Justice for Ari: A Mother's Plea for Help

Hello everyone, we are seeking justice for Ari!

I am begging for help for my daughter, who after going through one of the worst traumas a girl can go through is now being wrongfully accused of being the aggressor and is facing life in prison. It is absolutely crucial that we raise money to support her cause and get her the best person possible to represent.

I am absolutely heartbroken and still in shock, as is my beautiful daughter and all our family. I’m reaching out to you — not just as a mother, but as someone desperately fighting for her daughter’s future, her dignity, and her life.

My daughter, Ari, has always been one of the beautiful lights in my life, a long with her sister and brother. No matter how grown she gets, she'll always be my little girl — sweet, giving, kindhearted and full of dreams. But in 2023, everything changed for her.

Ari became the victim of a devastating and traumatic event — something no young woman should ever have to endure. But instead of receiving the support and protection she deserved, she has been wrongly and unjustly charged. She is 100% innocent. I still cannot believe what they are doing to her.

She is mentally broken and living a nightmare right now, that she never deserved.

We’ve watched in horror as the system has twisted the truth and failed her at every turn. Instead of healing from her trauma, Ari has been forced to fight for her freedom and sanity. She's been assigned three different pub defenders, all of whom have had "conflicts of interest" — the latest of which was so inadequate the judge herself lost patience in our zoom meeting and became very angry at the woman and her negligence.

From the start, it seems the state has been on a mission to ruin her life, while the person who is actually guilty is locked up as we speak on many other charges unrelated to Ari or this situation. How can this possibly be happening?

Ari was so close to finishing her bachelor’s degree. She had dreams, ambition, and a future full of hope. But now, she’s lost nearly everything — her mental health, her car, her education — all shattered by the weight of this nightmare.

Last night, I held her in my arms again as she cried and asked, “Mommy, why are they doing this? I would never hurt anyone.” I’ve heard that question more times than I can count. She has suffered and suffered and I have myself had to get on the phone or text and email with friends and loved ones, during and after some of her emotional breakdowns, asking for prayers and emotional support. She is shaking in fear of the person who did this, she can't breathe and just shakes in my arms. It is overwhelming and heartbreaking and it is absolutely disgusting that she is being put through this ON TOP of the horror of what already happened.

The truth is, we never wanted to do this. We’ve done everything we could on our own to avoid asking for help. But now, we can’t do it without you. We were able to gather the down payment for someone we trust, but we need help covering the remaining amounts and related expenses. Due to this individual coming on board just this week, we have very little time and as he stated to us, this is an incredibly serious case going before a known to be difficult lady. So he is requiring us to pay the balance in a very short amount of time (three months). We have all done everything we can to pay the first half, and will be selling what we can (unfortunately we don't have that much worth selling but we are doing what we can.) We cannot get any more loans and there seems nothing left we can do on our own, so on the advice of multiple friends and family members, we are setting up this gofundme to help with the rest of the amount needed for these expenses including transportation back and forth, hiring experts and Private investigator and for the best person we are able to obtain to argue her Innocence and prove it without a doubt.

Please, if you’ve ever known Ari — or even if you haven’t — believe me when I say she doesn’t deserve this. No one does. If you can donate, share this, or even offer a kind word or a prayer, it would mean the world to us.

While I cannot provide any other details as this is a sensitive and serious situation where we cannot go into detail here, but If you’d like to speak with me directly before donating, I am here for that. l will do anything to fight for my daughter and make her whole again.

I know that many reading this have children of your own and would fight any and everyone in any way possible for your child in their innocence. I believe God will lead us to where we need to be and what we need to do, and I have prayed very hard about this and what to do to help Ari.

Please help us save her and get justice and prove her innocence.

Thank you from the depths of my heart for listening, for caring, and for helping us seek justice and healing.

With love and hope,

[Ari’s Mom]