Muliagatele Brian Lima was smiling and polite when he approached his ex-wife and a partner in December last year, outside a nightclub in Apia.But within seconds, he turned abusive and in a fit of horror, beat them both.That’s what businesswoman and mother, Lemalu Sina Retzlaff, told the Court yesterday during the first day of Muliagatele’s trial.The former Manu Samoa player and coach has pleaded not guilty to two charges of intent to cause grievous bodily harm, two alternative charges of actual bodily harm, throwing dangerous objects, possession of a dangerous weapon and threatening words. He is represented by lawyers, Ruby Drake and Monique Va’ai. Leone Su’a-Mailo, of the Attorney General’s Office, is the prosecutor. Presiding over the trial is Her Honour, Justice Ida Malosi.The Court heard that the alleged incident occurred on the night of 12th December 2013. Lemalu told the Court she was with a friend whom she had only recently started dating at the time.They were leaving the Y-Not Bar and had just got into their vehicle when a white double-cab pickup stopped next to them. The driver jumped out of his vehicle and started to approach their car. “As soon as he jumped out, you could see him (Brian),” she said, indicating the defendant.She told the Court that Muliagatele was smiling as he approached them. When Mrs. Su’a-Mailo questioned how she knew it was her ex-husband, Lemalu responded that there was “quite a bit of lighting” that identified who was approaching their vehicle.“It was very clear to me it was Brian,” she said.She also identified the vehicle he drove that night as being the matrimonial property they had owned together which he still has. “He walked over to us as if to say hello.”This was when her male friend looked at her and sort of suggested whether or not they should leave, she said. However, Lemalu thought that it would be rude if they drove away while he was approaching their vehicle. So, “in the spirit of keeping the peace, I suggested that he put the window down.”She told the court that Muliagatele approached them “smiling.”It seemed that he just wanted to say hello. “I didn’t feel that there was a problem. I felt at the time to reverse and leave was rude.Brian leaned towards the window and started a conversation with us,” Lemalu told the court, her voice calm. “He said - how are you? – I said well. He asked if this was the person I am seeing - words to that affect,” she said.“Has he met the boys?” was the next question, she said.“My assumption was that he was talking about our sons. I said yes.” Muliagatele then asked who her male friend was. He said hello to her friend and then nodded.“He said that’s good. So has he met the boys?This was the third time that my children were referred to and the first time that I felt this was not a normal conversation.“So instead of just saying yes, I said something along the lines it has been three years.”Lemalu told the Court that what she meant was she had moved on from their marriage and relationship.“After I said it’s been three years – out of the blue, just out of the blue, almost seeming to trigger his own anger, Brian said – so you’re f*ing him on our bed.“It was a shocking statement that took our conversation to another level,” she said. Lemalu and her male friend looked at each other confused. “What bed?” she responded. This prompted Mrs. Mailo to question Lemalu about what she meant by this question. “I was confused.I didn’t know what he meant by the bed - I assumed it’s a matrimonial bed that he and I shared as a married or intimate couple.” But she said that question was the last thing she remembered “before the attack started.” Her male companion was punched, causing him to fall towards her.Another punch landed on her face on the right side of her face. Her eye was blurry and blood immediately started gushing out of her nose, she said.