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Donald Zieben-Hood murders personal trainer influencer husband Jacob Zieben-Hood in NYC

The couple had been fighting for months, who said Donald “demonstrated an escalating pattern of violence toward his husband in defiance of multiple public court orders, culminating in his husband’s death,” prosecutors said, according to the Daily News.

The model was arrested for violating an order of protection issued by a judge in November that barred him from having contact with Jacob, which he immediately confessed to police, according to the report.

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by Anonymousreply 124August 7, 2025 2:39 AM

Crazy hot couple.

Emphasis on the crazy, obviously.

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by Anonymousreply 1August 4, 2025 3:47 PM

I always feel like more is made of this kind of thing and it often has a homophobic twinge to it.

If a man murders his wife, no one ever uses it to talk about the pitfalls of heterosexuality, but if it's a gay couple they sometimes do (albeit with some subtlety).

by Anonymousreply 2August 4, 2025 3:50 PM
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by Anonymousreply 3August 4, 2025 3:52 PM

I wonder if some people involved were afraid to take more drastic steps because they would be viewed as homophobic. Just a hunch.

by Anonymousreply 4August 4, 2025 3:52 PM

This wouldn't have happened if they looked like me.

by Anonymousreply 5August 4, 2025 3:53 PM

The killer is the less good-looking of the two. Makes sense.

by Anonymousreply 6August 4, 2025 3:54 PM

Poor queen died just like Judy! 😭

by Anonymousreply 7August 4, 2025 3:54 PM

r4 What would those drastic steps be? He already had multiple court orders out against him, so the court system was doing its job.

by Anonymousreply 8August 4, 2025 3:55 PM

I wonder if one of them was a Datalounger?

by Anonymousreply 9August 4, 2025 3:55 PM

Eh well, this thread is getting more traction than mine, so —

Interesting and sad comment in the NY Post (though I had to wade through a swamp of cretinous homophobic ones to get to it):

“ NOW MORE TO THE STORY: This alleged killer was arrested back in FEBRUARY for charges including strangulation and felony contempt for violating an order of protection. Low bail was set, and he made it. BUT, DA Bragg has STILL not indicted the case, so it is on for potential dismissal on 8/28. AMAZINGLY, while he was out on that case, he was arrested in JUNE for menacing and another order of protection violation, and a mere $5k bail was set and posted and he was released again. Yet the DA STILL didn’t indict the February case. And now we have dead body. The more you know!”

by Anonymousreply 10August 4, 2025 3:56 PM

You’re right, R2. I feel the same way. It’s a huge double standard.

by Anonymousreply 11August 4, 2025 3:56 PM

This is all over the news

by Anonymousreply 12August 4, 2025 3:57 PM

Definitely a combo of steroids and meth.

by Anonymousreply 13August 4, 2025 3:57 PM

Musto has chimed in on Facebook and says he knew one of them

by Anonymousreply 14August 4, 2025 3:57 PM

Can you share? I

by Anonymousreply 15August 4, 2025 3:59 PM

"I'm the pretty one in this relationship!"

"No, I'M the pretty one!"

by Anonymousreply 16August 4, 2025 4:02 PM

I love to imagine what kind of naughty imp I would be if I were born hot. Doubt I’d be this bad though.

by Anonymousreply 17August 4, 2025 4:02 PM

No, I'm the Mary and YOU'RE the Rhoda!

by Anonymousreply 18August 4, 2025 4:04 PM

[quote] Poor queen died just like Judy! 😭

On the toilet?

by Anonymousreply 19August 4, 2025 4:06 PM

He called his model husband "Dumbo" one time too often....

by Anonymousreply 20August 4, 2025 4:07 PM

According to the article he was found slumped on his toilet dead from stab wounds

by Anonymousreply 21August 4, 2025 4:08 PM

In the latest chilling episode of “Two Bottoms Don’t Make a Top”…

by Anonymousreply 22August 4, 2025 4:08 PM

R17, yeah surely for those born hot there’s a lot of sweet stuff on offer in the category of “naughty imp” and no need to become a violent and homicidal husband!

by Anonymousreply 23August 4, 2025 4:08 PM

Was he murdered while douching? Horrors!

by Anonymousreply 24August 4, 2025 4:08 PM

The NYPost comments are pretty depressing.

But here we are.

by Anonymousreply 25August 4, 2025 4:11 PM

This, gentle readers, is why you fuck Mr Hot n’ Crazy once, but you do not date him and you DO NOT marry him.

by Anonymousreply 26August 4, 2025 4:18 PM

R26, I say never EVER stick your dick in crazy. Because even once they could go all “Basic Instinct” on your ass.

by Anonymousreply 27August 4, 2025 4:25 PM

Actually, I think the murderer is the better-looking of the two. But there’s no accounting for taste.

by Anonymousreply 28August 4, 2025 4:26 PM

So who’s dead- the blond or the brunette?

by Anonymousreply 29August 4, 2025 4:28 PM

Turning 40 is apparently quite taxing on elite social media starlet gays.

by Anonymousreply 30August 4, 2025 4:28 PM

They look different in every photo.

by Anonymousreply 31August 4, 2025 4:28 PM

R30 Remember when the line used to be 25?

by Anonymousreply 32August 4, 2025 4:29 PM

Seems like they did everything possible to be better looking but neither one is actually good looking when you take a good look at them.

by Anonymousreply 33August 4, 2025 4:30 PM

The killer’s prolific and beyond-narcissistic Instagram..

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by Anonymousreply 34August 4, 2025 4:41 PM

I only read the California Post. 0/10

by Anonymousreply 35August 4, 2025 4:47 PM

So many instagrams. There is something off about the both of them. Which one is/was in med school? The younger one? The killer might have been vaguely a model at 20 but that was a long time ago. What fight for months. At least one of them needed to break it off permanently. And how did the Killer keep getting back in the apartment if the dead guy had an order of protection? Whose apartment is it anyway? Questions.

by Anonymousreply 36August 4, 2025 4:58 PM

Is his name Donald, or Jason?

I’m confused —Rose

by Anonymousreply 37August 4, 2025 5:00 PM

I think he watched American Psycho one too many times.

by Anonymousreply 38August 4, 2025 5:02 PM

In Med School at age 34"? Or was he a resident?

Sad in any case.

by Anonymousreply 39August 4, 2025 5:04 PM

Orderly!

by Anonymousreply 40August 4, 2025 5:09 PM

Stabbed to death on the terlet-what a way to go!

by Anonymousreply 41August 4, 2025 5:10 PM

Donald and the Zieben Hoods? Wasnt that a movie with Frank and Bing?

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by Anonymousreply 42August 4, 2025 5:11 PM

C’mon DL sleuths, where are the dick pics?

by Anonymousreply 43August 4, 2025 5:16 PM

R10 that's to the "the justice system was doing it's job!" ...

by Anonymousreply 44August 4, 2025 5:31 PM

Girls, exercise kills.

by Anonymousreply 45August 4, 2025 5:33 PM

They look....special.

by Anonymousreply 46August 4, 2025 5:33 PM

R13 calls it - that's exactly what I was thinking.

by Anonymousreply 47August 4, 2025 5:37 PM

[quote]According to the article he was found slumped on his toilet dead from stab wounds

Maybe Donald thought it was a burglar hiding out in there?

by Anonymousreply 48August 4, 2025 5:56 PM

You brought home cilantro instead of parsley… for the LAST TIME!

by Anonymousreply 49August 4, 2025 6:19 PM

The shorter, pale one is the murderer?

by Anonymousreply 50August 4, 2025 6:47 PM

Which inmate will be the first to murder his asshole?

by Anonymousreply 51August 4, 2025 6:51 PM

On the

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by Anonymousreply 52August 4, 2025 7:05 PM

This is why we lock the bathroom door when we do our #2's.

by Anonymousreply 53August 4, 2025 7:26 PM

[quote] Turning 40 is apparently quite taxing on elite social media starlet gays.

Who was that guy who was a therapist in NYC and committed suicide after he turned 40? there was a story about it in the NYTimes. When he was in his 20s, he literally had older gay strangers kneeling before him in Mykonos just because of his beauty, but when he aged he freaked out and offed himself.

by Anonymousreply 54August 4, 2025 7:29 PM

That describes so many from 10011

by Anonymousreply 55August 4, 2025 7:47 PM

R52, you made me do a spit take!

by Anonymousreply 56August 4, 2025 7:52 PM

R54, wasn’t it when he turned 50?

by Anonymousreply 57August 4, 2025 7:55 PM

Ah yes the tragic tale of Bob Bergeron who tried to write a self help book for ex-twunks-in-denial as they confront their own midlife crises.

Bob killed himself in despair when he realized he didn’t actually believe any of the hollow self help pablum he’d written, rather, he believed at his core that there was no point at all to gay male existence if you have gotten old.

The full length NYT piece on him was quite good.

by Anonymousreply 58August 4, 2025 8:06 PM

Torta, you are a treasure to this site. Thank you for all your links and information, regardless of topic.

by Anonymousreply 59August 4, 2025 8:09 PM

It’s called Google, mok

by Anonymousreply 60August 4, 2025 8:13 PM

Well, it's more than most posters offer, R60, so I'll take it and say thank you.

by Anonymousreply 61August 4, 2025 8:21 PM

Ughhh, another victim of “Dancer of the Dance”.

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by Anonymousreply 62August 4, 2025 8:33 PM

Poor Bob Bergeron was another shallow scenester gay who wasn't bright enough to take the counsel he enjoyed doling out.

And the kicker of course is that on his best day, he wasn't all that in the looks department.

by Anonymousreply 63August 4, 2025 8:33 PM

This is why they hate us.

by Anonymousreply 64August 4, 2025 8:41 PM

R58 I looked up Bob Bergeron and he was rather plain even when young. He must have had deep seated psychological issues.

by Anonymousreply 65August 4, 2025 8:47 PM

The killer Donald was a bartender at Splash for a while

by Anonymousreply 66August 4, 2025 8:55 PM

Can't find any nudes. Shame.

by Anonymousreply 67August 4, 2025 9:06 PM

[quote]The killer Donald was a bartender at Splash for a while

As long as it wasn't Larry!

by Anonymousreply 68August 4, 2025 9:29 PM

I loved him in Splash! He and Darryl Hannah had great chemistry.

by Anonymousreply 69August 4, 2025 9:44 PM

R67, did you scroll through all 6564 pages of instagram?

by Anonymousreply 70August 4, 2025 9:51 PM

r59 = r58

by Anonymousreply 71August 4, 2025 10:03 PM

Why couldn't the killer have gotten obsessed with Peter Thiel?

by Anonymousreply 72August 4, 2025 10:25 PM

What?! Not true at all, R71. Try harder.

by Anonymousreply 73August 4, 2025 10:39 PM

Was the victim using PFAS-free asswipe in the moments before he was bludgeoned to death?

by Anonymousreply 74August 4, 2025 10:41 PM

[Quote] If a man murders his wife, no one ever uses it to talk about the pitfalls of heterosexuality,

But certainly, they do on DL

by Anonymousreply 75August 4, 2025 10:46 PM

Based on the pictures neither one of them is particularly hot

by Anonymousreply 76August 4, 2025 10:47 PM

"I was a great beauty, once."

Oh hun, whatever you need to tell yourself.

by Anonymousreply 77August 5, 2025 12:11 AM

R73 mok, lol. R71 busted us. To compliment is to reveal that one is also the complimented. The secret’s out!

by Anonymousreply 78August 5, 2025 1:26 AM

R2 I feel you. This is absolutely a thing.

As a black man I feel exactly the same thing happens with high profile cases involving black men. There’s this weird undertone of guilt by association with the Bill Cosbys and P-Diddys or OJ Simpsons. That I’m a part of some inherent violence that’s being played out.

When does it even occur to WHITE men that they should be associated in any way with the crimes of Harvey Weinstein, Charles Manson or Ted Bundy? They get labeled as bad men, not bad white men.

by Anonymousreply 79August 5, 2025 1:39 AM

CourtTV needs to cover this Gavel to Gavel....

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by Anonymousreply 80August 5, 2025 3:00 AM

I've known a couple of people who have been murdered. One friend was murdered by his boyfriend (who strangled him to death). Another guy I knew picked up the wrong guy who killed him.

by Anonymousreply 81August 5, 2025 3:04 AM

I can't keep track of all the gay murderers lately. There seem to be more and more.

by Anonymousreply 82August 5, 2025 3:13 AM

They both look so different in almost every photo shown of each other.

by Anonymousreply 83August 5, 2025 4:24 AM

Donald Zieben-Hood is in more trouble than George Santos.

by Anonymousreply 84August 5, 2025 4:25 AM

No big loss where both are concerned.

by Anonymousreply 85August 5, 2025 4:36 AM

This is why we never should have had gay marriage. Makes you nuts.

by Anonymousreply 86August 5, 2025 4:41 AM

On the toilet?

Tacky.

by Anonymousreply 87August 5, 2025 5:17 AM

Will Rosie love this murderer?

by Anonymousreply 88August 5, 2025 5:27 AM

^^^ Only if he talks about being abused as a child

by Anonymousreply 89August 5, 2025 6:49 AM

This really reminds me of the Nick Gruber case, which didn’t end in a murder but could have.

by Anonymousreply 90August 5, 2025 10:25 AM

Did Gruber try to murder Klein?

I think Geffen was at much higher risk.

by Anonymousreply 91August 5, 2025 11:00 AM

This is not what I meant when I asked him to murder my ass.

by Anonymousreply 92August 5, 2025 11:29 AM

I thought the same thing about his looks, r63. I assume he had other psychological issues.

by Anonymousreply 93August 5, 2025 11:29 AM

[quote] Will Rosie love this murderer?

Rosie only loves straight male murderers. She's old-school.

by Anonymousreply 94August 5, 2025 11:57 AM

Fuck off R86.

by Anonymousreply 95August 5, 2025 12:12 PM

I don't understand these good looking Dudes who murder each other. They could probably have 1,000 other men if the relationship was not working out. Not like some fat, slob living in a basement.

by Anonymousreply 96August 5, 2025 12:57 PM

R96 it’s not that complicated. Randomness. Some people are good looking. Some people are extremely psychologically unhealthy. And some people are both.

This particular guy (the killer) was a longtime violent domestic abuser. He wasn’t wanting to simply dump the spouse and find new love.

by Anonymousreply 97August 5, 2025 1:02 PM

with a judge's order already executed, it's impossible to not suspect there are fight videos -- if not from the fateful night -- and sent to friends-family as well as stored

let alone a healthy stash of on-camera sex

that endless insta account is impressive and wildly exhausting

by Anonymousreply 98August 5, 2025 1:32 PM

98 Entries in and the most pressing question has not been asked:

Who has had them?

by Anonymousreply 99August 5, 2025 2:53 PM

Narcissists

by Anonymousreply 100August 5, 2025 2:56 PM

[quote] I don't understand these good looking Dudes who murder each other. They could probably have 1,000 other men if the relationship was not working out. Not like some fat, slob living in a basement.

So deep!

by Anonymousreply 101August 5, 2025 3:05 PM

Sounds like these two homos were upset at not having actual jobs, and murder was the result.

by Anonymousreply 102August 5, 2025 3:06 PM

Tale as old as time

by Anonymousreply 103August 5, 2025 3:19 PM

[quote]So who’s dead- the blond or the brunette?

I’m curious too. Why hasnt anyone answered this??

by Anonymousreply 104August 5, 2025 4:17 PM

[quote] Based on the pictures neither one of them is particularly hot

But who alive can equal your beauty?

by Anonymousreply 105August 5, 2025 4:24 PM

Roid rage

by Anonymousreply 106August 5, 2025 7:40 PM

This is what passes as a "hot" couple in NY?

by Anonymousreply 107August 5, 2025 8:09 PM

r107, since you look down your nose at them, let's see your photos.

by Anonymousreply 108August 5, 2025 10:02 PM

I gotta say, the killer is pretty fucking hot. His husband, not so much. Passable, maybe.

by Anonymousreply 109August 5, 2025 10:30 PM

Blond kills Brunette. Hope that helps clarify

by Anonymousreply 110August 5, 2025 11:03 PM

The taller cute one is the murderer?

by Anonymousreply 111August 5, 2025 11:07 PM

Yes, the murderer is the hotter one.

by Anonymousreply 112August 5, 2025 11:08 PM

r110 It doesn't, since neither is blond.

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by Anonymousreply 113August 5, 2025 11:09 PM

I know this is confusing. for the purposes of our reference please use OP photo. If you need further help, the guy on the left side of the photo is blond.

by Anonymousreply 114August 5, 2025 11:17 PM

r114 No.

by Anonymousreply 115August 5, 2025 11:19 PM

They’re influencers, or Jacob was — the hair color on each of them shifted around from blond to brunet and back again several times over the years.

by Anonymousreply 116August 5, 2025 11:33 PM

What products did the push? Hair gel? Wife beaters? Protein shakes? I don't think they were doing a book of the month club or reviews of classic movies.

by Anonymousreply 117August 6, 2025 3:28 AM

[quote] Yes, the murderer is the hotter one.

This is too confusing. R6 said the murderer is the ugly one. Which is it?!?

by Anonymousreply 118August 6, 2025 4:57 AM

Hey, Vera. We got another stiff in the john.

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by Anonymousreply 119August 6, 2025 7:17 AM

[Quote] What products did the push? Hair gel? Wife beaters?

Husband killer.

by Anonymousreply 120August 6, 2025 8:10 AM

Did they find traces of feces on the knife?

by Anonymousreply 121August 6, 2025 8:29 AM

This thread died faster than Zieben-Hood.

by Anonymousreply 122August 6, 2025 12:58 PM

Can you imagine the stench of cologne in that apartment?

Too bad the dead one, who seemed at least smart and certainly good looking enough, couldn't break free of his abuser. The lesson to be learned is to RUN at the very first sign of physical abuse. And never look back, no matter how tasty that cock might be.

And the murderer is really going to have an awful time adjusting to life in prison. No protein shakes. No spray tans. No hair coloring... and worst of all, no cologne.

by Anonymousreply 123August 6, 2025 1:44 PM

R119 wins

by Anonymousreply 124August 7, 2025 2:39 AM
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