ask that.' Mr Wyatt then suggested Mr Guccuk was 'essentially funding' her life. Ms Othen replied: 'He wasn't funding my life, I just lived [at his place]. Bora does his own thing. Bora always does his own thing. To be honest people knew. She said that when she arrived at his flat on 15 October she knew something was wrong. 'He had this look where his eyes went black. He is like a different person and I just thought f***'. Describing her injuries, Ms Othen added: 'I had an indent in my skull. I had to get my jaw unlocked two months later. 'He was kicking me like a dog on the floor.' Lawrence, of Hans Place, Knightsbridge, denies assault causing actual bodily harm. The trial continues.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Health
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Model was pinned down, punched and repeatedly bitten by her abusive boyfriend who warned 'I will f*** you up', court hears
A model has told a court how she was pinned down, punched and repeatedly bitten by her abusive boyfriend who warned her 'I will f*** you up'. Whisky merchant Ricky Lawrence, 33, is accused of assaulting Chloe Othen, 34, at his £1.5m apartment in Knightsbridge on 15 October 2022 after inviting her over by text. But later Lawrence sent messages to Ms Othen saying: 'I will do everything in my power to f*** you up.' The pair had been in a relationship for around six months between December 2021 and May 2022 but remained 'on and off' after it ended. Ms Othen, a finalist in Miss Universe GB in 2015, is a model and internet personality with 284,000 Instagram followers. She went over to Lawrence's apartment in Hans Place and a conversation between the pair led to Ms Othen allegedly being attacked by Lawrence. Ms Othen's partner, Hatton Garden jeweller Bora Guccuk, 41, called her and Lawrence picked up the phone, threatening to stab them both, jurors heard - as Ms Othen desperately called to Mr Guccuk for help. Prosecutor Sheilagh Davies said her relationship with Lawrence was 'clearly an open relationship. When they had broken up she had resumed her old relationship with Mr Guccuk.' Ms Othen went to Lawrence's apartment in Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge 'on his invitation.' 'While she was there an argument broke out between them and he assaulted her,' said the prosecutor. 'He assaulted her on her right leg just above her knee, on her left leg on her thigh just below her hip, on her right arm just above her elbow, and on her right shoulder.' Ms Davies continued: 'She was aware that Ricky was sometimes unstable. He was someone who reacted badly when he doesn't get his own way. 'On 14 October there had been some loose arrangement that she would go to his flat, but for some reason she was late, and didn't get there until about 5am in the morning when, the prosecution say, all hell broke loose.' Mr Guccuk noticed that she was not at home, so he called her mobile, and Lawrence answered, the court heard. 'He threatened to stab Chloe and Bora. He threatened that he would assault them and threatened all sorts of things. 'That made Bora concerned not only for his own safety but for Chloe's as well', said Ms Davies. 'Bora could hear Chloe screaming "help me, help me".' Mr Guccuk contacted police and Ms Othen managed to escape to the Berkeley Hotel to meet her friend, Alexandra Ivanovic. Lawrence allegedly sent a number of abusive messages to Chloe just before the alleged assault. He told her: 'I'll do everything in my power to f*** you up. You're a lying little w***e, you said you were coming to me an hour-and-a-half ago.' Ms Othen went to A&E on October 16 where it was found one of the bite marks on her neck had 'turned septic'. Following his arrest Lawrence told police he had 'repeatedly asked Chloe to leave but she continued to shout and scream.' He denied assaulting Ms Othen and said: 'I did not hold her unlawfully in my flat against her will. She has attacked me in the past. I have had to call police.' The prosecutor said that the injuries were clearly not self-inflicted. Giving evidence Ms Othen described their relationship as 'narcissistic' adding: 'You are addicted to the highs and lows. It is euphoric.' She said Lawrence beat her up and pinned her down, adding: 'I genuinely thought I'm going to die.' She added that the attack left her with six bite marks and as a result she needed a 'tetanus shot and antibiotics.' Ms Othen confirmed that she fell pregnant by Lawrence but she had an abortion. She described her on-off boyfriend as 'crazy' and said he even pursued her while she was at the Cannes film festival and at the Greek island of Mykonos with her friends. Giving evidence from behind a screen Ms Othen was asked by the prosecutor how Lawrence reacts 'when things weren't going his way?' She replied: 'Crazy. He was abusive. Physically and verbally abusive. He begged for me back. He cried, he screamed. He shook me when I was in Mykonos. 'When you are in a narcissistic relationship it's very hard to get out of. They tell you they are obsessed with you, that they love you... You just feel special.' 'I didn't understand it completely until I saw a therapist about it.' She said that when he started sending her abusive messages on the night of the alleged assault she tried to not allow them to affect her. 'I tried to just have a method where I don't let it affect me. I'll just stay calm, be like whatever. I asked him if he was drunk. He said he was sober.' She said she initially had not wanted to go to his flat because she was scared. 'I was genuinely scared to go there. It is not the first time it had happened. He had spat at me, kicked me. But never on the level that happened in October. I never foresaw that. 'I delayed because I thought maybe he would get bored, maybe he would go to sleep. 'When I got to his flat I walked in and sat down and spoke to him. I saw the look in his eyes and I saw they were black. 'I genuinely thought I was going to die. I genuinely on my life thought that. He stole my phone. He grabbed me, put me in a bear hug and then just punched me and thumped me.' She said that her phone then rang and Lawrence answered. 'It was ringing, ringing. When he answered it he had already started beating me up.' 'I screamed please call the police Ricky's going to kill me. He punched me numerous times, kicked me, strangled me.' She said that she went to a window and tried to catch the attention of a member of the public. 'I signalled to a passerby to come and help me.' She told the court that one of the bites on her neck had become septic and that she had seen a private doctor. 'I had to have antibiotics for that. I had to consult a private doctor.' She insisted that it had been Lawrence and no one else who had caused her her injuries. 'The only person who did those injuries to me was Ricky Lawrence. When I arrived at the hotel my friend saw me battered and bruised completely. There is no way that in seven minutes anyone else could have done that to me. The only person who did those injuries to me was Ricky Lawrence.' Lawrence, of Knightsbridge, denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The trial continues.
The Sun
3 days ago
- Health
- The Sun
Model ‘pinned down, punched and bitten by abusive ex who threatened to f*** her up in terrifying attack at £1.5m home'
A MODEL was pinned down, punched and bitten by her abusive ex in an attack at his £1.5million home, a court heard. Chloe Othen, 34, had been invited over to Ricky Lawrence's home in Knightsbridge when "all hell broke loose", it is said. 7 Jurors heard the Miss Universe finalist was pinned down by Lawrence, who punched and bit her on her legs, arm and shoulder. Lawrence, 33, is also accused of threatening to stab Chloe and her new boyfriend Bora Guccuk, who had called the model during the alleged attack in October 2022. Prosecutor Sheilagh Davies said: "He threatened to stab Chloe and Bora. He threatened that he would assault them and threatened all sorts of things. "That made Bora concerned not only for his own safety but for Chloe's as well." The Old Bailey was told Bora could hear the model screaming "help me, help me" before he managed to contact police. Chloe then managed to escape to the Berkeley Hotel to meet her friend, Alexandra Ivanovic. During her evidence, the influencer said: "I genuinely thought I'm going to die." Chloe later went to hospital where it was found one of the bite marks on her neck had "turned septic", it was said. Jurors heard a slew of messages were recovered from Lawrence's phone that were sent just before the alleged assault. He told her: 'I'll do everything in my power to f**k you up. "You're a lying little whore, you said you were coming to me an hour-and-a-half ago." The court was told the pair had been in a relationship for around six months between December 2021 and May 2022 but remained "on and off" after it ended. Giving evidence, Chloe described their relationship as "narcissistic" adding: "You are addicted to the highs and lows. It is euphoric." She told the court she was left with six bite marks and as a result she needed a tetanus shot and antibiotics. Chloe also described Lawrence as "crazy" and claimed he pursued her while she was at the Cannes film festival and in Mykonos with friends. Whisky merchant Lawrence denies one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The trial continues. 7 7 7
