‘Model agreed to abortion if she could stay with me’

A former Miss Universe finalist only agreed to have an abortion if she could stay in a relationship with the businessman she has accused of assaulting her, a court heard. Chloe Othen, 34, claims Ricky Lawrence, 33, ‘beat the cr-p out of her’ at his £1.5m Knightsbridge home on 15 October 2022 after inviting her over by text. Ms Othen has told Aldersgate House Crown Court she thought she would die after she was pinned down, punched and repeatedly bitten…