Ali Abulaban, a California TikTok star accused of killing his estranged wife, Ana Abulaban, and her lover in October 2021, took the stand Wednesday to testify in his own defense.
Ali Abulaban, the San Diego TikTok star charged with killing his wife and her lover, testified during his trial on Wednesday that he couldn't stop shooting the pair after finding them in bed together, according to local news. Ali, 31, is charged with fatally shooting Ana Abulaban and Rayburn Barron on Oct. 21, 2021. 'I didn’t expect Ana would ever do that to me, him of all people. She knew how I felt about him. She knew how I felt. I was trying to believe her.
And before I could stop myself, I just f---ing snapped. My gun was in my hand, and next thing, I’m shooting, and I can’t stop. I’m just shooting. I’m shooting, and I’m even startled,' he told the courtroom. 'It’s like I’m watching it happen, like I’m in the passenger seat of my own body. … I can’t stop it, and I hear Ana screaming and crying. And I don’t even remember shooting Ana. I just remember running back to the front door, and I grab the door handle, and then it hit me.
called 911 to get them help in the chance to save her,' he said, according to FOX 5. Following the alleged double-murder, Ali coordinated plans with his family to pick up his then-5-year-old daughter and find a place for her to stay before turning himself in, the outlet reported. Ali said he went to collect his daughter from school that same afternoon before they were surrounded by police cars.
He further testified that he told his daughter: 'I hurt mommy. I have to go away now,' FOX 5 reported. Prosecutors allege Ana asked Ali to move out on Oct. 18, 2021. He checked into a hotel but later snuck back into the high-rise apartment he shared with Ana and trashed it. He also allegedly installed a recording device on his daughter's iPad and left it in his estranged wife's bedroom in an effort to catch her with Barron.
Ali went by JinnKid on TikTok and had approximately 940,000 followers at the time of the alleged murders. His account featured comedy skits and impersonations of the character Tony Montana from the 1983 film 'Scarface,' said Deputy District Attorney Taren Brast after Ali's arraignment in October 2021.
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