University of Virginia’s murdered lacrosse player Yeardley Love had a “difficult relationship” with party animal boyfriend George Huguely V before he killed her in 2010, said a lawyer representing Love’s family in an unfair trial. deaths, according to local reports. The trial began on Tuesday after Love’s mother, Sharon Love, filed a death warrant against Hugi – who had previously been convicted of Yardley Love’s murder in 2012 and is currently serving a 23-year sentence – serving a 23-year sentence. , $ 5 million and $ 1 million in punitive damages. Police arrested George Huguely of Chevy Chase, Md. and charged him with first-degree murder in the death of Yeardley Love. (AP) Paul Bekman, a lawyer for the Love family, told a court in Charlottesville, Virginia, that Huguely, whom he described as a “companion animal,” and Love had a “difficult relationship” that lasted about two years but was plagued by heavy drink and abuse of Huguely. according to WRC-TV. YEARDLEY LOVE’S DEATH AN AWAKENING ABOUT INTEREST IN VIOLENCE Bekman showed photos during the trial showing the scene of Love’s murder, in which she was lying dead on the floor of her bedroom with bruises and blood on her face, as well as marks on her shoulder and neck, the newspaper reported. George Huguely V is pictured in this undated photo released by Abemarle-Charlottesville, Virginia Jail on February 9, 2012. (Albemarle-Charlottesville / Jail District Jail) “He died as a result of a savage and brutal beating,” Beckman said in his opening remarks. THE LACROS PLAYER AT THE FIRST UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN GEORGE WAS FINALLY TOLD BY THE VICTIM’S MOTHER Matthew Green, Huguely’s lawyer, now 34, did not deny that Huguely attacked Love and that her family owed her compensation, but said his actions did not involve the “intentional and unlawful” conduct required of punitive punishment. damage, according to the WRC. -TV. Funeral for Yeardley Love t the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on May 8, 2010 in Baltimore, Md. (Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post) Green claimed that his client did not intentionally kill Love. After a night of heavy drinking the day he killed Love, Huguely told police he had gone to her room to talk to her, but this escalated into an argument. Love’s head apparently hit the wall during the altercation, but when she left her room she said she only had a bloody nose. By the next morning, Love’s roommates found her dead, WRC-TV reported. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION A videotaped interview from 2010 shows that when police called Huguely for questioning and informed the then suspect that Love was dead, “he just does not believe it,” Green said on Tuesday. “It is clear he did not understand that a fatal incident had taken place,” the lawyer said, according to WRC-TV, adding later that “justice has been done”.