Lesbian Brutally Beaten By Girlfriend's Brother In Horrific Thanksgiving Attack
Nov. 27 2012, Published 11:00 a.m. ET
By Amber Goodhand - Breaking Celebrity News News Editor
Mallory Owens attended Thanksgiving dinner at her girlfriend, Alex Hawkins, family home in Mobile, Alabama and was brutally beaten up by Alex's teenage brother and Breaking Celebrity News has all the disturbing details.
The violence broke out when Travis Hawkins Jr. voiced his disproval of his sister's relationship with Mallory, and he pummeled her so severely that she was hospitalized with a broken nose, both eyes swollen shut, numerous lacerations and needed facial reconstruction surgery.
"He tried to kill her. He's lucky he didn't kill her," Mallory's mother, Kristi Taylor told WKRG-TV.
"She's lucky to be alive. I didn't recognize her when I got to the hospital. It's hard to look at her like that."
According to Kristi, this isn't the first time Travis, 18, has attacked Mallory, 23. Earlier this year Travis allegedly hit Mallory over the head with a pipe wrench and although she was injured, the family did not pursue charges.
"She was invited over by the family to eat Thanksgiving. I did not want her to go, I begged her not to go, knowing how the family felt about