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For those of you who don’t know me. My names Yesenia. I have two children and we are homeless. My kids are currently staying with my aunt and I’m staying somewhere else because they don’t have enough room. I am working but have so much money to pay in monthly bills that I’m barely able to save. Thank you for taking your time to read my gofundme. I just want to be back with my children and start a new happy life after all the pain.
I’ve spent months trying to figure out how to say what I’m about to say. But I have come to the conclusion that no matter what, there’s no way for me to say it other than the facts. Everyone else can make there own decision from here. What you’re about to read may shock a lot of people. Please read at your own discretion. To most Russell is the perfect boyfriend, father, son, brother. To my family, he is as close to the Devil as a human being could be. Russell came into my life February of 2012. I was in a very dark place then. Suicidal because I was only 15 and a freshman in high school being bullied by my ex-boyfriends friends. Another story for another time. Russell was someone I met on “Meet Me”. He was so sweet and made me feel special in a world where I felt like no one cared. After that Russell and I had a tragic 9 years together. He cheated on me many times. I know, I’m also at fault for not leaving but love makes you blind sometimes. He cheated on me more than five times. One time being a week before I put the down payment on the venue for our wedding in 2020.
Then he started physically abusing me. He beat me so badly once, that my face was so swollen, my eye couldn’t open for two days. He lied about having cancer in 2021 because I left him. He lied about having cancer while my uncle was battling cancer for the second time. That man had given Russell so much money, love and a home for free for years when his family abandoned him. Gave him the love and support he had never gotten from his family he says. This is just one example of who Russell Ball REALLY is. He also on many occasions verbally abused our eight, and three year old. He beat me in front of our children so much that by the end of our relationship, when Russell would physically abuse me or choke me; our children would continue watching TV unaffected by what was happening. I finally had got the courage to leave Russell for good; only to find out he had molested both of my sisters for years and raped my littlest sister when she was 12 and he was 24. We all just want to move past what has happened and heal from the pain Russell has inflicted on our entire family. I’m asking for $12,500.
$5,000 For relocation costs. Posting this will expose Russell for who he really is and he will come looking for me. Russell is not in jail currently because he manipulated and threatened my family into dropping charges against him. Update: Due to more victims coming forward, a case is being reopened.
$1,500 To start therapy for both of my sisters and I. For my sisters to get help with depression and PTSD from having to see Russell often due to living in a small town. The mental help is minimal here and getting them set up with “better help” would be a good start. I also need mental health as I have developed many mental issues from being choked and beaten.
$6,000 This is extra but I’m asking for help to reverse the damage by Russell that is possible. He manipulated and threatened me into getting over $8000 in debt with credit cards and personal loans.
I’ve spent months trying to figure out how to say what I’m about to say. But I have come to the conclusion that no matter what, there’s no way for me to say it other than the facts. Everyone else can make there own decision from here. What you’re about to read may shock a lot of people. Please read at your own discretion. To most Russell is the perfect boyfriend, father, son, brother. To my family, he is as close to the Devil as a human being could be. Russell came into my life February of 2012. I was in a very dark place then. Suicidal because I was only 15 and a freshman in high school being bullied by my ex-boyfriends friends. Another story for another time. Russell was someone I met on “Meet Me”. He was so sweet and made me feel special in a world where I felt like no one cared. After that Russell and I had a tragic 9 years together. He cheated on me many times. I know, I’m also at fault for not leaving but love makes you blind sometimes. He cheated on me more than five times. One time being a week before I put the down payment on the venue for our wedding in 2020.
Then he started physically abusing me. He beat me so badly once, that my face was so swollen, my eye couldn’t open for two days. He lied about having cancer in 2021 because I left him. He lied about having cancer while my uncle was battling cancer for the second time. That man had given Russell so much money, love and a home for free for years when his family abandoned him. Gave him the love and support he had never gotten from his family he says. This is just one example of who Russell Ball REALLY is. He also on many occasions verbally abused our eight, and three year old. He beat me in front of our children so much that by the end of our relationship, when Russell would physically abuse me or choke me; our children would continue watching TV unaffected by what was happening. I finally had got the courage to leave Russell for good; only to find out he had molested both of my sisters for years and raped my littlest sister when she was 12 and he was 24. We all just want to move past what has happened and heal from the pain Russell has inflicted on our entire family. I’m asking for $12,500.
$5,000 For relocation costs. Posting this will expose Russell for who he really is and he will come looking for me. Russell is not in jail currently because he manipulated and threatened my family into dropping charges against him. Update: Due to more victims coming forward, a case is being reopened.
$1,500 To start therapy for both of my sisters and I. For my sisters to get help with depression and PTSD from having to see Russell often due to living in a small town. The mental help is minimal here and getting them set up with “better help” would be a good start. I also need mental health as I have developed many mental issues from being choked and beaten.
$6,000 This is extra but I’m asking for help to reverse the damage by Russell that is possible. He manipulated and threatened me into getting over $8000 in debt with credit cards and personal loans.
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Yesenia Alvarez
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Missoula, MT