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‘Guilty but mentally ill’ plea lands temperamental Vegas influencer who once told cops she was ‘too pretty,’ in prison – Hend ‘DJ Afrodyte’ Bustami, is sentenced 15 years-to-life for assaulting and fatally stabbing her mother

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-07c90804d269b71f8a783706f9248cad wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e1e1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Influencer Hend &&num;8216&semi;DJ Afrodyte&&num;8217&semi; Bustami&comma; 29&comma; pled &&num;8216&semi;guilty but mentally ill&&num;8217&semi; after<strong> she was charged with the murder of her mother <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fd0ba34cc2d4ddf7d3343f66ea7d5be0 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e1e1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years-to-life for a fatal assault on <strong>61-year-old Afaf Hussanen in <strong>October 2022 <&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c5901c64d6b497488e41d2f22adf3d60 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e1e1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Bustami claimed<strong> a row over cigarettes escalated to the point where she hit her mother over the head with an end table made of glass and stabbed her with a piece that broke off<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60947b5ad02f0b7bd475d97dd73f385f wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e1e1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Bustami in a plea arrangement of &&num;8216&semi;guilty but mentally ill&&num;8217&semi; admitted to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cf426735782734f73fdf6e6171b6867a wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e1e1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>As per the plea&comma; she also admitted to several prior felonies &&num;8211&semi; including charges of burglary&comma; home invasion&comma; possession&comma; and sale of a controlled substance <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32c25ae7107552f340530f7d2a2bc80c wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e1e1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>She will serve a minimum of 15 years following her conviction for the killing <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e53dc358d56be4b485286588b86876fe wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2e1e1e&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>A month prior&comma; Bustami made headlines for an an arrest at Harry Reid Intl&period; Airport for dine-and dashing &&num;8211&semi; a<strong>llegedly drunk&comma; she told officers she was too &&num;8216&semi;pretty&&num;8217&semi; to be arrested<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Hend-Bustami-8&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455816" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hend Bustami of Las Vegas&comma; reportedly called police around 2&period;30am to admit she killed her mother on October 26&comma; 2022&period; A month prior&comma; Bustami made headlines for an entirely different reason &&num;8211&semi; an arrest at a Nevada airport where she said she was &&num;8216&semi;too pretty to be arrested<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Las Vegas influencer who once old officers she was too &&num;8216&semi;pretty&&num;8217&semi; to be arrested for a &&num;8216&semi;dine and Dash&&num;8217&semi;&comma; will serve a minimum of 15 years in prison after admitting to the violent murder of her mother&comma; barely two months later&period; <br>The judgment comes three months after Hend Bustami&comma; 29&comma; pled &&num;8216&semi;guilty but mentally ill&&num;8217&semi; to a second-degree murder with a deadly weapon charge for the October 2022 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;27&sol;las-vegas-influencer-hind-bustami-28-facing-murder-charge-for-stabbing-her-mother-to-death-two-months-after-claiming-police-were-arresting-her-for-being-too-good-looking-as-she-was-nicked&sol;">killing of 61-year-old Afaf Hussanen&period;<&sol;a><br>She will now spend the next 15 years in prison&comma; after telling officers that an argument over cigarettes escalated to the point where she <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;04&sol;why-do-you-think-you-killed-your-mommy-because-i-did-i-murdered-her-las-vegas-woman-who-claimed-she-was-arrested-for-her-good-looks-admits-to-killing-her-mother-in-911-call&sol;">hit her mom over the head with an end table<&sol;a> made of glass&comma; hard enough to shatter the glass top&period; She then stabbed the 61-year-old Afaf Hussanen with a piece of the shattered glass&comma; which proved fatal&period;<br>About a month before the fatal domestic altercation&comma; Bustami made headlines for an entirely different reason &&num;8211&semi; an arrest at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas after she skipped out on a bill at an airport Chili&&num;8217&semi;s restaurant&period;<br>When officers descended on her&comma; she protested that she was too &&num;8216&semi;pretty&&num;8217&semi; to be arrested&comma; labeling the lawmen as &&num;8216&semi;perverts&&num;8217&semi; who were &&num;8216&semi;trying to rape her&comma; because they never seen anyone as good looking&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Afaf-Anis-Assad-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-328879" style&equals;"width&colon;809px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bustami&comma; now 29&comma; pleaded &&num;8216&semi;guilty but mentally ill&&num;8217&semi; to the charge for second-degree murder with a deadly weapon Thursday&comma; for the October 2022 killing of 61-year-old Afaf Hussanen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A month later&comma; she would phone 911 to tell the operator&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I think I killed my mommy&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Do you need police&comma; fire&comma; or medical&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the 911 dispatcher is heard asking the then 28-year-old an audio recording of her 911 call the night in question&comma; which prosecutors played  during Bustami’s grand jury hearing&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Uh&comma; medical&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she responds&period; &&num;8216&semi;I think I killed my mommy&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Hend-Bustami-9&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455823" style&equals;"width&colon;841px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bustami&comma; seen at left&comma; sits in a Clark County courtroom as she received her sentence Tuesday&comma; She pleaded guilty but mentally ill&comma; meaning she was competent enough to stand trial&comma; but mentally ill at the time of the offense<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Bustami proceeds to give the dispatcher the address of the home she shared with her mother in the south Vegas valley near Jones Boulevard and Cactus Avenue&period; <br>The operator further inquires why she thinks she &&num;8216&semi;killed her mommy&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Because I did&period; I murdered her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the daughter calmly states&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;How did you do that&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the dispatcher asks &&num;8211&semi; to which Bustami replies &&num;8216&semi;I broke the table on her head&period;&&num;8217&semi; <strong>Related Articles&colon; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Hind-Bustami-7&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;27&sol;las-vegas-influencer-hind-bustami-28-facing-murder-charge-for-stabbing-her-mother-to-death-two-months-after-claiming-police-were-arresting-her-for-being-too-good-looking-as-she-was-nicked&sol;"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;27&sol;las-vegas-influencer-hind-bustami-28-facing-murder-charge-for-stabbing-her-mother-to-death-two-months-after-claiming-police-were-arresting-her-for-being-too-good-looking-as-she-was-nicked&sol;">Woman who claimed she was arrested for being too good-looking after she was cuffed for skipping out on Vegas Chili’s tab is accused in the murder of her mother Police &lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Afaf-Hussanen-left-was-killed-by-her-daughter-Hend-Bustami-right-1&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;04&sol;why-do-you-think-you-killed-your-mommy-because-i-did-i-murdered-her-las-vegas-woman-who-claimed-she-was-arrested-for-her-good-looks-admits-to-killing-her-mother-in-911-call&sol;"><&sol;a>&OpenCurlyQuote;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;04&sol;why-do-you-think-you-killed-your-mommy-because-i-did-i-murdered-her-las-vegas-woman-who-claimed-she-was-arrested-for-her-good-looks-admits-to-killing-her-mother-in-911-call&sol;">I cut her neck off’ – Murder suspect Audio of a 911 by the Nevada woman accused of murdering her mother&comma; reveals she admitted to the crime on the call she &lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Hind-Bustami-8&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455830" style&equals;"width&colon;849px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hend Bustami&comma; aka DJ Afrodyte&comma; &lbrack;L-R&rsqb;&comma; killed her 62-year-old mother in Oct 2022&period; In an unrelated incident&comma; she was arrested a month earlier at a Las Vegas airport&comma; for trying to flee without paying her restaurant tab<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Hend-Bustami-11&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455838" style&equals;"width&colon;839px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bustami received a 15-year sentence for murder after a row over cigarettes escalated to the point where she hit her mother over the head with an end table made of glass and stabbed her with a piece that broke off<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The convicted killer goes on to reiterate to the dispatcher how she was still at her mother&&num;8217&semi;s house&comma; once again confirming the address&period;  <br>The dispatch worker then asks&colon;  &&num;8216&semi;Okay&comma; what did you do to her&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I killed her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Bustami responds quietly&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;How did you kill her&comma; you said something about a table&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the dispatcher asks again&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I broke the table on her head&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Bustami explains&period; &&num;8216&semi;I broke the table on her head and I cut her neck off&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;You cut what&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the dispatcher asks in disbelief&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Her neck off&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the woman coolly replies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Hend-Bustamis-Las-Vegas-home-1&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455828" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hend Bustami killed her mother at the family home in the south Vegas valley near Jones Boulevard and Cactus Avenue&comma; following an argument &&num;8216&semi;over cigarettes&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Bustami then fled&comma; only to be arrested 150 miles away by the California Highway Patrol&comma; hours later&period; <br>Five months later she was indicted on the murder charge&period;<br>She will now spend the next 15 years in prison&comma; after her admission that an argument over cigarettes escalated to the point where she hit her mother over the head with an end table made of glass&comma; before stabbing the 61-year-old with a piece of a piece of the broken glass&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Chillis-Restaurant-at-Harry-Reid-Intl-Airport-Las-Vegas-1&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455827" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>A couple of months prior&comma; Bustami made national headlines for an unrelated arrest after she skipped out on a bill at the Chili&&num;8217&semi;s restaurant in Las Vegas&&num;8217&semi; Harry Reid International Airport<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Hend-Bustami-9-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-421441" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&&num;8216&semi;I think I hurt my mommy&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Bustami told disbelieving dispatchers<&sol;strong>&period;<strong> &&num;8216&semi;I broke the table on her head and I cut her neck off&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she told t<strong>hem before hanging up the phone&period;<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Afaf-Hussanen-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455817" style&equals;"width&colon;839px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Afaf Hussanen was found stabbed to death at the home with pieces of broken glass&period; Killed by her adult daughter&comma; who fled but was later arrested more than 150 miles away by the California Highway Patrol<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police would quickly descend on the scene&comma; and California Highway cops would later locate Bustami driving aimlessly some 150 miles away near Barstow&comma; police said&period; <br>While speaking to officers&comma; Bustami was covered in blood&comma; and allegedly again admitted to the killing&period;<br>She was subsequently arrested for the second time in a month&comma; after her allegedly drunk tirade &&num;8211&semi; and dine-and-dash &&num;8211&semi; at the airport restaurant&period;<br>Though Bustami was found mentally competent to stand trial&comma; her public defender argued that a psychologist &&num;8216&semi;found her experiencing &&num;8220&semi;intermittent exacerbations of psychosis&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;in need of continuing psychiatric treatment&comma;&&num;8221&semi;&&num;8216&semi; court records said&period;<br>At first&comma; she pled not guilty&comma; before recanting and signing a plea deal of &&num;8216&semi;guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder&comma;&&num;8217&semi; meaning she was mentally ill at the time of the offense&period;<br>As per her plea arrangement&comma; she also admitted to a slew of other offenses for which she had prior felony convictions &&num;8211&semi; including charges of burglary&comma; home invasion&comma; possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell&comma; and sale of a controlled substance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;12&sol;Jacqueline-Bluth-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-455815" style&equals;"width&colon;843px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Judge Jacqueline Bluth on Tuesday hit Bustami with 15-year-to-life sentence&comma; a court spokesperson confirmed &&num;8211&semi; before revealing that Bustami will be up for parole in 2037 with credit for time served&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Hend-Bustami-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420670" style&equals;"width&colon;844px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>As part of her sentence&comma; Bustami will also be required to receive medical care for mental illness&comma; due to the psychologist&&num;8217&semi;s diagnosis and her apparent history of outbursts<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">As a result&comma; Judge Jacqueline Bluth on Tuesday hit Bustami with 15-year-to-life sentence&comma; a court spokesperson confirmed &&num;8211&semi; before revealing that Bustami will be up for parole in 2037 with credit for time served&period;<br>As part of her sentence&comma; Bustami will also be required to receive medical care for mental illness&comma; due to the psychologist&&num;8217&semi;s diagnosis and her apparent history of outbursts&period;<br>In dishing out her ruling&comma; Bluth said Bustami&&num;8217&semi;s mental health history includes diagnoses for several types of psychoses and disorders&comma; and that she will have the option to receive mental health treatment while incarcerated&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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