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A New Jersey father accused of abusing his son to death only met the child a year before allegedly torturing him on a treadmill and causing his death.
Christopher Gregor, 31, a former crisis hotline worker and nursing home carer, is standing trial over the 2021 murder of his son Corey Micciolo, 6, who prosecutors say was abused for months before he died from blunt force trauma.
Amid outrage over footage shown in court this week showing Gregor force Corey to run and fall from a treadmill, archived text messages from the boy's mother allege to show him coldly brushing off his treatment of the child.
After she texted him about how he 'hurt (Corey's) feelings', Gregor responded: 'Maybe he needs to be a little tougher because that's soft tissue.'
Christopher Gregor, 31, is facing murder charges over the 2021 death of his six-year-old son. Prosecutors claim he abused the boy to death and would routinely beat and humiliate him
The initial autopsy revealed that Corey died as a result of blunt force injuries across his body, alongside cardiac and liver contusions with inflammation and sepsis
Archived text messages alleged to be between Corey's mother and Christopher showed a callous response to being told he made his son cry
In the alleged texts, Christopher said his son was being 'overemotional' and he 'needs to be a little tougher'
Corey's mother shared sickening images of the abuse she claims was inflicted by the father, including black eyes and bruises across his body
It is unclear when Gregor and Corey's mother Breanna Micciolo - who testified at his trial this week - first met, however he was reportedly not in the boy's life until he reached five-years-old.
On their first meeting, Corey allegedly returned home to his mother with a 'busted lip', reports Jersey Shore Online.
Micciolo didn't believe Gregor's excuse that he accidentally kicked their son while playing soccer, but said a DCPP caseworker accepted it and didn't investigate.
For over a year after that first meeting, she claims that Corey was routinely abused by Gregor, and reportedly suspected the father was using as treadmill as a punishment tool during their visitations.
During that time, his LinkedIn profile says he worked as a realtor and math teacher, with his past work experience also including volunteering at mental health hotline Crisis Text Line for six months in 2015.
Before his arrest, Gregor lived at a sprawling New Jersey estate valued at over $1 million, online records show.
Micciolo set up a Facebook group after Corey's death in April 2021 called 'Justice for Corey', where she shared harrowing pictures of Corey's injuries while claiming child protective services ignored her pleas for help.
In text messages Micciolo shared to the Facebook group around six months after Corey's death, Gregor was seen coldly responding to being told he made his son cry.
Corey's mother Breanna Micciolo was the first to take the stand as a witness in court on this week, where she broke down in tears while detailing the alleged abuse
Corey Micciolo, died in 2021 after years of alleged abuse, with a forensic pathologist ruling he died due to blunt force trauma
Micciolo claims despite showing a trove of images and videos of her son's injuries, her reports were routinely brushed off by child protective services
Corey would allegedly often return from his father's home with new bruises and injuries
Before his arrest, Gregor lived at a sprawling New Jersey estate valued at over $1 million, online records show
'Corey came upstairs upset and almost crying because he was trying to ask you about playing football in high school and you smacked the ball out of his hand and walked out,' Micciolo texted him.
'Well that's a lie, I smacked the ball out of his hand and he didn't say a word to me,' Gregor responded, adding that he 'did it as a joke and said bye.'
He continued: 'Tell him if
