By Lance Benzel, The Gazette
A University of Colorado Colorado Springs student used a shish kebab skewer to induce an abortion in his live-in companion against her will, authorities allege in painting a grisly picture of ongoing abuse in their shared home.
Ahmed Sameer Almesbahi, 23, a Saudi Arabian native in the U.S. on a student visa, was charged Thursday with 11 counts, including unlawful termination of a pregnancy and sexual assault.
Together, with four sentence enhancers, he could receive a life sentence in prison if the allegations are proved.
, after Colorado Springs police obtained evidence supporting claims of his companion, a Kazakh immigrant and graduate student.
The evidence includes medical records showing she had been pregnant in 2015 and a cellphone picture of the aborted fetus, which expelled in a bathroom at the Citadel Mall, according to an arrest affidavit laying out the case against Almeshbahi.
The woman told authorities she was married to Almesbahi in a Muslim religious ceremony, though he denies it took place and described her as a girlfriend.
The couple met in 2012 on a website for Muslim dating and previously lived together in Denver.
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