Jodi Arias' ex Travis Alexander had pedophilic 'urges', treated her like prostitute: 'He had a Bill Clinton view of sex'
Before Jodi Arias was convicted in 2013 of murdering her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander by stabbing him 27 times and shooting him in the head, disturbing and raunchy details of their sex life were played out in the court in front of the jury which included what the defendant alleged was the victim's "Bill Clinton view of sex," pedophilia and how he made her feel like a prostitute. Prosecutors said that Arias violently attacked Alexander in a jealous rage after he wanted to end their affair and planned a trip to Mexico with another woman. Arias and Alexander had met at a work convention in 2006. She was in a four-year relation then and had called it off a few days after she met Alexander. Arias was an aspiring saleswoman and photographer.
She lived in California while Alexander lived in Mesa, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. Alexander worked as a salesman and a motivational speaker. He was a devout Mormon and Arias converted to Mormonism for their relationship's sake.
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Alexander was found dead on June 4, 2008, in Mesa, Arizona. Arias was indicted by a grand jury in July 2008 and arrested six days later.
Bill Clinton view of sex
On her second day on the stand, Arias testified that Alexander had a "Bill Clinton view of sex" because he was eager for oral and anal sex. She alleged that this let him get around Mormon church rules against premarital sex. Apparently, Alexander, a Mormon elder, skirted his church's teachings on chastity by engaging Arias in oral and anal sex, which she claimed was not a violation of Mormon rules, ABC News reported. "It seemed like Travis kind of had a Bill Clinton version of sex, where oral and anal sex were also sex to me, but not for him," Arias told the court. Her comment referred to former President Bill Clinton's famous denial that he had sex with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, claiming they only had oral sex and not intercourse.
Arias said Alexander made her feel like a prostitute
There were times when Arias said she felt like a sex worker when she was forced to play out some of Alexander's sexual exploits including an instance that involved performing oral sex for him on her front porch without speaking. During her testimony, she mentioned that he drove up to her house, got out of his car, and walked up to the porch for oral sex. After they were done, he left a few pieces of candy behind and walked away without a word.
However, prosecutor Juan Martinez argued about the part Arias played in the couple's sex life."You introduced KY Jelly into the relationship to make it more sexually enjoyable, right? When we're talking about the level of experimentation, it looks like both of you were experimenting together sexually. So when we hear things like, 'I felt like a prostitute,' that's not exactly true, is it?" Martinez said. Arias replied, saying, "It was often mutual. I didn't feel like a prostitute during, just after."
Alexander's rape and porn fantasies
Despite the fact that Arias played the victim who was trapped in an abusive relationship, a raunchy 40-minute phone call between Arias and Alexander that was played out the court for all to hear proved that she used to enjoy the sexual fantasies cooked up by her ex-boyfriend. The call was filled with references to rape, porn and both Arias' and Alexander's families bore witness to the couple's rough sex life.
Arias was heard giggling and cooing at Alexander as he described his sexual fantasies to her. She did not seem to be resisting his advances. "I'm going to tie you to a tree and put it in your a**," Alexander can be heard saying. Arias was heard saying, "Oh my gosh, that is so debasing, I like it."
Was Alexander a pedophile?
During her testimony, Arias mentioned that in January 2008, she walked in on Alexander masturbating to pictures of young boys. She added that at the time, he confessed to being attracted to children and even convinced her to sleep with him to cure him of his "deviant urges."
"When I walked in, Travis was on the bed masturbating," she said. "He started grabbing at something on the bed, and I realized they were papers, and one kind of went sailing off the bed in the chaotic way paper falls, and it fell at my feet, and it was a photograph. It was a picture of a little boy... in underwear or briefs." She said that she received a package from him in the mail containing a t-shirt and pair of underwear emblazoned with the words "Travis's" and a pair of Spiderman-themed children's underwear. Arias claimed she threw away the Spiderman underwear.