A porn star who was savagely beaten by her MMA fighter ex posted photos from her stunning recovery on social media and made her first public appearance since the attack over the weekend.
Christy Mack attended at charity event in Los Angeles Saturday in support of an organization called Face Forward, which funds surgeries for victims of domestic or gang violence.
“I’m actually doing very well, healing really well,” Mack, looking glamorous in a purple gown, told a TMZ interviewer.
“I’ve had a lot of great support from my friends and my fans, so that’s definitely helping me along,” she said.
“It was a little bit of a rough recovery,” she added. “It has been a little over a month now. I was in a lot of pain at first, but now I’m feeling really good. I just have a couple of more surgeries to go through.”
Jonathan Koppenhaver, Mack’s ex, is accused of beating her and a male friend of hers in an early morning attack at her Las Vegas home on Aug. 8.
The 32-year-old thug, aka War Machine, broke several bones in Mack’s face, knocked her teeth out, cut her with a knife and ruptured her liver, authorities said.
On Sunday, she posted four photos to Instagram showing how her face has healed since the attack, during which Mack said she feared Koppenhaver was out to kill her.
In a statement along with the pics, Mack said she still had trouble breathing out of her broken nose and was unable to move her upper lip.
“While my face is starting to look decent again from the swelling going down, it is still not my own,” she wrote.
“Cutting what was left of my hair off and losing 15 lbs (it’s a lot when you’re 5-foot-1) made me feel even further away from myself,” she said.
“After having makeup done and dressing up for yesterday’s charity event, I felt much better about how I look now,” she said.
“It made me feel more normal and beautiful for the first time in a very long time.”
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Supporters have been raising money to pay for Mack’s care. In some cases, doctors have donated their services, she said.
Koppenhaver was on the run for about a week after the attack before he was captured at a Simi Valley hotel on Aug. 15. He was later extradited to Nevada.
On Sept. 3, he was charged with attempted murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, battery and other charges and was being held without bail until a preliminary hearing on Oct. 17.
The tattooed brawler legally changed his name to War Machine in 2008, but will use his birth name in court.
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