A businessman accused of assaulting his model ex-girlfriend says he has never been in a fight before and that she told him her previous boyfriend 'used to beat her up'.
Ricky Lawrence, 33, is accused of pinning down, punching and repeatedly biting Chloe Othen, 34, at his £1.5million Knightsbridge home on October 15, 2022, after inviting her over.
Ms Othen has told Aldersgate House Crown Court she thought she would die after Lawrence ‘beat the cr*p’ out of her.
Jurors heard Lawrence later sent messages to Ms Othen saying: ‘I will do everything in my power to f**k 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.
