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  • Husband Believed His Wife Cheated And Arranged A Paternity Test For Their Child – It Happens To Be That Neither Of Them Is The Parent

    Husband Believed His Wife Cheated And Arranged A Paternity Test For Their Child – It Happens To Be That Neither Of Them Is The Parent

    A couple, who wishes to keep their identity private, has sued the hospital that birth their baby after finding out 5 years later that their child was not theirs, Your Tango reported. 

    The bizarre story, shared on Twitter by user Saint Zoe (@Jupinapapi3), has garnered over 5 million views and 2k comments. The father allegedly asked his wife for a paternity test after having suspicions about her fidelity. After taking the test the man found that he was not the father however, the wife insisted that she did not cheat. The wife, standing strong in her truth, decided decided to take a maternity test herself only to find that she wasn’t the mother either. With the only culprit being the hospital, the couple went ahead and pursued a lawsuit against the clinic for switching their child at birth.

    In an update posted to Instagram and later shared on Twitter by Zoe, the parents were able to find their biological child. The woman who delivered the update wrote,

    “They found their biological daughter, she was in foster care.”

    Allegedly the family, whose child they had, was incompetent to care for their child, and their biological daughter was placed in child protective services. 

    “As crazy as it sounds, they have to now adopt their biological child (which they are in the process of doing),”

    she continued.

    “They are also keeping the nonbiological child as well.”

    As for the lawsuit, the couple was awarded $2 million for the hospital’s negligence. The couple has decided to

    “stay together”

    through the entire ordeal and the husband has 

    “apologized to [his wife] for ever doubting her,”

    the woman wrote. 

    Users took to Twitter to chime in on the story comparing it to the tv drama

    “Switched at Birth.”

    Saige (@makelizabeth272) wrote,

    “literally the entire plot of switched at birth.” 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Chinese-Born Woman Sues Adoptive Parents Claiming They Kept Her In ‘Basement Dungeon’ For Years

    Chinese-Born Woman Sues Adoptive Parents Claiming They Kept Her In ‘Basement Dungeon’ For Years

    A 19-year-old woman is accusing her adoptive parents of locking her inside a

    “basement dungeon room”

    for

    “most of her childhood,”

    according to the Miami Herald. 

    Olivia Atkocaitis was adopted from China when she was a baby in 2004 by New Hampshire couple Denise and Thomas Atkocaitis. The now, 19-year-old claims her adoptive parents kept her in a filthy

    “basement dungeon room”

    where they abused, isolated, starved, and forced her into involuntary servitude. 

    According to court documents obtained by Miami Herald,

    “Her parents imprisoned her in a dungeon basement room… They forced her to act as their personal servant. They subjected her to punitive manual labor. They isolated her. They withheld a public education from her. They starved her and beat her. They hurled the most vile, racial epithets at her. They withheld necessary healthcare from her. They failed to confirm her status as a US citizen and threatened her with terror, including extradition.”

    Miraculously, in 2018 Atkocaitis who was 15 at the time dug her way through the walls of the

    “basement prison,”

    escaping to a nearby woods. 

    She has now filed a lawsuit against her adoptive parents, New Boston, its police department, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, its child protective services agency, and a nonprofit international adoption agency, claiming that they were

    “aware of, and perpetuated (her) suffering.” 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • 97-Year-Old Froze To Death Near Door of Assisted-Living Center In Colorado, Family Lawsuit Says

    97-Year-Old Froze To Death Near Door of Assisted-Living Center In Colorado, Family Lawsuit Says

    An assisted living center in Louisville, Colorado is now facing a wrongful death lawsuit almost a year after an elderly resident was found frozen to death outside of the facility in February of 2022, Fox News reported.

    Mary Jo Staub was placed in the care of Balfour at Lavender Farms after she had been been experiencing confusion, depression and memory loss, and was determined by healthcare professionals to need close monitoring. With the starting rates of $7,500 a month, Staub’s relatives paid an additional $1,500 every month for heightened care. Despite their extra efforts to keep their loved one safe, no one was watching Staub when she wandered outside in below-freezing temperatures in the middle of the night.

    In a surveillance video, Staub is seen wandering the facility, getting locked out, and then banging on the doors for help. She made her way to a snow mound that was near the nurse’s station’s window and climbed it, but injured herself trying to get their attention. According to CBS News, she then crawled on her hands and knees towards the doors again, leaving a blood trail. Despite banging on a glass window for five hours, “No one at Lavender Farms was monitoring the security cameras that night,” the lawsuit states. “Not a single Balfour employee noticed Staub was locked out of the facility… Not a single Balfour employee was present to help Mary Jo in any way.”

    The Louisville Police Department did not press criminal charges against any of the employees responsible for Staub’s death, but the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment conducted their own investigation and issued eight violations against the facility. Their findings were also listed in the lawsuit.

    “Mary Jo will be greatly missed by all that knew her and forever be an inspiration to her family on how hard work, grit and determination will take one far in life,” her obituary read. “Rest In Peace. You are loved beyond words. A life well lived.”

  • Mariah Carey Speaks About Refusing To Pay For Siblings Hospital Bills In Autobiography: Older Sister “Tried To Sell Me To A Pimp”

    Mariah Carey Speaks About Refusing To Pay For Siblings Hospital Bills In Autobiography: Older Sister “Tried To Sell Me To A Pimp”

    Mariah Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. With over 220 million records sold worldwide, she holds the records for most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist, a female songwriter, and a female producer. Despite her being the highest certified female artist in the United States, 53-year-old “Songbird Supreme” has struggled with maintaining her relationships with her family members. In her autobiography, “The Meaning of Mariah,” the award winning singer and actress reveals why she made the decision to cut ties with her brother and sister.

    Growing up, Mariah Carey’s family struggles financially. When her parents divorced, her mother worked multiple jobs in order to support them. After her rise to fame, Mariah Carey took on the financial responsibilities of her family, including her older siblings: sister Alison and brother Morgan. With the combination of feeling used, mixed with resentment, she became low-contact with them.

    “When I was 12 years old, my sister drugged me with valium, offered me a pinky nail full of cocaine, inflicted me with third-degree burns, and tried to sell me out to a pimp,” she recalls.

    After years of therapy, Carey decided that the trauma they inflicted was too great, and cut them out of her life for good.

    “For my sanity and peace of mind, my therapist encouraged me to literally rename and reframe my family. My mother became Pat to me, Morgan my ex-brother, and Alison my ex-sister… I had to stop expecting them to one day miraculously become the mommy, big brother, and big sister I fantasized about.”

    In 2016, Morgan Carey spoke to The Sun, claiming his celebrity sibling refused to pay his and their sister’s hospital bills, despite his failed attempts to get ahold of her, Animated Times reports. After the release of her book, Alison and Morgan Carey have filed a defamation suit. Though the songstress has distanced herself with her brother and sister, she has created a family with her children, friends, and millions of adoring fans.

  • Woman Sued Company That Makes Fireball Cinnamon For False Advertisement, Claims Mini-Bottles Don’t Contain Whiskey

    Woman Sued Company That Makes Fireball Cinnamon For False Advertisement, Claims Mini-Bottles Don’t Contain Whiskey

    A woman is reportedly suing the company that makes Fireball Whisky for false advertisement. The woman says Sazerac’s packaging for the liquor brand is deceiving after she learned that Fireball Whisky mini bottles don’t include Whiskey, reports the New York Post. 

    The lawsuit was filed against Sazerac in Illinois by Anna Marquez after she learned that the Fireball Whisky mini bottles don’t actually have Whiskey in them, as she said it was

    “deceptive labeling on Fireball Cinnamon.” 

    Marquez says Sazerac sold Fireball Cinnamon mini bottles for $.99 at gas stations, yet, the mini bottles didn’t include whiskey and instead contained a malt drink. The Fireball Cinnamon mini bottle, which is also sold at non-liquor stores didn’t have the word

    “whisky”

    on it like the original Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and the suit says the flavor of the mini bottle was

    “malt beverage flavored to taste like its cinnamon whiskey”.

    Although the bottles were similar, many people who purchased the smaller bottles weren’t paying attention to the fine print, according to KSNT. The small print read,

    “Malt Beverage With Natural Whisky & Other Flavors and Carmel Color”.

    According to the suit, the choice of words was a

    “clever turn of phrase.”  

    The suit said,

    “[Consumers] will think the Product is a malt beverage with added (1) natural whisky and (2) other flavors… What the label means to say is that the Product contains ‘Natural Whisky Flavors & Other Flavors,’ but by not including the word ‘Flavors’ after ‘Natural Whisky,’ purchasers who look closely will expect the distilled spirit of whisky was added as a separate ingredient.”

    The lawsuit is reportedly representing

    “more than 100”

    other people including Marquez who purchased the drink. The plaintiff is looking for $5 million in compensation. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Woman Who Caused Explosive Crash That Left $10M In Damages To Canadian Neighborhood Is Suing Bar Who Gave Her Drinks That Night

    Woman Who Caused Explosive Crash That Left $10M In Damages To Canadian Neighborhood Is Suing Bar Who Gave Her Drinks That Night

    A Canadian woman, who caused $10 million in damages after driving drunk and crashing into a home that resulted in a massive explosion is now suing the bar that administered her the drinks; She believes they should be the ones to blame, NY Post reported. 

    Daniella Leis was reportedly arrested and charged with four counts of impaired driving in August 2019 after ramming her father’s Ford Fusion into a brick home which then punctured a gas line causing a huge explosion that destroyed four homes and injured seven people. The 26-year-old was reportedly on her way home from a Marilyn Manson concert at the Budweiser Gardens arena in London, Ontario, at the time of the crash. According to the outlet, the entire neighborhood had to be evacuated. 

    “The financial impact of Ms. Leis’ actions have been enormous, with a total damage estimate approaching $15 million,”

    Judge George Orsini told the court. Leis was sentenced to three years in prison in 2021. However, she and her father Shawn Leis have since re-emerged with a lawsuit against Ovations Ontario Food Services, who provided liquor to Daniella, claiming that the company is just as responsible for the crash. 

    According to legal documents obtained by the Post, the pair insists that staffers

    “ejected Leis from the venue while failing to take steps to ensure she would not drive home.”

    In addition, Leis also stated that Ovations kept giving her alcohol knowing she was already intoxicated, accusing them of putting

    “profit above safety,”

    and that the resulting damage was

    “caused or contributed to by the negligence, breach of duty, breach of contract”

    by the bar. The father-daughter duo says Ovations should be the ones to pay

    “any awards or judgment amounts”

    to the victims. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Woman Ordered To Pay Over $2,700 After Committing “Time Theft” While Working From Home

    Woman Ordered To Pay Over $2,700 After Committing “Time Theft” While Working From Home

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have given their workers the option to work from home. Though many would occasionally take breaks for lunch or to use the restroom, one Vancouver employee was caught lying about the amount of hours she had worked, NPR reported.

    Karlee Besse was employed by for the Vancouver Island accounting firm Reach CPA. After being accused of time theft, she was let go from her position. Besse later filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against her former employer, claiming they still owed her $5,000 in unpaid wages. The company responded by taking her to court.

    According to NPR, the company retaliated by filing a countersuit. Reach CPA accused Besse of performing personal tasks when she supposed to be working. A time tracking app on her work-issued laptop, that monitored her performance and activity, showed that Besse was overpaid by 51 hours.

    Besse denied the accusations, claiming some of the work had been printed out and done manually, instead of electronically, but provided no evidence.

    The finally ruling dismissed Besse’s claim, and she was ordered to pay Reach CPA $2,756.80 in damages within 30 days.

  • Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor Then Forcing Her To Get Abortion

    Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor Then Forcing Her To Get Abortion

    Steven Tyler is being sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor and forcing her to get an abortion, TMZ reports. 

    According to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, a woman by the name of Julie Holcomb is accusing the Aerosmith singer of

    “[performing] various acts of criminal sexual conduct upon”

    her, even though he knew she was underage. The defendant did not explicitly name Tyler in her suit. However, he is one of the 50 defendants identified as John Doe, she also uses specific quotes from his 1997 memoir describing their relationship. Holcomb says she was 16 years old when she first met Tyler at an Aerosmith concert in 1973, reports state. 

    The two connected about their

    “troubled”

    past and according to Holcomb, Tyler then started to perform sexual acts on her. She alleges that Tyler

    “illegally flew her across state lines”

    and continued to have sex with her. Court documents state that the singer even offered to take full guardianship over the then-teen however never followed through with his plans

    “and instead continued to travel with, assault and provide alcohol and drugs”

    to her.

    In 1975 Holcomb says she was 17 and pregnant with Tyler’s son. She claims Tyler tried convincing her to terminate her pregnancy after an apartment fire which he claimed the unborn child was suffering from,

    “a lack of oxygen,”

    reports reveal. Holcomb said she later terminated the pregnancy after Tyler threatened to

    “cut her off”

    financially. After that, she says she left Tyler and went back to her hometown in Oregon. 

    Holcomb is suing Tyler for sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?