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Shawn Bentler had money trouble. He wanted money desperately, but didn\u2019t want to work for it. In fact, Shawn was so bad at showing up for work that he got fired from the family business. He later got fired from another job when he told his boss that he was overwhelmed by the sudden passing of his father. (His dad was very much alive.) But at some point, Shawn came up with an idea. If his family was dead, he\u2019d inherit a lot of money.\xa0\n
\n\nWhen Christy Mack and Jon Koppenhaver, a.k.a. \u201cWar Machine\u201d met on a photo shoot for Hustler Magazine, Christy was indifferent. She wasn\u2019t looking for a boyfriend. She valued her independence. But she and Jon got to talking, and she was charmed. She\u2019d never had someone shower her with so much love and attention before. Within a few weeks, they began dating. A few months later, the violence began.\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\n\u201cThe Case of Jon Koppenhaver,\u201d JCS - Criminal Psychology\n\u201cThe tragic love story of Christy Mack and MMA fighter War Machine,\u201d by Jane McManus for espn.com\n\nChristy Mack\u2019s twitter account\n\u201cCage-fighter War Machine blames anti-male society for his domestic violence in suicide note,\u201d by Scott Kauffman for rawstory.com\n\n\u201cEx-fighter War Machine gets judge to postpone trial,\u201d by Ken Ritter for the Associated Press\n\u201cWar Machine sentenced to life for brutal assault of ex: Inside the MMA star\u2019s fall,\u201d by Mike Bohn for Rolling Stone\n\u201cChristy Mack vs. War Machine: The whole ugly case, explained,\u201d by Meera Jagannathan for the Daily News\n\u201cPorn star Christy Mack\u2019s alleged \u2018rape fantasy\u2019 new focal point of War Machine abuse trial,\u201d by Jessa Schroeder for the Daily News\n\u201cWar Machine blows \u2018offensive\u2019 kiss after arguing that porn star ex cant\u2019 claim rape because of her job as sex worker,\u201d the Daily News\n\u201cMMA Fighter \u2018War Machine\u2019 arrested in Simi Valley, was sought in Las Vegas beating of ex-girlfriend,\u201d by Melissa Palmer and Mary Beth McDade for KTLA\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cShawn Bentler\u201d podcast episode, This Is Monsters\n\u201cShawn Michael Bentler\u201d murderpedia.org\n\n\u201cMan charged in killing described as unreliable\u201d Associated Press\n\u201cTrial Opens for Man accused of Killing his 3 Sister, Parents in Iowa\u201d Associated Press\n\u201cJudge to visit home where man is accused of killing his family\u201d by Amy Lorentzen, Associated Press\n\u201cEmotional day for Bentler family\u201d Associated Press\n\u201cRemembering the Bentlers\u201d by Melissa Shriver, KHQA News\n\u201cKiller\u2019s Children Get Millions\u201d KTVO News\n\u201cState v. Bentler\u201d Findlaw.com\n\n
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