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 lifeless of their Harlem residence on Friday, August 1, the New York Post reported on Monday, August 4.
In accordance with the Submit, Jacob, 34, had been found “on a bathroom” and “lined in stab wounds.” Donald was booked for first-degree housebreaking, weapons possession and aggravated felony contempt for violating two orders of safety stopping him from being close to Jacob. He was denied bail.
No homicide prices have been filed, although a murder investigation is underway as medical experts 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. In accordance with 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 residence. Jacob's father might additionally allegedly hear Donald calling his son “derogatory names,” in keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by the Submit.
Hours later, police found Jacob's physique marked with stab wounds on his leg and head, together with one which severed an artery and induced deadly bleeding. Donald, per the Submit, had “a number of cuts on his arms requiring stitches” and “instructed cops that he'd had a knife struggle of their residence with Jacob the evening earlier than.”
Donald, a mannequin who boasts practically 70,000 Instagram followers, alleged to police that he went to sleep following the struggle and awoke about 4 a.m. and located his husband deceased. (Us Weekly has reached out to Donald's legal professional for remark.)
It was the newest 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 Submit reported.
In February of this 12 months, Donald was arrested for allegedly choking Jacob amid a dispute of their residence. He was granted $5,000 bail, far under the $20,000 that prosecutors requested, per the Submit.
Weeks afterward, police have been allegedly referred to as by way of 911 to the aftermath of a struggle between Donald and Jacob through which the latter was bleeding from a minimize on his brow. The pair acknowledged 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.
