Jon Yi: Soho real estate investor reportedly beat and strangled his model fiancee after she turned down his advances

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: A Soho real estate investor reportedly beat and strangled his model fiancee when she turned down his advances and is so twisted that he once told her, “I would have fun killing and would be quite good at it,” she claims in a lawsuit.

According to her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, Marissa Liu, who has appeared in print advertisements for alcohol and shoe companies, claimed the six-foot, 180-pound Jon Yi accosted her in March while she slept, kicking her out of bed after she “rejected” his advances. 

What did Marissa Liu say?

“While planning our wedding and living together, I was beaten and forced to run into the Soho streets in my pajamas,” Liu told the outlet, adding “I greatly look forward to presenting the truth in court.” Yi “sexually assaulted, beat, smashed Liu’s head into the floor, put her in a headlock, strangled her [and] restrained her arm,” the petite 26-year-old stated in court papers.

After Liu was taken to the hospital, Yi, 48, locked her out of their Spring Street home, she claimed. It wasn’t the first time Yi was unstable, alleged Liu, who met him in June 2022 via the dating app Hinge.

What charges does Jon Yi face?

Yi was arrested on assault, criminal obstruction of breathing, harassment and criminal mischief for the attack on Liu, and in October pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, as per New York Post. He was required to undergo a violence prevention program and Liu was given a limited order of protection.

Yi denies the allegations, said his lawyer, Alan Sash, who noted a previous lawsuit filed against him by Liu was dismissed. Liu expects to prevail, said her lawyer, Bruce Bronster, who added, “the circumstances are heart wrenching and terrifying.”

North Carolina father faces first-degree murder charges for shaking newborn to death

Meaww previously reported that  Noah Bliss, a 22-year-old father of three, finds himself facing first-degree murder charges for the tragic death of his three-week-old baby in North Carolina. Court documents reveal that investigators believe the father shook his infant son, Gunner Bliss, to death, leading to the devastating legal consequences he now confronts.

Noah was taken into custody in October, following an investigation that unfolded after he brought his 'blue' baby to a nurse just days before the infant's untimely demise, as reported by local news outlet WRAL.

Gunner and his twin sister Madelyn Bliss were born prematurely on September 15, only to face a tragic turn of events three weeks later. Gunner brought to the hospital with fatal head trauma, became the center of a harrowing ordeal.

The infant's mother Savannah Bliss, recounted that, at the time of the incident, her husband was caring for Gunner and their one-year-old child in a hospital room while she tended to Madelyn in the intensive care unit on a different floor. Hospital staff, upon examining Gunner's injuries, conveyed to the mother that they were indicative of shaken baby syndrome.