Mannequin and influencer Donald Zieben-Hood was arrested following the demise of his husband, Jacob Zieben-Hood, final week.
Police took Donald, 40, into custody after Jacob, was discovered useless of their Harlem condominium on Friday, August 1, the New York Publish reported on Monday, August 4.
Based on the Publish, Jacob, 34, had been found “on a rest room” and “coated in stab wounds.” Donald was booked for first-degree housebreaking, weapons possession and aggravated legal contempt for violating two orders of safety stopping him from being close to Jacob. He was denied bail.
No homicide costs have been filed, although a murder investigation is underway as health workers decide the reason for demise.
The outlet cited information as claiming that the couple had a stormy relationship and fought earlier than Jacob’s demise. Based on prosecutors in courtroom on Sunday, Jacob instructed his father in a cellphone name that Donald was “coming after him” and barring him contained in the condominium. Jacob’s father might additionally allegedly hear Donald calling his son “derogatory names,” in response to courtroom paperwork obtained by the Publish.
Hours later, police found Jacob’s physique marked with stab wounds on his leg and head, together with one which severed an artery and brought about deadly bleeding. Donald, per the Publish, had “a number of cuts on his arms requiring stitches” and “instructed cops that he’d had a knife battle of their condominium with Jacob the night time earlier than.”
Donald, a mannequin who boasts almost 70,000 Instagram followers, alleged to police that he went to sleep following the battle and awoke about 4 a.m. and located his husband deceased. (Us Weekly has reached out to Donald’s lawyer for remark.)
It was the most recent incident in a sample of home violence involving Donald because the alleged perpetrator. Since 2022, he was cited in 9 home incident experiences that included Jacob’s allegations that his associate had choked him and threatened him with a knife. In 2024, Donald was arrested after he allegedly struck Jacob within the head and a protecting order was issued, the Publish reported.
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In February of this yr, Donald was arrested for allegedly choking Jacob amid a dispute of their condominium. He was granted $5,000 bail, far beneath the $20,000 that prosecutors requested, per the Publish.
Weeks afterward, police had been allegedly referred to as through 911 to the aftermath of a battle between Donald and Jacob wherein the latter was bleeding from a minimize on his brow. The pair said on the time that Jacob fell and hit his head.
Then in June, Donald was arrested as soon as extra — this time, for allegedly wielding a kitchen knife and vowing to “assault” Jacob. Whereas the previous confronted an accusation that he broke an order of safety, he walked away on $5,000 bail.
