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The boyfriend of an L.A. business manager to celebrities such as Nicki Minaj and the Kardashians appeared in court Wednesday after being charged with her murder.
Jason Barker, 49, appeared at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday for arraignment in the murder of his girlfriend Angela Kukawski, 55, who was found dead in the trunk of her car in the Simi Valley suburb on December 23, only a day after she was reported missing.
Barker allegedly tortured Kukawski with a knife and firearm before he brutally murdered her and drove around with her body in the back of the vehicle.
A Ventura County coroner reported that Kukawski died from sharp and blunt force injuries to the head and neck and strangulation, which they ruled a homicide.
Barker was arrested on December 28 and booked into Van Nuys Jail where he was charged with murder and torture and is being held on a $3 million bond.
He appeared in court on Wednesday sitting behind a glass screen, wearing a yellow jumpsuit and white face mask, and spoke only to confirm his identity and be read his rights. His next court
