Cassie's Legal Fees for Justice
I started this campaign to help my sister with the growing legal fees in her fight for justice. This picture is from a time before she endured 18 years of pure abuse and hell. A time when she was happy, healthy and confident. Unfortunately she was so isolated and afraid that she never reached out to anyone. Just was robotic in her daily life to survive. Wake up, drop kids at school, go to work, come home, cook dinner, clean house, and repeat. Walking on egg shells so that she would not be attacked by her husband. Please keep in mind that her husband is 6'4" and 285 lbs. whereas my sister is 5'4" and 150 lbs.
When her oldest daughter left for college which is over an hour and a half away, she was able to get counseling and guidance on what she had endured. She was then able to get my sister out of the home. It was a long hard process for my niece since my sister's husband had forbidden the entire household to have anything to do with her. My sister was so afraid that when her daughter would call her at her job she would say “I can’t talk to you” and hang up. My sister was convinced her husband would find out and was too terrified to talk with her daughter. But her daughter never gave up, she continued to call her at her job. Finally they began to talk during my sister's lunch breaks. Over time my niece convinced my sister to talk with the people at the abused hotline and other local advocates. My sister would do this during her lunch breaks while still keeping the same day in and day out persona for Kenny.
Finally on the night of November 10, 2014, my sister left and went to stay with her daughter. Then on the 12th she filed a protective order in different county from where the marital residence resided. This was due to the fact that her husband's family has man ties in the sheriffs department. It took 5 additional days for the order to be served on her husband. Less than an hour after being served, he went and filed Criminal Charges against her for a scratch and threat that she would cut off his penis. These were false allegations and why on earth this county did not see that this was clearly retaliation is beyond my comprehension. The next day my sister, who has been abused for so long, was placed in handcuffs and shackles and arrested. Her husband even went to the courthouse that day to see her in this condition. This just shows you what a sick individual he truly is. He then also filed for a protective order against her, which was denied.
The only reason I became aware of this is because her husband reached out to me on Face book via a private message on the night of November 10. He hasn’t spoken to me in years and hates me because in 1996 I tried to keep my sister from going to NC with him. He has held that over her head and every time I would call the house he would abuse her with that, so I avoided calling all these years to save her grief. So now he is reaching out to me with a “poor me” story. Of course I knew there is no way that any of what he was telling me could be true, but I wanted to hear what else his crazy mind was thinking. For a couple of weeks following there were messages on Face book, text on my phone and calls. He was trying to find out exactly where my sister was and trying to get me to side with him. In a message on November 18, 2014 he stated that he put her in jail because of the protective order. This is one of the main reasons I flew from AZ to NC to appear in court this past Monday to testify in court. If I were there then they could not throw the Face book conversation out. I also wanted to be there in support my sister and niece.
Not going into all the details, but there have been events that have made this case even more bizarre and unbelievable. For instance, the original judge in the county my sister's case was filed passed away within one week of the continuance. So the next judge just passed the case over to the other county. There were more continuances until this week.
What we thought would be a one day hearing has now turned into three and who knows maybe four. He has controlled the kids, has their cell phones and is not allowing them to have any contact with my sister or my niece. My sister has only seen her children for a two day visit right before Christmas and during that time he would call every 30 minutes. The kids then snuck into my niece’s (their sister's) phone and took pictures of messages, etc. They were little spies for their father. My niece said that she can’t hold that against them because if she were there age and still in the house, she too would have done it. That is how controlling and scared you are of him. After that visit my sister has not seen nor spoken to her children. Except for the few calls that her husband had them make to her to scream at her and blame her for all of this.
During Monday’s hearing it was mostly her husband up on the stand lying his ass off about my sister. I mean he put his hand on the bible and then lied, lied, lied. The only reason I was able to testify on Monday is because I had to fly back to Phoenix early today. Today's portion again was him lying and then his mother lying on the stand as well. He even tried to intimidate my niece by giving her dirty looks and mouthing things to her.
There are so many many details I can share with you that this would go on and on. From the many times he would step on her throat cutting off her air, bending her toes until he broke her foot, throwing her out of the house in nothing but her bra and panties in the cold of night, etc. My sister has already depleted what was left of her 401K on lawyers. I and my other sister have depleted our "emergency" funds as well. That is why we are now turning to social media to reach out to family, friends and/or anyone who can help contribute to my sister's fight for justice against the abuse and to save the remaining children in the house. Evey little bit helps.
Even if you are unable to contribute financially, your prayers are needed. Please pray for my sister and her children. Share this story so that my sister can keep her attorneys and fight this awful fight.
Thank you and God Bless you all.