India Ali Shares The Story Of How She Was Assaulted By James Baker Who She Met On Instagram 

India Ali from Los Angeles shares the tragic story of how she was brutally assaulted by a man she met through Instagram. 

India Ali who is 32 says she met James Baker who is 27 through social media and was comfortable enough to set a date with him last year July. She said:

“He didn’t really look like a creep from his pictures. He looked like he had it going.”

The two decided to go out for a night on the town. Baker posted several videos on Instagram of the two out drinking at a restaurant.

Ali said she doesn’t remember leaving the restaurant with Baker or their ride back to the area around Los Angeles International Airport, but Baker posted videos of those events as well.

They both ended up in Baker’s hotel room at the Weston hotel near LAX. When Ali woke up the next morning, something was definitely wrong. She said:

“It was horrible. I woke up. I lifted my head up. I was lying in a puddle of throw up. So I looked around and I see blood everywhere and my clothes everywhere.”

She then saw her reflection in a mirror and could see how badly she had been beaten. She thought:

“Oh my God. I can’t believe that happened. What if they come back and kill me?

She realized her cellphone and car keys were gone, so she used the hotel phone to call 911. A recording of the call provided to KTLA included the following interaction:

911 operator: “So they just beat you up? ”

Ali: “There’s blood all over the room.”

911 operator: “Where are you hurt, ma’am? ”

Ali: “O’Neill hurt in my face.”

Ali was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where doctors determined she had suffered significant head injuries.

“She had been punched in the head so badly that it had caused a swelling in the brain. The brain, when it expands, has nowhere to go so it forces down-and that’s what triggers the vomit action. 

It pressures the fourth vertebrae,” Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney David Berger said.  

Police used the Find My iPhone app to look for Ali’s cellphone. Investigators located the phone -and Baker -a few miles away, in the victim’s car at the courtyard Los Angeles LAX in El Segundo.

He was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division on July 21, inmate records show. 

Surveillance video from the Westin  showed Baker leaving the hotel in Ali’s car at about 2 a.m.

Investigators later found Baker had prior out-of-state convictions and was on bail for allegedly using fake credit cards, Berger said. 

At the Airport Courthouse on April 14, Baker was found guilty of felony assault, auto theft and use of forged credit cards. He is being held downtown L.A Men’s central Jail, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for June 5. 

Ali, meanwhile, is hoping her story will remind others to be cautious about who they meet online. 

“I wouldn’t want anybody to go and meet up with anybody that they don’t know. Please don’t ever do that,” Ali said. “You have to value your life.”

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3 thoughts on “India Ali Shares The Story Of How She Was Assaulted By James Baker Who She Met On Instagram 

  1. I really feel for this young lady. Now, you dont know who ur meeting. Some maniacs dont look evil and it places you at a distinct disadvantage. This man appeared to be charming and socially acceptable. It is easy to see why she would be so beguiled by him. She is very brave and I am glad he did not kill her.

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