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It was Sean Tarala\u2019s eighth birthday party, and man was he excited. He\u2019d just gotten a new red bike! He was gonna eat cake! And then, just when life couldn\u2019t get any better, his aunt, Jennifer Connell, showed up. \u201cAuntie Jen! Auntie Jen!\u201d he shouted. He ran to her. He lept into her arms. But Jennifer wasn\u2019t prepared for such an exuberant hug. The pair tumbled to the ground. Jennifer experienced immediate pain in her wrist. So what did she do? She sued her nephew for $127k. You\u2019ll want to hear the whole story. This one has a twist ending.\xa0
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\nThen Brandi tells us an incredible story of survival. Robert Lee Burton was a controlling, abusive boyfriend. Following a violent attack, Melissa Dohme got a restraining order against Robert. That restraining order effectively ended their relationship. Melissa felt like a new woman. She felt free. But Robert didn\u2019t want to let her go. He called her and called her. He begged her for closure. He said he wanted one last hug. Melissa said okay.
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\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cAunt who sued nephew for $127k says she\u2019s not after money,\u201d by Chris Perez for the New York Post
\n\u201c\u2018She loves us\u2019: Nephew speaks out on aunt\u2019s hug injury lawsuit,\u201d Tribune Media Wire
\n\u201c8-year-old Westport boy on trial for exuberance,\u201d by Daniel Tepfer for the Connecticut Post
\n\u201cWoman loses lawsuit against nephew over \u2018exuberant hug,\u2019\u201d by Kim Lacapria for Snopes
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\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cLive to Tell: One Last Hug\u201d 48 Hours episode
\n\u201c48 Hours: Dating violence survivor tells story\u201d by Melissa Dohme, CBS News
\n\u201cMarrying the man who saved my life\u201d BBC News Magazine
\n\u201cDomestic Abuse Survivor Finds Happily Ever After with First Responder Who Saved Her Life: \u2018He Loved Me Through It All\u2019\u201d by Rose Minutaglio, People Magazine