No.1 is soooo frustrating. Ok, sure, she may of not been in the state of mind to remember all the facts exactly to detail after having BEEN BEATEN TO NEAR DEATH BY A PSYCHO. Glory be, the harlot. And No.2 shouldn't matter. See the BEATEN TO NEAR DEATH BY A PSYCHO part.

That theory is fine but he changed his name 6 years ago. The reason he is requesting to be called by his birth name is for defense reasons. He doesn't want the jury or judge to automatically link him to violence. As for criminal history- they go by your social security number as verification and since the name change…

He has to be called by his birth name in legal documents and in court because he has been prior charged and prosecuted under his original name.

Yes, that's what's "generating the outrage". Not the beating or sexual assault, but his shirt.

From what I've read on other stories/comment sections, I guess the UFC claimed the rights to his "War Machine" name from his time on their show. (I think the announcers, or coach, or whatever came up with it). So he changed his name so he could refer to himself as War Machine without being sued. Probably because…

What? How are you going to ask a judge to call you by your birth name when you legally changed your name to War Machine 5 years ago? Your name is War Machine and you need to start accepting the consequences of all your dumb ass decisions and that includes trying to murder a woman. Dick.

No, Dude, we get it. War Machine is an athlete who participates in regulated competitions of skill. Koppenhaver is a useless piece of shit who stalks, beats and tries to kill women who dare to break up with him. Everyone's clear on the difference.

Jesus, don't laugh. People have been found innocent with much more damning evidence against them.

Speaking as a former defense lawyer, most of the time your client doesn't give you much to work with. So, you have to work with what you have and be creative. That's why whenever I hear wild ass defenses like this, I say to myself "Meh, that's all the lawyer's got."

Wait, so his defense is that he didn't commit a crime, his character did?.....

"Not Guilty"

War Machine is just a character, so OBVI attempted rape and murder of Christie was PERFORMANCE ART after all. GOSH, these people are such PLEBES and don't understand ART when they see it!

This is some South Park shit that they're trying. You'd think if he was as alpha male as he thinks he is he'd actually face the charges instead of trying to place the "my evil twin did it" card. I thought Alpha Men didn't need lawyers.

as a female we're taught so many things to avoid rape that it just gets kind of ridiculous.

First Amendment only applies to state action. Creating a sexually hostile work environment is against the law.

Exactly! I'm not saying calling a sketchy room the "rape room" is a totally awesome and hilarious thing to do, but the real issue is how they reacted when she asked them to stop. Another major issue is the implicit misogyny when a bunch of men fire a woman because they think she's overreacting to a rape joke.

Oh, man, don't you love it when you can shoot the shit and joke with your coworkers? I used to have a group of coworkers who sat around with me all day making jokes about genitalia and sex and vibrators that play Christmas music. Those were the days! Now most of my coworkers are religious and I have to watch what I…

To everyone saying it is just a joke: That's the point.