A three year old Indiana boy, Noah Brown, is fighting for his life after he was severely bitten by the 12-year-old stepson of his father.
Namely, Noah’s parents have been divorced, and on the day of the harrowing incident, the toddler was supposed to be taken care of by his father.
The father, however, left Noah in the care of his stepson who was supposed to babysit the three year old.
Noah, who has been described by his family as a very energetic boy, started crying and that made the babysitter angry, according to Noah’s grandmother, Candy King.
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She explained that the 12-year-old babysitter was by no means a suitable person to be left in charge of Noah because he experienced anger issues in the past.
Unfortunately, in order to prevent Noah from crying, the babysitter started hitting him with a belt and threw him towards the bed and his head hit the bed frame of the bunk bed. The 12-year-old then continued to pound the toddler’s head into the wall before Noah finally collapsed completely.
Shortly after this vicious incident, the babysitter was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, possession of personal weapons, and four counts of battery.
Sadly, Noah suffered seizures and needed to be sedated because of the severity of the injuries he sustained.
“He has had to be placed in life support and has had a part of his skull removed due to the intensity of his injuries,” his mother, Michelle Lane, told the Mirror.
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“He has a long road to recovery,” Lane told Fox 59, adding “It’s not guaranteed what his quality of life is going to be but we’re praying and hoping for the best that he comes out just fine.” To make things even worse, she said Noah also is battling Covid-19.
Lane started a petition that asks for the legal age to babysit to be changed in her state to a minimum of 16 years old. She wrote that “there is no law on the age requirement for babysitting a minor in the state of Indiana.”
We pray that Noah recovers from the injuries as soon as possible.
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The love story between William and Kate dates back to the time they were both students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Speaking of the time they first laid eyes on each other, Kate once shared, “I actually went bright red when I met you and scuttled off feeling very shy about meeting you.
“William wasn’t there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn’t there from Fresher’s Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other.”
As their relationship progressed, they received the entire attention from the media. Kate even made a public appearance with the Royals and attended the Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy, which William took part in, along with her family.
And as everyone believed a royal marriage was just around the corner, the two split in 2007.
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Recalling the time of their break up, both Kate and William claimed it was actually good for them because they got to “find themselves.” Kate even said that “you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you’re younger,” as per The Telegraph.
Before the couple announced their engagement, Kate was nicknamed “Waity Katie” and “Lazy Katie.” According to Buckingham Palace officials, it was a reference to the fact that Middleton had recently quit her job to “prepare for her future life.”
Before meeting William and starting a relationship with him, Kate dated other people.
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Harry Blakelock is the man who was said to have broken her heart.
“When Kate arrived in Florence, she was really hung up about Harry,” a source told the Daily Mail in 2020.
“She spoke about him all the time and he seemed to have messed her around quite a bit. He seemed to have blown hot and cold with her when they were at school, and she was always talking about how she could get him back. He was also in Florence at the same time but from what I can remember, nothing happened.”
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Later, he married one of Kate’s friends.
Another of Kate’s loves was a man named Rupert Finch, who was studying his final year of law school when he and Kate Middleton began dating in 2001. The two dated for less than two years but remained good friends and attended each other’s weddings.
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However, her first boyfriend was Willem Marx, whom she met while attending Marlborough College in 2000. The two split shortly after but stayed on good terms and rumors were that he was even invited to her wedding to William years later.
“While Prince William’s first university girlfriend, Carly Massy-Birch, is still waiting for her invitation to his royal wedding, Kate Middleton’s former beau, Willem Marx, has had more success,” The Telegraph reported a month prior to the Prince and Princess’ wedding. They even asked Marx for a comment, to what he replied: “Who told you that I had been invited?” adding that it was a “false assertion.”
Meanwhile, a friend of Kate Middleton’s told the newspaper that Marx was still essential in her life.
“Willem means a lot to Kate,” the friend stated.
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Willem went on to study at Oxford University and began working for the business television channel CNBC.
According to reports he’s now married to television presenter Johanna Botta, who appeared in several seasons of the MTV reality show The Challenge, also known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge, and has a son, Diego.
Based in London and working as a reporter for CNBC, Kate’s ex has covered geopolitical news in Europe. He is said to have dual citizenship, in the UK and The Netherlands. He is fluent in French and Italian, and is believed to speak Spanish as well since his wife is of Peruvian-American descent.
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Botta often shares insights of her life on the social media. Recently, she shared that working as a freelancer helps her balance between her job and her role of a mom.
“Being freelance means always being ready to work and drop plans in a moment’s notice, not ideal I know!” Botta wrote. “But I get to spend so much time with my son, it makes it all worth it. I’m lucky to be in the position to make that choice.”
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In a separate Instagram post, Botta shared what a typical day of their lives looked like during the COVID-19 quarantine.
“Day: childcare. Night: Shoot show. Everything in between: fight with Husband, resent him and then thank him for helping me shoot at night,” she wrote.
Although she mostly posts photos of her son, she did share a photo of herself and her husband last year for their wedding anniversary.
“Sorry no refunds! Happy 8th wedding anniversary to us,” she wrote in the caption.
Kate and Willem didn’t last, but they both found their significant other.
Kate finally found true love with William and despite the obstacles they faced early in their relationship, they stayed together.
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Ever since they moved to sunny California, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle seemed to be having a blast with their children as money came pouring in from the numerous deals they made with the likes of Netflix and Spotify.
However, the truth is that they are now losing millions of dollars. Some months ago, they they lost their Spotify deal worth millions, and they will now be short of even more millions of dollars within their Archewell Foundation.
If reports are to be believed, Harry and Meghan’s foundation saw the donations to the charitable organization decline by $11 million in 2022 compared to the prior year, which was disclosed in a tax filing on Tuesday. Moreover, the revenue ended at $673,000, compared to more than $9 million in 2021.
The goal of their foundation is to “uplift and unite communities, both local and global, online and offline.”
This, of course, doesn’t mean the Sussexes don’t have any money left. On the contrary, the Archewell Foundation still holds just over $8.3 million in assets and cash. In 2022, it donated around $1.2 million to several charities, including the mine-clearing Halo Trust, which was once supported by the late Princess Diana.
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BBC reports that Archewell provided financial support for a “gender justice” project in Washington, donating around $200,000. Further, it donated $125,000 for a civil-rights charity, and $100,000 for a project promoting responsible use of technology.
According to US-based royal commentator Kinsey Schofield, the reason why the Sussexes‘ foundation lacks donation is because Harry and Meghan don’t work hard enough and that’s something potential donors have taken a glimpse of.
“In these tax documents, we see that they work like one day a week for this charity. No wonder people are hesitating to donate to their charity when their executive directors seem to be not as committed as certainly the Prince and Princess of Wales are to their charity endeavours,” she shared with GB News.
“This is interesting to me because Harry and Meghan, they’ve had somebody talk to TMZ, which is a big celebrity news site here in the States, because they want to clear the air here. They think that this story is garbage. They say that they are not in the red because they’re not a corporation and this is just the UK media making a big deal out of nothing,” she added.
“But interesting to me that a source close to Archewell can talk to TMZ about Archewell in the red…but no word on Endgame.”
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Endgame is a book published on November 28, 2023, by royal author Omid Scobie who is dubbed Harry and Meghan’s “mouthpiece.” Having this in mind, it doesn’t come as surprise that the Sussexes were portrayed as the “good guys” while William as power-hungry, and Kate as lazy.
What is interesting about this book is that the Dutch translation of it included the names of the “royal racists,” the ones who raised concerns about then unborn Archie’s skin color, as revealed in the infamous Oprah interview.
According to the author of the book, it was never his intent to reveal those names, but it was a pure misunderstanding as the Dutch translator was allegedly given the “uncleared text.”
“The book I wrote, the book I edited, the book I signed off on, did not have names in it. The only publisher I worked directly with was the one covering the US and UK,” Scobie told BBC.
Crisis manager Mark Borkowski claims that the publishing of this book could backfire for Harry and Meghan in the year to come.
“Something is beginning to unwind at the heart of Meghan and Harry. I think 2024 is going to be seismic, either because they’re going to do something to recover and find a new positive tactic, or it’s going to be the undoing of the brand. It can only go one or two ways. It can’t stay where it is at the moment. Because it’s clearly not working,” Borkowski said.
Brand and culture expert Nick Ede believes Endgame could negatively affect Meghan’s career in the same manner Spare affected Harry’s.
“The issue for a huge Hollywood agent is that they will find it hard to navigate the career of Meghan, fearing that more will come out over time and that, with court cases looming from her sister and potentially her father, she has tarnished her reputation and could potentially damage the reputation of her agency,” Ede said.
“Meghan in the right hands is a superpower – the world’s most famous woman – and on paper she could make millions for herself and for whomever represents her,” she continued. “But she’s proving to be too hot to handle and, even though she hasn’t said anything about the book, she’s guilty by association, and this is damaging for her and others as she plots her next career move.”
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One thing is certain, Harry and Meghan’s popularity in the UK declines.
A proof of that might be the list of popular baby names released by parenting and pregnancy website Babycentre. According to it, the names ‘Harry’ and ‘Meghan’ are dropping further and further down the records.
‘Harry’ is down to spot No. 31, dropping 16 positions from the year before, while ‘Meghan’ dropped 116 spots and is down to No. 682.
However, these two aren’t the sole royals whose name popularity declined compared to the last year.
“No names did well out of the royal divide amid the revelations in Spare. ‘Harry’ plummeted down the top 100 to number 31, while ‘Meghan’ also dropped in registrations, and ‘Charles’ and ‘William’ fell. ‘Princess’ was a new entry into the top 100, but this could be a nickname registered for a baby before they’re born, rather than a royal influence,” Babycentre wrote on their website.
At the same time, the name ‘Archie’ ranks 17 among the most popular boys’ baby names, while ‘George takes’ 8th. ‘Katherine’ or ‘Kate’ didn’t make the top 100 list, and the same even goes for ‘Elizabeth.’
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According to royal experts, Harry, Meghan, and their children might spend Christmas in the UK, bit not necessarily with the royal family.
The Mirror reports that Harry received an invitation from his friend and Archie’s godfather Charlie van Straubenzee.
“They have homes in London and Lincolnshire. Charlie is Harry’s best friend and also Archie’s godfather, and the pair have recently grown closer again following a distant few years when Harry first moved over to America,” an insider revealed.
“The Sussexes have recieved a number of invites from their friends in the US for the holidays. It’s not like they don’t have anywhere to go.”
The source added, “David Foster has invited them for his extended Christmas weekend, and there are also other options on the table, but there seems to be a stalemate over where they should go.”
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A single mother of one found herself in a delicate situation after failing to recognize the red flags that placed her and her son’s safety in danger.
She shared her story on Reddit’s “True Off My Chest” forum and explained that she and her son were living together in a one-bedroom apartment and never had much, but got used to the moderate life she could afford for them. The boy’s father was never in the picture and never saw his son nor he ever contributed to his upbringing financially.
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The woman worked and always did her best to provide for her son the best life possible, but their reality was that they always struggled to make ends meet.
He son, Owen, studied at public school that didn’t offer much possibilities. When he was about to attend second grade, his mom decided to switch schools and Owen attended another public school close to his mom’s workplace. This made things a bit easier for the woman who could now navigate between her son’s school and her job.
At his new school, Owen made friends with a boy named Charlie. The two bonded and started spending more and more time together.
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According to Charlie’s parents, Nate and Paige, not only they didn’t mind having Owen around, but they were happy he was spending time at their place hanging out with their son.
With the summer break of 2022 just around the corner, the woman found herself in a challenging situation. She considered a free or a low-cost camp for Owen, but Paige, who was a stay-at-home mom, offered to take care of Owen for the week.
Although this sounded generous, the woman wasn’t all comfortable with leaving her son under other people’s care for that long, but since Owen and Charlie became best of friends, she accepted the offer and thanked Paige for her hospitality.
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During the break, Owen enjoyed a week filled with activities. Not only that, but he was showered with all sorts of gifts.
When the summer came, Charlie’s parents offered to take Owen on vacation with them. Owen’s mom felt that wasn’t right, but she didn’t want to forbid her son from having a blast together with his best friend so she eventually agreed. She even expressed her gratitude to Nate and Paige, continually feeling overwhelmed by their generosity.
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However, as time passed by, Owen’s mom was intrigued by Paige’s infatuation with Owen. Paige confided that they had originally hoped for Charlie to have siblings, but circumstances had prevented it and Owen felt like a brother to Charlie.
This revelation did raise concerns, but the woman still believed the family’s relationship with her son was just an innocent one.
When Christmas 2022 came around, Paige and Nate insisted Owen to spend the holiday with them. They bough plenty of gifts for him and said they were looking forward for being together for the holiday.
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This time, it felt like their generosity exceeded the boundaries, and the woman started having suspicions regarding their intentions.
Well, she turned out to be right.
When she confronted them, and asked what was really going on, Paige and Nate said they wanted to take Owen permanently. They even offered the woman possible solutions of how they could become his legal guardians.
“I thought they were joking and said, ‘Like what, you’d be his guardians or something?'” quipped the single mom. “They got quiet and the reality rushed over me.”
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The woman was in a total shock. She said she would never, not in her wildest dreams, consider giving up her son. That’s when they started persuading her that she should consider it for Owen’s sake.
At that moment, the woman took her son by his hand and left Charlie’s parents home. She then blocked their numbers and decided to cut all contact with them, but she was still concerned for Owen’s safety.
Things were hard because Owen and Charlie became inseparable and explaining to her son why he couldn’t hang out with Charlie any longer or ever visit his place again felt as a burden.
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She truly didn’t know what her next step should be. Returning to his old school wasn’t an option for Owen at that point.
The woman even considered moving places, but with her finances, that wasn’t a possibility.
Following the Reddit community advice, the woman contacted her son’s school and explained Nate and Paige were no longer allowed to pick up Owen due to safety concerns.
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Owen and Charlie still interacted at school, but that was it. She explained to Owen that they couldn’t be having sleepovers any longer or hang out outside of the school.
One day, upon finishing school, Owen took the bus to a local recreation center for aftercare. Both the school and the center were alerted about Paige and Nate, and that particular day, the woman received a phone call about Paige wanting to take Owen from the center. The front desk, aware of the situation, refused to release him. Police were called, and Paige was escorted out of the building.
Paige wasn’t arrested but a police report was filed which the woman intended to use in court to obtain an order of protection.
The day after the incident, the woman finally gathered the courage to tell the truth to Owen and why he couldn’t be friends with Charlie any longer, except their meetings within the school.
When she told him that Charlie’s parents wanted to take him from her and become his legal guardians, Owen told his mom he would never leave her, not for any present in the world. He assured her that he would always pick her, because she was his mom who worked hard to give him a decent life.
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Season five of The Crown covered the ’90s-era, the decline of the marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles, as well as the late Princess’ fashion moments, including the enduring sleek, black, off-the-shoulder dress she wore in 1994, nicknamed the ‘Revenge Dress.’
Although most of us are pretty familiar with the story behind this dress, it was the series that brought back the events that made headlines close to 30 years ago, and with that, the ‘little black dress.’
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The famous dress, which serves as a unique piece of clothing with historical background, was designed by Christina Stambolian before Diana and Charles tied the knot.
Allegedly, when she ordered it, Diana said it was for a significant event.
According to Christina, the Princess didn’t care if it would be long or short, she just wanted it to be special. The designer, given the freedom, went with a risky, revealing design in black, which a reluctant Diana eventually agreed to.
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The flirty dress, which had hand stitched parts and took two people and over sixty hours to make, was worn by the Princess at a party hosted by Vanity Fair. That same night, Prince Charles’ tell-all documentary premiered on national television. The goal of the documentary was to regain the public’s sympathy for the future King, but it eventually backfired.
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When asked if he had been faithful to Diana during their marriage, Charles said yes. But he then added, “Until it became irretrievably broken down, us both having tried.” This subtle confession that he in fact had someone else in his life while married to the People’s Princess threw him back into hot water. he termed his affair with Camilla as a “deeply regrettable thing to happen.”
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According to Kerry Taylor, “We call it the “revenge dress” [because] she wore it the same evening Prince Charles confessed to his adultery with Camilla.”
Why Diana made the decision to wear it on that particular night will probably never be known. But until that point, she believed that the dress was “too daring,” and never wore it before although she had it in her wardrobe for three years.
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According to Princes Diana’s personal stylist, Anna Harvey, Diana had initially planned on wearing a different dress to this event but changed her mind in the last minute because she wanted to look like a million dollars for the occasion.
Elizabeth Holmes, a royal fashion commentator, stated that Diana was well aware of the impact a show-stopping dress could have in terms capturing attention because her outfit wasn’t usual for a member of the typically buttoned-up royal family.
The dress wasn’t just a piece of clothing but a symbol of Diana’s regained independence.
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As she moved on and left her failed marriage behind, Diana ditched the classic tropes of royal dressing and turned to a more modern style. She became self-confident and had a wardrobe to match the new her.
The designer of the dress believed it was never Diana’s intention to prove a point to Charles when she made the decision to wear the dress. Instead, she wanted to declare to another man, whom Christina believed was James Hewitt, “I am a very beautiful woman. I am sexy. Look at what you are missing.” Diana and James’ five-year romance fell apart.
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What is interesting about Diana’s “revenge dress” was that it was paid with Charles’ money. It cost 900 pounds to make, money withdrawn from then-prince Charles’ account.
As of Charles’ confession of being unfaithful, it certainly had an effect on Diana.
“On a human level for Diana, you can only imagine how upsetting that would have been, not only to hear that but to know that now the world has heard it. Effectively, Charles has aired some serious dirty laundry,” People Editorial Director Michelle Tauber pointed out.
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The love affair between Charles and Camilla started in 1986, according to Prince Charles’ authorized biography, as quoted by Town & Country. At the time, Charles was still married to Princess Diana and she eventually became aware that her husband was cheating on her.
Diana even confronted Camilla once, but nothing changed.
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Speaking of the troubles in her marriage and the reasons for its failure, Diana told Martin Bashir during a televised interview, “Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.”
Mere months after the separation was formalized, the press leaked a transcript of a conversation between Charles and Camilla. It revealed intimate and sexual exchange between the two.
Before it was published in details, the paper put a headline which read, “Charles’s Secret Bedtime Phone Call.”
The intimate conversation was dubbed “Tampongate” because it included a tampon reference.
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The People’s Princess died in a car crash August 31, 1997.
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She lost her life after she and her partner Dodi Fayed, the son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, her driver Henri Paul, and her bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones crashed the Mercedes in the Pont de I’Alma tunnel in Paris while trying to escape the paparazzi.
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Kevin Costner has always spoken of his now ex-wife Christine Baumgartner with fondness so the news of them divorcing after 19 years of marriage came as a shock not only to the couple’s fans but to the actor himself.
However, people close to the couple say Christine, who was the one to file for divorce, allegedly warned her husband that she would leave him had he continued be absent from home because of work.
Apparently, Costner’s absence was ‘hard’ for Baumgartner who wanted him to spend more time at home with his family in Santa Barbara.
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“During filming, Kevin is not around very much. His absence has been very hard for her,” a source reportedly said. Another insider reported that while Costner was aware that his wife was not happy in their marriage, her filing for divorce was nonetheless a shock to him.
“Christine doesn’t want him to throw himself into another project. He has been obsessed with filming Horizon since last year. She wasn’t happy about it,” a source reported.
“At times, his career has taken precedence over his home life,” another source added.
“All of this success and excitement over the new project probably took his attention away from his family more than he realized. Since it didn’t look like that would change and likely could get worse, it caused tension at home,” the source added.
Christine cited “irreconcilable differences” and a spokesperson of the actor said in a statement, “It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond Mr. Costner’s control have resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in a dissolution of marriage action.”
“We ask that his, Christine’s and their children’s privacy be respected as they navigate this difficult time.”
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Baumgartner was seeking $161,000 a month in child support for their three children, Cayden Wyatt, 15, Hayes Logan, 14, and Grace Avery, 13.
In order to try and guarantee this income, Baumgartner went to court, but it was Costner who scored the victory, as per his fans, although the actor said there were ‘no winners’ in the bruising battle.
Namely, a judge in Santa Barbara slashed Baumgartner’s child support payments to $63,000 per month, which is less than half of the $129,000 she currently gets and considerably less than the $161,000 she asked for.
“You know, when you have a life that long with somebody, there is no winner…and it’s this big, crazy thing called life and how it unravels so quickly,” the actor told Fox News Digital.
“One minute you feel like you’re on top of the world, and then you realize how, you know, how vulnerable you are,” he added.
Jewel went above and beyond by mentioning Costner on social media. “It’s an incredible time, and one I use to relax, rest, and play with my son!” she remarked of the tennis fundraiser hosted on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. This year, @kevincostnermodernwest was gracious enough to mentor our youngsters.”
A source told TMZ, Jewel is “picky,” and “she wants a good man, and Kevin fits the bill,” according to the magazine.
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A woman, Catherine, was at the supermarket’s parking lot during a peacefully evening and decided to give her husband a call and grab some coffee with him. Knowing he often stopped by the supermarket on his way home, she hoped he would be able to do the same thing this time.
However, when she tried to call him, the call went straight to voice mail and she soon received a text message from him telling her he was still at work.
She then parked her car, grabbed the shopping bag from the backseat, and exited the vehicle. But as she navigated through the parked cars, an SUV caught her attention. Was that her husband’s? According to the rear bump it was. But where was he, she wondered. At that moment, the thought of him staying late at work during the past period, the secret phone calls, and his rather odd behavior started flooding her mind.
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Catherine decided to return to her car and wait for her husband to appear so that she could confront him. Shortly after, an old cheap car parked next to her husband’s SUV. To her surprise, in the old car was her husband Dylan. He was dressed in old ragged clothes. She was in complete shock and couldn’t understand what was going on.
Dylan then got out of the old car, changed the old clothes into his work suit, and entered the SUV.
Catherine rushed home and waited for him there. She decided not to say anything to him.
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“So, how was your day?” she asked, noticing he seemed lost and wasn’t interested in the food.
“Oh, it was usual…meetings, paperwork, the regular stuff,” he answered as if he had practiced the reply before.
“I thought you’d have popped out for a bit?” she said.
“Nah, today was packed,” he replied, and Catherine’s heart sank. Was he lying because he was cheating on her? She wanted to confront him really badly, but she couldn’t do it, not without proof.
The following morning, she got up early and decided to wait for him parked at the supermarket’s parking lot.
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Seeing her getting out of the house, Dylan said, “Where are you headed so early?” He was dressed in his usual work attire, all dressed up.
“Oh, I’ve booked an early morning massage session, remember? The back pain’s been killing me,” she lied.
“Going without breakfast?”
“Yeah, I’ll grab something on the way and see you in a while. Sleep in,” she said as she left the house.
Some time later, she noticed her husband arriving at the parking lot in his SUV and then switching to the sedan.
He put on the old clothes and started driving, and Catherine drove after him.
At one moment, as he took a look from the rear-view mirror, their eyes almost met, but a passing bus broke the line of sight.
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Catherine’s heart was skipping beats and her hands started sweating. She had no idea what was going on and didn’t know what to expect.
As their vehicles left he city’s outskirts and took a less-traveled route filled with cracks and potholes, Catherine found herself in a forested area.
Dylan turned into the dirt road leading into the woods and Catherine decided to continue this strange journey on foot, hoping to get sight of her husband or his sedan deep into the woods.
After walking through the dense forest, she finally found herself at the clear. There, she spotted a wooden house and Dylan’s sedan parked next to it.
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Catherine hid behind the bushes, about 30 meters from the house, and saw the house’s porch where Dylan was…talking to a poor man in ragged clothing.
As she spotted them laughing, she approached them and yelled, “What’s going on here?”
“Catherine? Wha-what are you doing here?” Dylan asked, shocked.
“Who is this beauty?” the other man, Harry, asked, looking at her.
“I’m his wife!” yelled Catherine. “Explain everything, Dylan! Why did you lie about the office meeting? And what’s with you switching your SUV in the supermarket’s parking lot and coming here in that rundown vehicle? And WHO IS THIS MAN??
Dylan’s blood froze.
“Wife? You never mentioned her! You said you were a poor man who worked at the gas station!” Harry stared at Dylan. “You were lying all along?”
“Harry, please. I-I can explain!” Dylan replied nervously.
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Harry got raged, grabbed a bottle from the nearby table and smashed it against Dylan’s head. Dylan then lost consciousness.
Moments later, when he opened his eyes, he realized he was dragged to the basement and tied to a chair, and so was his wife.
“Start talking, Dylan! What the heck is happening?” Catherine said with fear and confussion.
“I should’ve told you everything, but I wanted to protect you from my past,” he said. “I-I had a son, Catherine, and it all started when I went to a doctor with him…”
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19 years ago… Dylan exited the doctor’s office together with his baby son. The little one was diagnosed with a rare condition and needed urgent surgery, which would cost about $100,000.
He called his then-girlfriend to tell her the devastating news and told her to wait for him and their baby home. But once there, he noticed a note on the table from her which read, “Don’t look for me. I didn’t want this child, Dylan! Bye!”
Desperate, Dylan called his friend Harry and the two, along with Harry’s crew, plotted a plan to rob a bank. While Harry and his friends were robbing the bank, Harry was waiting in the car for them ready to drive off.
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On D-Day, the crew went on with their plan. Dylan waited, and some time later, Harry flung the car door open and jumped in.
“DRIVE NOW!” he shouted.
“Where’s the rest of the crew?” Dylan asked.
“They’re gone! Drive!” Harry ordered.
Dylan did as he was instructed. But not long after, he noticed the police lights in the rearview mirror. As the police was getting closer and closer, they started firing and Harry was hit in the shoulder. The car of their car was also pierced.
“Keep driving!” Harry said at that moment, groaning in pain. But as they noticed it was extremely difficult to control the car, Harry changed plans.
“We’re not going to make it, Dylan! Listen to me…” Harry said. “There’s a narrow alley up ahead, about 300 meters. Drive into it, and you’ll find a sewer hatch. Ditch the car, get into the sewers, and follow the markings. Don’t worry about me. Take all the money with you. But keep my share. I expect to be paid when I get out of jail.”
Harry got arrested, but the police didn’t find the money.
Dylan could now proceed with his son’s operation, but sadly, it ended up costing double the money, so he, although he knew he would find himself in trouble, spent Harry’s share too.
“I spent Harry’s share and got the surgery done, but my son didn’t make it. His passing left me broken, but when I met you, Catherine, things changed. I felt like I could start a new life. I thought Harry would never find me, especially not 20 years later. So I never told you the truth.”
“How did he find you?” Catherine demanded, still shocked by his revelations.
“I got a call from him. He said he was out of prison. I have no idea how he tracked my number. I pretended to be a poor man because I didn’t want to return his share. Whatever I’ve earned is through my hard work. So I came up with a plan to deceive him.”
“$100,000 is a drop in the ocean for you, Dylan! You could’ve just given it to him. How could you play with our lives like this? I hate you!” Catherine sneered.
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Right then, the basement door flung open. Harry appeared with a smirk. “I just had a little visit to your cozy home,” he snarled. “Quite the palace you’ve got there, though not many valuables. Makes me wonder where all the money went.”
At that moment, Dylan asked Harry to let Catherine go and he would give him a million dollars from his bank account.
Harry agreed. “But if you even think of playing any tricks or getting the police involved, I won’t hesitate to spill all about your dark past,” Harry warned Dylan. “Remember, I’ve got nothing to lose, and I’ve plenty of allies in jail. You mess with me, and you pay the price.”
When the two entered the bank, Dylan realized that Harry wasn’t someone he could trust. He feared for Catherine’s life and decided to do something about that.
As they approached the clerk, Dylan shouted, “This is a robbery!”
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Everyone panicked and Harry got confused. He threatened to expose Dylan’s past to the police. “I will tell them everything myself,” Dylan said, “but I’m glad Catherine will be alive!”
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Actor Matthew Perry passed away October 28, leaving fans, family, and friends mourn his sudden loss.
Among the mourners were Perry’s Friends castmates, who released a joint statement after news of his death broke.
“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” the cast said in a joint statement. “There is so much to say, but right now we’re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss. In time we will say more, as and when we are able. For now, our thoughts and our love are with Matty’s family, his friends, and everyone who loved him around the world.”
Through his iconic role of Chandler Bing, Perry brought joy to millions of people worldwide. Sadly, although he made many laugh, he wasn’t able to help himself in his years-long struggle with addiction.
In his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which he released last year, Perry spoke openly about his years-long fight with addiction.
Perry was found unresponsive in the hot tub in his LA home. When Perry’s assistant, whom he refereed to as Erin in his memoir, returned home after running errands found the actor’s head underwater, Captain Erik Scott of the LAFD reported.
“Los Angeles City Firefighters responded [and] found an adult male unconscious in a stand-alone hot tub. A bystander had brought the man’s head above the water and gotten him to the edge, then firefighters removed him from the water upon their arrival,” Captain Scott said.
“A rapid medical assessment sadly revealed the man was deceased prior to first responder arrival. The circumstances are under investigation by LAPD and the LA County Medical Examiner. We mourn with families and friends who lose a loved one unexpectedly,” he continued.
It was reported that prior to his passing, Perry played a game of pickleball, a game he was a huge fan of.
He was indeed someone who fought hard to break off his habits and to stay sober, for which he had spent over $7 million over the years, but that wasn’t always easy. In fact, Perry used his personal experience to help others who were in the same position as he was.
On Friday, the Los Angeles county medical examiner provided details related to Perry’s cause of death, saying the actor died of “acute effects of ketamine” while contributing factors included “drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine” – which is used to treat opioid use disorder.
Close friends of Perry have stated that the actor was clean and sober prior to his death, while Perry himself had showed a clear willingness to turn his life around in recent years.
I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we’re going to miss Matthew Perry enormously. Thanks for all the memories!
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