A Texas influencer with a violent historical past towards girls was sentenced to 75 years in jail for fatally attacking his girlfriend — a vicious crime he blamed on his canine, who was euthanized days later.
Kaleb Mickens, recognized on-line as “Money Cartier,” admitted to assaulting and drugging his girlfriend, Sheila Cuevas, leading to her Oct. 8, 2023, dying, the Tarrant County District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced Tuesday.
The 34-year-old landed 4 a long time behind bars after pleading responsible to first-degree aggravated assault household violence.
Mickens was additionally handed 20 years on a probation revocation for an aggravated assault inflicting severe bodily harm and 15 years for aggravated assault with a lethal weapon in Dallas County.
Mickens had known as 911 on Oct. 8, saying Cuevas was now not respiration after his boxer, Soldier, had allegedly attacked her, prosecutors stated.
Cuevas was present in her room with a number of damaged ribs and puncture wounds, Fox 4 Information reported.
The pooch was taken away by animal management and euthanized 11 days after the assault.
Officers later discovered no proof that Soldier was answerable for the accidents Cuevas sustained earlier than her dying, and Mickens was arrested beneath suspicion that he had drugged and crushed his then-girlfriend, leading to her dying, in keeping with the outlet.
Mickens, who as “Money Cartier” boasts almost 100,000 Instagram followers, disturbingly lists the dying dates of Cuevas, Soldier and a 3rd canine in his bio with the caption, “Goodbye my candy household.”
He had perpetrated the extra assaults towards a number of different girls with whom he had relationships, a observe prosecutors used towards him earlier than the plea deal was made.
A number of of Mickens’ victims made impression statements to a full courtroom earlier than his sentencing.
The unidentified girls detailed the torment, torture, manipulation and sexual assault that they suffered at his palms, the DA’s workplace wrote.
Cuevas’ brother addressed the court docket, saying nothing might convey his sister again.
“There could be no justice that brings Sheila again, however there could be outcomes, and there could be accountability, and also you deserve this,” her sibling charged.
“Money Cartier” was a distinguished determine within the fraudulent multi-level advertising group IM Academy that had raked in over $1.2 billion from victims in it’s enterprise rip-off, in keeping with the Federal Commerce Fee.
“He lured younger folks into becoming a member of his coaching group with the promise of constructing hundreds of {dollars},” prosecutors stated. “He used his perceived wealth and standing to control women and men with threats and guarantees whereas hiding his very violent non-public persona.”
Mickens had been making $20,000 every week at one level in the course of the ruse, however his revenue was noticeably declining when Cuevas was killed, Fox 4 reported.
“Thanks to Detective Tracy Dixon and the Arlington Police Division in addition to the numerous prior victims from throughout the nation who got here ahead to lastly convey Kaleb Mickens to justice,” the DA’s Workplace stated.
