Ali Abulaban testified he was using cocaine to cope with emotional struggles, and said drugs made him violent and aggressive
A social media personality charged with murdering his wife and another man at an East Village high-rise apartment building testified Tuesday that his marriage crumbled shortly after the couple moved to San Diego.
The move from Virginia to San Diego was made at his wife's insistence, according to Abulaban, who testified that Ana had friends in San Diego and had been smitten with the city after a trip there. Abulaban said he caved in to his wife's demands and they drove cross-country to San Diego, where they began indulging in drugs and partying.
Abulaban said he also frequently felt like an outcast, including during his time in San Diego, when he struggled to fit in with his wife's friend group. A few days after that, another argument erupted over a party that Abulaban was seemingly not invited to because it was a"girls only" party, which Abulaban contended was a lie and part of ongoing efforts by Ana and her friends to ostracize him.
Abulaban's defense attorney, Jodi Green, told jurors in her opening statement that Ana frequently would take Abulaban back amid these fights. Green said the back-and-forth of acceptance and rejection was part of what drove Abulaban"to the brink."
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