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My husband and I have been forced out of our home by a roommate. We are currently living at his parents with all our things in a uhual truck and storage unit. Our animals are spread across 3 houses because we cannot keep them all at his family's.

Our exroommate violently attacked my husband twice. First time he tried to gouge out Chad's eye with his fingers, leaving Chad with a black eye. The second time he pulled Chad through a window and broke his nose. Chad had to have stitches in his elbow and leg from being pulled through the glass.

This guy was in jail for 5 months and stopped paying his part of the rent. We were told by the landlords that we would have the lease in our names so we thought he wasn't going to be allowed back. The landlords never did the paperwork so turns out the house was still in his name. The first night he was out of jail he called the police 3 times. The police let him in and told us we could not keep him out even though we were all scared. I immediately went to the court the next morning, after being forced to sleep on an air mattress in the living room. I was granted a restraining order against him protect myself, Chad, and our roommate who had taken his place. While I was at the court he actually showed up and scared me so much I ran to the bailiffs and they walked me around the rest of the time. That night was the first attack.

By Friday morning we had decided to cut our losses and just move out. I placed a note on the door stating we were moving and to please let us move in peace. We had the uhual outside and were getting ready to move when Mike showed up and tried breaking down doors and windows into our side of the house. This is when the second attack happened. Chad was taken to the hospital and I was left to deal with the police. I told them all we wanted was to move without Mike being there so they told him not to come back for 24 hours. The police escorted him off the property around 5:30 Friday night. I called my whole family to help start the moving process. It seemed like an impossible task. Chad didn't get home till around 9pm. He is very badly banged up and we still had so much more to move. Chad and I were also running extremely low on energy. We were so stressed and concerned for our safety we couldn't eat or sleep for 3 days. Chad actually was under the belief Mike got arrested and I honestly don't know how the police didn't.

On Saturday we called up all our family and a few friends to help us move. If Chad wasn't injured it would have been much easier to move. We thought we were safe, we thought we had until 5:30 to safely move but Mike showed up again. He took one of our tvs and left before the police showed up. Mike continually tried to talk to me a clear violation of the restraining order. The police just the night before told him he was not allowed to talk to me and when he wouldn't stop they took him out of the room. We thought it was over then but around 3 he showed up again because he had to pee. There is a liqour store not more than 100 feet from the house with a useable bathroom. Luckily we were moving our animals out and that was all we had left. We pretty much ran away. I didn't even get to do a final walk through so I know I left things.

Chad and I are both so emotionally distraught the sound of a clock can make us have a panic attack. Our hearing for a permanent restraining order is on August 12. As long as we aren't in the residence we shared he has to stay 100 yards away from us. The only time I saw him off property he just laughed when I told him he needed to get away from me.

My life has been turned upside down. I have no place to call home which means I can't even work. We have a little bit of money to pay first months rent somewhere but I need help with a deposit and will need help with medical bills soon. We are going to look for apartments Monday but the longer I have to wait the more expensive moving is. I need $1000 for a deposit and another $1000 for medical expenses. Any amount helps Thank you so much.

Below are from the second attack.

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Sarah Burns
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Los Angeles, CA

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