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TikTok Star Murder Trial
Prosecutors wanted the jury to hear from close friends and relatives of the Abulabans. On the stand was Ali's cousin who was communicating with him at the time of the murders. Jurors learned more about what may have motivated this TikTok star to plot and carry out the murders of his wife and her friend. According to his cousin, Ali got jealous that his wife was hanging out with another man after they separated. This was after Ali himself had sex with another woman in the couple's apartment.
S1, EP56 "The Spousal Fights"
Verbal insults and physical violence was heard on an audio recording. This was during the Defense's case where they aimed to show a different side to Ana Abulaban in the months before she and her friend, Rayburn Barron, were killed. The defendant was on the witness stand testifying on how bad things have gotten between him and his wife which ended in a brutal double homicide.
S1, EP57 "The Marital Separation"
Jurors learned about what happened during the moment Ali Abulaban and his wife, Ana, separated. Alleged extramarital affair and the filing of a restraining order occurred in the window of time just days before it all ended in the double murder. According to Ali Abulaban, it was he was the victim of verbal abuse, insults, and rejection by his estranged wife and not the other way around.
S1, EP58 "I Hit Rock Bottom"
The intensity of a marriage separation by both sides were highlighted to jurors. They heard everything from cocaine binges, domestic abuse, Internet searches of chopped up bodies, and extramarital affairs. In the days preceding the murder, Ali Abulaban admitted that he had become increasingly jealous and paranoid about Ana cheating on him. He was also high on cocaine while posting numerous clips of his marital drama on social media.
S1, EP59 "Cocaine-Binge Hysteria And Paranoia"
On the stand in his own murder trial, Ali Abulaban detailed the events just hours before he committed the double murder. He recalled that he had not slept in over 24 hours and was high on cocaine. Ali elaborated for jurors how heated passion from a cocaine-binge paranoia led him to fatally gun down his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. This was contrary to the State's theory on what happened. They claimed he premeditated the fatal attack.
S1, EP55 "The Manipulative, Vindictive Wife"
While on the stand in his own double murder trial, Ali Abulaban's attorneys had him explain the marital drama that was filled with physical and verbal abuse. For the first time jurors heard a different side to his wife's character and behavior in the months leading up to her death. On the stand, Ali painted Ana more of the villain in the story as a manipulative, demanding, messy and vindictive wife who continued to upset and embarrass him.
S1, EP54 "Breaking Down His Rocky Marriage"
The marital problems between Ali and Ana Abulaban were told by him in his double murder trial. So far jurors heard how Ana's manipulation, selfishness and insults were the causes of the major fights in their relationship-which ended up with her being shot to death along with her friend, Rayburn Barron. On the stand, Ali was detailed in giving jurors more backstory and explanations to his marital drama he had with Ana over the years.
S1, EP53 "The Rising Social Media Star"
Ali Abulaban explained to the jury how he began a cocaine addiction which was his attempt to cope with his new life in San Diego. Next, jurors watched the defendant's most viral social media clips as a rising star. He was a hit on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Before Ana was killed along with her friend Rayburn Barron, she would help shoot these videos that grew his fan base online.
S1, EP52 "The Beginning Of The Troubled Romance"
It was great in the beginning was how Ali Abulaban described the start of his marriage with Ana which included the birth of their daughter. On the stand In his double murder trial, Ali gave his side of the story. For the first time jurors heard a different perspective of Ana, her character and personality. Instead of the abused wife from a controlling, jealous husband, Ali painted a portrait of her as a manipulative, demanding wife who had a party side to her.
