- Nika Nikoubin, a college student, received three years of probation for stabbing her blind date, Daniel Trevino, in the neck during a sexual encounter at a Las Vegas-area hotel in March 2022.
- Nikoubin pleaded guilty to two counts of false imprisonment with the use of a deadly weapon and cited her mental health struggles, including severe depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, as contributing factors to the incident.
- She claimed the stabbing was a result of a psychotic episode and said she stabbed Trevino in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that targeted Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020, expressing feelings of revenge for the death. Trevino forgave her but left the consequences to the law. Read More