WHEN Gabriella Moore married the love of her life in an intimate ceremony, unlike other brides, she wasn't excited about her wedding night. Three years on from their big day, the model from Lithuania has never had sex with her husband beca use when they met, he was locked up in a Michigan prison . Detroit-born Jamal, 29, is serving the twelfth year of his 22 to 45-year sentence.
"I believe my husband was wrongfully convicted 12 years ago at the Michigan Department of Corrections ," Gabriella told The U.S Sun. "It was for second-degree murder, and he was imprisoned by hearsay and sentenced by Bench trial.
" Jamal, who also maintains his innocence, wrote a memoir called If Pain Was a Person . Gabriella and Jamal said their vows in front of a prison chaplain, a Lifetime production director, and one of Gabriella’s good friends. The newlyweds enjoyed a four-hour visit after saying "I do" in 2022.
“We did not have that experience of waiting until our wedding night to be intimate," Gabriella said. Still, they "make intimacy work," with modern inventions making things easier. Most read in Lifestyle "Getting playful on the phone works mainly when you can implement toys and other things, and it gets spicy,” she said.
Gabriella travels three to four times yearly and spends up to $3,000 to see Jamal. She stays in a hotel or with friends for a month near the Michigan prison, where conjugal visits are banned. “You can not have sex on a visit as Michigan does not have the conjugal vi.