For over 20 years, I worked diligently in IT, building a stable and independent life. In a devastatingly short amount of time, that life has been completely dismantled by a perfect storm of betrayal, a severe mental health crisis, and a legal system that failed to protect an innocent person.
It started when a repetitive strain injury from overwork ended my 13-year career. My employer, who I considered family, let me go and dodged their responsibility by stringing me along with minimal freelance work until it was too late for me to file for short-term disability.
I fought to rebuild. I sold my house to free up equity, planning to downsize into a manageable home I could own outright, creating a stable base to launch a new invention-based business. The proceeds from that sale are my entire life savings and my only shield against homelessness.
Then, catastrophe struck. My former partner, who suffers from severe, untreated schizoaffective disorder, destroyed our home during a psychotic episode. As I calmly left to de-escalate the situation, she injured herself. When police arrived, she falsely accused me of assault.
Despite providing irrefutable proof of my innocence—including her own recantation, witness testimony, and a documented history of identical prior incidents that police had correctly identified as mental health crises—I was arrested, jailed, and slapped with a protection order.
This order was the final, crushing blow. It locked me out of the property I was still legally leasing, severing my access to over $80,000 worth of business inventory—my only means of generating income. It trapped my possessions alongside the person who destroyed them. Most cruelly, it has prevented me from using the funds from my home sale to secure a new home, as I am trapped in a legal nightmare, forced to spend my finite savings on lawyers and temporary housing instead of stability.
I am now watching the money for my future house—my last chance at security—drain away every single day to fight a charge that should never have been filed. I am facing down the very real prospect of homelessness because the system chose to ignore the truth.
I am innocent. I am a victim of circumstance and a failed process. And without help, I will lose everything.
How the Funds Will Be Used
My entire future hinges on securing this one property. The opportunity to own a home outright—my one chance at stability—is slipping away each day as my funds drain on legal battles and survival. This is a strategic investment to prevent total financial collapse.
Every single dollar you contribute will be dedicated to one goal: securing the house and making it a livable foundation from which I can rebuild.
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$10,000+ Bridge Funding to Close the Gap: This is the critical, immediate need. The proceeds from my home sale are being depleted by legal fees and the exorbitant cost of temporary housing. This money will directly cover the shortfall to ensure the sale of this specific house can be completed, protecting me from the rental market and homelessness.
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Essential Repairs & Move-In Costs ($2,500): The property needs immediate, vital repairs to be safe and habitable (e.g., lock changes, minor fixes). This also includes costs for turning on utilities and securing insurance.
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Legal Fees to Secure Access & My Future ($2,500+): A portion must continue to fund the legal battle to dissolve the protection order and clear my name. This is non-negotiable; without a clean record, my ability to work and rebuild is permanently crippled. This is an investment in restoring my ability to earn an income.
This isn’t just a donation for a house. It’s a rescue mission to:
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Stop the financial bleeding caused by daily legal and living costs.
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Create permanent stability so I can focus on healing and working, not on where I’ll sleep next month.
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Protect my last chance to own an asset and have a foundation for my future.
The $10,000 goal is the minimum required to stop the immediate crisis. Every day of delay increases this amount. Your support is the barrier between me and irreversible loss.
I have always valued my independence and worked hard for what I had. To ask for help like this is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I am not asking you to take sides in a legal case; I am asking you to help provide the most basic human need: shelter.
Please, if you are able, contribute to helping me get a safe place to live. If you cannot donate, sharing this campaign would mean the world to me.
Thank you for your compassion and for helping me find solid ground again.
Donation Links
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