DA Talks About Prosecuting ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ War Machine

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Clark County District Attorney Steven Wolfson spoke about the challenge of prosecuting War Machine in his recent trial. Here are highlights:

On the end result: “We’re pleased with the result, because this was a long, arduous process, especially for the victims. He put up a pretty vigorous defense. But the bottom line is we have a pretty violent guy with a violent past that committed a horrific act against two people. And because of all that, the judge saw fit to give him a stiff sentence and we’re pleased about it.”

On using Christy Mack’s pornographic career to try to discredit her: “Las Vegas, although we’re Sin City, we’re still a relatively conservative community. And when you look at the composition of a typical jury, a lot of jurors are senior citizens, retired people and people that wouldn’t necessarily accept and agree and appreciate Christy Mack’s colorful background. That’s challenge number one.”

On how they combated those attacks: Her past was going to come out no matter what. And we didn’t shy away from it. We owned it. We brought it out during the direct examination, during the opening statements. We were not ashamed that Christy Mack had that kind of lifestyle. I don’t care who you are, what kind of past you’ve got, what kind of lifestyle you lead, especially a female in no way shape or form deserves to be beaten to a pulp like she was.”