I am so so so glad to hear that Michelle collected herself after that horrible experience and put it aside, lives normally, got an mba, makes a career and a path in life for herself. Even sued the police. The woman is a role model for sure
I live 7 miles from where this happened. Michelle did win a law suit and won a undisclosed amount from the city of Anaheim and it was approved by the city council. I'm so glad she got monetary compensation.
That’s good. I believe that’s was apart of his plan all along. To put her in jail and collect all the money. Then he bails her out smh. Also last year he was finally indicted on charges
People who lie about having cancer are asking for some kind of karma of the highest degree. Michelle really went through it, and I too thought Ian sent the emails! This one was wild indeed
Ok I did NOT see that coming, I immediately thought it was Ian sending the emails at first but now I definitely think both him and Angela were in it together. Like at the very least Ian planted the idea and Angela took it too far and he realised how psycho she was and that's why he went to police. SO shady of him to sell the condo and not give her Michelle a cent. But I'm also not surprised he was clearly a trash human.
I honestly think that Ian planted the idea in Angela's head saying that if they get Michelle in jail, they'd sell the condo and use the money to buy another house without letting Michelle get half the money, but Ian must have became greedy or he might have just gotten sick of his crazy wife that he just snitched on her and ended up taking all of the profit from the condo.
I can’t believe he got away with it. I’m pretty sure that they had a legal document from the property dispute that the profit was supposed to be split.
Ian was completely involved at some level. They probably both thought harassing Michelle would be a lark. But then he probably realized Angela was extra nuts and it wasn’t worth getting in trouble for her.
I feel SO bad for michelle. She definitely got the short end of the stick in this ENTIRE situation. From having to pay for the condo and going to prison. To think that this whole thing could’ve been avoided if only the police had seized Angela’s devices when the emails first started!
When I was in jail I was pregnant and lemme tell you, women in jail will absolutely be protective of pregnant women and children. A lot of them are mothers themselves. Everyone was so kind to me and really looked out for me, it was such a change from when I had last been there and had almost no friends but was at least left alone. When I was there while pregnant, I could say I was craving something (usually rice crispy treats) and someone would pop up with one for me. And if you don't know, commissary food is like money in jail, usually someone isn't going to give you something like that if you ask unless you're close and all I had to do was say I was craving one and one would appear, I didn't even have to ask. Just for context on how women in jail treat pregnant women. So it does not surprise me that she was shunned and treated horribly in jail because they believed she had been doing these things to a pregnant woman.
thank you for sharing! i hate it when people act like everyone in prison is evil. the vast majority is just people who made a mistake, and this once again proves how kind inmates can be. ❤️
@@hattarapilvi yes exactly! Although I was in county jail and not prison but county is usually where you go before your sentenced to prison so there's still the same type of people for the most part. The vast majority of the people I was with were in there because they were drug addicts and/or had serious mental health problems. One 18ish year old woman was constantly in and out of jail and always kept in solitary because she's so mentally unstable. She should have been put into a mental hospital instead but the local one closed down and we only have a single floor in a hospital for inpatient for the entire county. She usually got arrested for prostitution (pretty sure she was forced into it and didn't know what she was doing) or being belligerent in public. She also frequently missed court appearances for precious charges so she would be put back into jail for that. She didn't have a clue what was going on around her most of the time but girls in the other pods (one was sort of attached to the solitary pod) would give her snacks from commissary and help her out when she needed it because she didn't have any family that seemed to care to put money on her books. Just for an example on how generally kind women in jail can be. Of course that's not the case with everyone, there's definitely some bad people in there, I was in jail with child molesters, child abusers and even child killers. One girl pimped out her literal baby daughter and filmed the cp acts. You can imagine how those types are treated, female child molesters/abusers are treated faaaar worse than the male ones bc the male ones are usually put in their own pod while female ones are all mixed together. And the COs were way worse than any other inmate, far more abusive and cruel, because they could get away with it. No one cares about inmates because everyone assumes we've all done something horrible to deserve it when in reality most of us were harmless drug addicts or missed court or something. My first time was for drugs but the second time was because I accidentally missed family court (they sent the letter about the date being rescheduled to my old address!!!) and the judge wanted to make an example of me or something I guess. Anyway sorry for the long reply you didn't ask for lol, I just wanna let it be know that most of the women I was in jail with were good people who were going through a rough patch. I'm still friends with some of them years later.
that sounds very similar to mental heath hospitals. no one judges you there, because we're all there to get better. people to get protective of one another. I've been in several mental hospitals for attempted suicide. but like I said, no one in those places judge you or make you feel like you're a terrible person for landing yourself a spot in the hospital. I met some of the kindest people in those hospitals. I even still text or call some of them if I am ever feeling down, because I know that they know what it's like. being in those hospitals really taught me to never judge a book by it's cover. at the end of the day you realize that you all want the same thing. you want love and kindness and understanding. you want to get better and you want people to understand that it is ok to ask for help. it is very much a relief to see people who get you, like they know your in and outs, they ask you what makes you the happiest. I was texting a girl that I met in the hospital and I told her I was feeling very suicidal at the time( this was about a few months ago). she asked me what was preventing me from going all the way through it. I told her that it was because of my cats, Sophie, Liam and Tessa.
My dad lied about having cancer when I was a teen and it majorly fucked me up when I was in high school. As an adult, I have a degree and work in neuropsychology. I realized he's just severely mentally ill. And many things he said to my sister and I growing up were delusions and paranoia.
I'm so sorry you went through that. My dad did the same thing actually, but I had a very odd dysfunctional relationship with him so I knew he was lying. It sounds awful but I didn't believe him because I knew it was exactly the kinda thing he would lie about when he did something wrong, so I was like yeah okay mate lol. He lied that his father had died, forgot, and then said he'd died AGAIN. Bro. I think if he was smarter about it, it would've been worse, but he was a bad liar. I ended up doing my masters in cognitive psychology and behavioural neuroscience so hey, parallels there.
@@mg192 he never got chemo. He lived with my aunt at the time and I asked her sometime later- she said he never went to the doctors, hospital or anything. As I became an adult, I noticed he would say impossible things and have these insane delusions that I could recognize as not real. He lied about things at times and had delusions. Growing up and questioning things about him, also learning about mental illnesses, really helped me to recognize his issues.
Wow. I can’t believe she faced life in prison. I’ve seen literal murderers face lighter sentences. The justice system is truly flawed. And I believe those police did not investigate that because they knew their buddy was involved
Bella we cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH!you have no idea how much we look forward to your videos, you've been so consistent and i can't imagine how hard that is. Truly appreciate all the work put into these so we can just sit back and get lost in all these cases! You're AMAZING!!
I recently left a relationship with a man who claims he “faked our entire two year relationship because (he) needed to use someone to get over the death of (his) previous girlfriend.” He was mentally, emotionally and physically abusive almost the entire relationship and I ended up leaving because he got checked in to a mental facility for wanting to kill our son (who is one, by the way). Now he tries to dictate my life, where im living, when and where he gets to see his son, goes out of his way to inconvenience me in any way that he can, belittles me, blames me for everything going wrong in his life when all I’ve done is try to assist him in his success. Im not the same person I was two years ago when I first met him. There is a sort of truth to the “am I crazy” statement. Because we are. We are driven to insanity. Then it is used against us in the end so we look like we were the problem. Its all a part of their tactic.
Yes!! They drive us to craziness and then point their fingers like we are the problem. I’m so sorry you are dealing with that. I can’t imagine how much being used in that way hurt. My ex husband does the same controlling mess with our daughter. It’s like why?? I hope things smooth out for you and don’t let him get you down❤️❤️.
Although I love a murder mystery, it was interesting and kind of relieving to watch one where the victim survived in the end. Really well researched and told, thanks Bella x
You have given more information on this case than I have ever heard and I’ve probably heard about 5 tellings of it. The history that you gave really really gave me a totally different opinion of the entire case. Thank you, Bella!
Bella, you have become one of my favourite YTers - such a wonderful story-teller, empathetic and articulate and really compelling. Excited whenever you upload, especially because I listen to you while working on my little crafts business that I just started. The routine makes me look forward to working on my down days especially!
Poor Michelle! Can you imagine having both of those psycho’s plotting against you?! She’s lucky she didn’t lose her life in one way or another. 😢 I feel like Ian had to have been more involved than he admitted in one way or another because Angela had Michelle’s email and passwords to get this scheme all started. I think he was just smart enough to figure out that they had taken it too far and were about to be caught.
My heart broke for Michelle expecially when hearing about how he pressured her into sexual stuff she wasn't into as I could relate. My first serious partner did simular things to me. He used my nievety to act like his requests were normal and then used the fact I had done these things against me. I am commenting to share this as I think that by talking about it other women or even men who have been though these things will know they are not alone and by making it easier to speak about might spare others from simular treatment as these people rely on us keeping quiet out of embarrassment, shame and fear of judgment to allow them to continue the cycle of abuse. Sorry about the spelling and grammar of am dyslexic and the grammerly keyboard that normally helps me is playing up.
This is not unheard of, there is a big artist TH-camr who was stalked by her ex and his girlfriend for years... it's really really bizarre how people would choose to harass someone just because their husband tells them to.
Did Michelle receive ANY form of financial compensation at all from either the condo or spending time in jail when she was innocent? Her lawyers fees? The first bail her parents paid? ANYTHING? This is just insane that someone can do that to another person and the justice system doesn't try to fix it in some way!!!
I never knew that so many people actually lied about having cancer until my beautiful daughter got breast cancer at the age of 27 an I watched her slowly die in pain for 3 mos straight. The most gut wrenching thing I've ever been thru an seen. Half my heart died the day she left on 11/23/19.
If he like watching his girl sleep with other men, why wouldn’t he want to create a craigslist ad for someone to attack his new girl. I find it weird that it was only angela. I think it was only okay for them both to find ways to hurt Michelle but when she started lying to him, he wasnt down for be played like he plays games. He wanted to he the hero in Michelle’s story. Totally weird situation and scary ass hell.
@@DaniL-hr9xo could that even be considered a sexual fantasy considering he coerced her into doing it and then completely disrespected her boundaries when she asked him to delete the video and he didn't? Having sexual fantasies is normal but when it starts getting into illegal territories it's a bit debateble.
Michelle deserves nothing but happiness after all of that ❤️ because her ex was literally trash and she had to deal with him then his new gf immediately after their break up 🤦♀️ wow, I really didn't think it could get any worse than him but it did 🤯
Here's a thought: maybe Ian was the one who sent those first Christian-threatening e-mails to himself, in order to have some kind of leverage to get a restraining order against Michelle. He seems smart, manipulative and for sure well-connected (with people that can do hacking and other stuff). Then, he marries Angela, notice what she's capable of, and influences her to do this whole thing just to get revenge on his ex-fiancée. There's no way Angela would know about Michelle without Ian's part in it.
@@sadiyasaleh233 I don't know if I agree.... There are evil people of many kinds around the world, independent of their gender. And listening to Bella's narration of the case, it seemed that Angela was a bit bonkers and bad, but she wouldn't have Michelle's information if it wasn't for Ian. But thanks for reading my comment!
@@dbs5208 Giving how a psycho Angela is she wouldn't have miss the chance going down with Ian if he was involved in the scheme,giving he was the one who turned her in to the authority. He might have innocently told her about Michelle and their situation and she took it from there without his knowledge.
FYI- those aren’t “Christian” emails. Those are cult emails. They were exploiting God. Exploiting Jesus. That’s cult behavior. Aka religious. Christianity isn’t a religion. It’s a relationship. Big difference.
@@sadiyasaleh233 He was actually involved in the entire situation, and after facing a criminal investigation, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, cyberstalking, perjury and obstruction of a federal matter; and the general of the Justice Department's criminal division also said that Ian had used his position as a deputy U.S Marshal to execute the cyberstalking alongside Angela (and probably to delay or avoid the investigation to happen), he faces 20 years in prison for it (it happened last year i think).
No wonder Ian was drawn to Angela, it was probably like looking in the mirror at a female version of himself. The fact he sold the condo and took the proceeds tells me everything I need to know about a narcissistic lawman who has zero morals. I'm not even giving him kudos for dobbing his wife in cos he probably put her up to it,even encouraged it. Its people like him that give law enforcers a bad name. Also it's convenient that Angela ends up in prison and he's sitting pretty with half a million dollars in his bank.
My mom had cancer three separate times throughout my childhood and ultimately ended up passing away from it in 2018 and when I tell you the affect it has had on me… that’s some horribly evil shit to lie about. Shame on her.
If you are in a relationship and think you want to spend your life with that person, give it at least 3-4 years before committing to marriage. In those years, if someone is hiding who they are, trust me, it'll come out after a few years. If they remain the same person after 5 years, you got the person you fell in love with.
You weren’t kidding when you said this was a wild one! My heart feels so so broken for Michelle. I was SHOCKED when you said the wife was doing it, not Ian!
Well, turns out that you were right. Ian actually was the mastermind, he just used his connections to the police to put all the blame onto Angela. The slimy bastard went to the police all "distressed" talking about how his wife was the one to frame Michelle, and since the police love to protect their own, they listened. This year Ian was finally revealed to have been involved the entire time and he received 10 years in prison, double what Angela got.
Did Michelle get a Lifetime movie deal; she TOTALLY should! I would absolutely would watch it! (And I NEED to know what your earrings were in this video. I couldn’t make them out because your hair was down. Enquiring minds want to know-at least this enquiring mind does. 🤣)
“Speaking of cases, let’s get into this case” Okay that wasn’t a verbatim quote, but I have to applaud such a wonderfully smooth transition!! 👏🏼 😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤
Our justice system isn't a justice system at all and I've been a victim of it. This poor lady. And that's so kind of her to help that 85 y/o lady. 💛 I hope your life is better, Michelle.
Queen thank you for another video, I used to watch TH-cam everyday, soooo much. But there hasn’t been much of anything to watch recently, I literally only watch you and look forward to your videos. You are one of the few youtubers people are still watching I feel like. I love you, thank you !!! 🤎
Your videos always comfort me even on my worst days. Listening to you is like listening to a best friend 🤍 Also I feel for Michelle so much. I hope she is doing amazing
My nan had cancer twice and she beat it she survived. And now she's passed away. I don't understand people lying about cancer is the worst thing u can lie about it ruins so many life's.
Hi Bella! Wow. When you said, "Angela's ex, Jason", I thought you'd just misspoke. Lol Nope. How did the police not find it weird all along?? They didn't even speak to Jason?? Maybe because Ian was one of the them. Still, I hope Michelle wins her suit against the Dept. I hope she sues Ian too for her share of the sell of HER condo.
I seriously feel terrible for Michelle, and can't even begin to imagine the effects on her mental health after having gone through all of this. She was in a relationship with an abusive and manipulative narcissist, got screwed out of so much money, and went to prison when she shouldn't have.
thank you for all these uploads!!! loving all this amazing content haha. but damn!! what a crazy one. i feel so bad for michelle! some people are insane !
There is more to this story. Ian worked for the US Marshall’s office and was charged in May of 2021. It took a while but it caught up to him. Michelle settled with the County, so it looks like she was compensated for poor policing.
michelle is stunning, i feel so bad that someone so pure has to live with all this behind her and still has to deal with the aftermaths of the trauma and legal issues
why are police still so slow with internet/email crimes??? they can be just as serious. like bella said, angela wasn't even some crazy hacker like there were multiple opportunities for law enforcement to figure out that angela was behind the emails. most insane case i've heard in awhile.
This is by far one of the craziest stories I've ever heard. I think Angela needs to be sent to a hospital for treatment after she's released. Or have her terms of parole include mandated therapy.
Wow, wow, WOWWWW!!! This case is Def. a CRAZY one, but also very sad & just truly heartbreaking for poor Michelle too, and all that she had to go through. UGHHHH, just so wish she never, EVER, came across evil Ian and had to meet that terrible dude & get into a relationship with him!!! AWFUL!!! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I was really thinking Michelle was unstable there for a good minute! Wow, that was a twist and talk about doing too much, Angela really doing extra too much! 😂
Can you imagine being Michelle and your EX finally getting the woman that he deserves but instead of them ruining each other’s lives they come after you? Poor woman. Where’s the go fund me?
This case has even more twists than a lot of movies out there, oh my God. No wonder you said that you were shocked. You were right after all! LOL love it🤣🤣
I watch your videos off and on. Respectfully I think you are the prettiest person I’ve ever seen!! Your brown eyes are so beautiful!! Thanks for making videos for the people who can’t be heard! Stay blessed girlie❤️
OK - We say, Yay, Bella posted. Get our dinner plates and get comfortable for a story. Then we spend the next 20 mins. trying to guess what your earrings are. Please spend 10 seconds showing us your earrings are, so we can fully focus on the story. :) Thanks!
I feel like its architecture tools? I see colored pencils, a protractor and I think it's on like a cutting mat. 8:32 you can see a good shot of the little setup.
I'm so relieved it's not just me! I'm listening and focussing on the story but can't stop staring at her earrings, I'm happy if I work it out quickly, then I can pay full attention because today I was totally distracted the whole vid👀🧐
Yes! You were absolutely right! This was so insane! I really like stories like this too. I mean yes I’m addicted to true crime but this is just as interesting to me without someone dying lol and I have to add that you are freaking gorgeous!
I am so so so glad to hear that Michelle collected herself after that horrible experience and put it aside, lives normally, got an mba, makes a career and a path in life for herself. Even sued the police. The woman is a role model for sure
It hurts my heart to hear when abused women are so psychologically worn down that they end up in these horrible situations. 😭
I live 7 miles from where this happened. Michelle did win a law suit and won a undisclosed amount from the city of Anaheim and it was approved by the city council. I'm so glad she got monetary compensation.
That’s good. I believe that’s was apart of his plan all along. To put her in jail and collect all the money. Then he bails her out smh. Also last year he was finally indicted on charges
People who lie about having cancer are asking for some kind of karma of the highest degree. Michelle really went through it, and I too thought Ian sent the emails! This one was wild indeed
“No one put a gun to my head” is something I had to UNLEARN in sexual assault group therapy.
Sending you love. Hope you’re finding healing.♥️
@@jezdolly thank you ❣️
Yeah everyone forgets about coercion and manipulation apparently also emotional blackmail and threats
its taken me so long to realize saying "fine" after days and months of saying no isn't consent..
MY heart goes out to you. You are a strong and brave SURVIVOR!
Ok I did NOT see that coming, I immediately thought it was Ian sending the emails at first but now I definitely think both him and Angela were in it together. Like at the very least Ian planted the idea and Angela took it too far and he realised how psycho she was and that's why he went to police. SO shady of him to sell the condo and not give her Michelle a cent. But I'm also not surprised he was clearly a trash human.
Same. I was convinced it was him. Why tf does Gone girl inspire women to actually do awful shit like that.
He probably wanted to keep all the profit after selling it, I definitely think he was in on it as well. So sad!
I honestly think that Ian planted the idea in Angela's head saying that if they get Michelle in jail, they'd sell the condo and use the money to buy another house without letting Michelle get half the money, but Ian must have became greedy or he might have just gotten sick of his crazy wife that he just snitched on her and ended up taking all of the profit from the condo.
I can’t believe he got away with it. I’m pretty sure that they had a legal document from the property dispute that the profit was supposed to be split.
@@time2livelife So she can sue him then, can't she?
i genuinely thought ian was sending the emails i never thought the wife was doing it to HERSELF. thats truly insane
Same I was SHOCKED
I hate when the first comment (I can see it when I click on the video) is a total spoiler 😂
Me too
@@jannar1447 oh my gosh im sorry!!
Totally agree
This is so unfair. She needs to be compensated $$$ for her time served. She shouldn’t be suffering financially out of this ☹️
She was awarded $1.4 million.
@@joanodom2104 where did you find this?? If so I'm glad she was compensated for the bullshit she was put through.
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Amen!!! I agree... this pissed me off so bad!!!
This💛
Ian was completely involved at some level. They probably both thought harassing Michelle would be a lark. But then he probably realized Angela was extra nuts and it wasn’t worth getting in trouble for her.
He was! He got indicted last year!!!
@@cheyclift1668 really?? Thank God! What a nasty opportunistic POS
@@cheyclift1668 Well, damn! Thank you for the update! I’m gonna go read the articles.
I feel SO bad for michelle. She definitely got the short end of the stick in this ENTIRE situation. From having to pay for the condo and going to prison. To think that this whole thing could’ve been avoided if only the police had seized Angela’s devices when the emails first started!
or if they even just watched the surveillance footage when she called in the first ‘attack’. still can’t believe they didn’t!
@@bellafiori i think because Ian had connections with police, he probably stopped a lot of the investigation from starting!
He love bombed her and I can diagnose him with NPD from watching this video alone lol
@@nataliacarrillo1193 xxx
Okay but Michelle’s Biblical threats are nuts
When I was in jail I was pregnant and lemme tell you, women in jail will absolutely be protective of pregnant women and children. A lot of them are mothers themselves. Everyone was so kind to me and really looked out for me, it was such a change from when I had last been there and had almost no friends but was at least left alone. When I was there while pregnant, I could say I was craving something (usually rice crispy treats) and someone would pop up with one for me. And if you don't know, commissary food is like money in jail, usually someone isn't going to give you something like that if you ask unless you're close and all I had to do was say I was craving one and one would appear, I didn't even have to ask. Just for context on how women in jail treat pregnant women. So it does not surprise me that she was shunned and treated horribly in jail because they believed she had been doing these things to a pregnant woman.
thank you for sharing! i hate it when people act like everyone in prison is evil. the vast majority is just people who made a mistake, and this once again proves how kind inmates can be. ❤️
@@hattarapilvi yes exactly! Although I was in county jail and not prison but county is usually where you go before your sentenced to prison so there's still the same type of people for the most part. The vast majority of the people I was with were in there because they were drug addicts and/or had serious mental health problems. One 18ish year old woman was constantly in and out of jail and always kept in solitary because she's so mentally unstable. She should have been put into a mental hospital instead but the local one closed down and we only have a single floor in a hospital for inpatient for the entire county. She usually got arrested for prostitution (pretty sure she was forced into it and didn't know what she was doing) or being belligerent in public. She also frequently missed court appearances for precious charges so she would be put back into jail for that. She didn't have a clue what was going on around her most of the time but girls in the other pods (one was sort of attached to the solitary pod) would give her snacks from commissary and help her out when she needed it because she didn't have any family that seemed to care to put money on her books. Just for an example on how generally kind women in jail can be. Of course that's not the case with everyone, there's definitely some bad people in there, I was in jail with child molesters, child abusers and even child killers. One girl pimped out her literal baby daughter and filmed the cp acts. You can imagine how those types are treated, female child molesters/abusers are treated faaaar worse than the male ones bc the male ones are usually put in their own pod while female ones are all mixed together. And the COs were way worse than any other inmate, far more abusive and cruel, because they could get away with it. No one cares about inmates because everyone assumes we've all done something horrible to deserve it when in reality most of us were harmless drug addicts or missed court or something. My first time was for drugs but the second time was because I accidentally missed family court (they sent the letter about the date being rescheduled to my old address!!!) and the judge wanted to make an example of me or something I guess.
Anyway sorry for the long reply you didn't ask for lol, I just wanna let it be know that most of the women I was in jail with were good people who were going through a rough patch. I'm still friends with some of them years later.
that sounds very similar to mental heath hospitals. no one judges you there, because we're all there to get better. people to get protective of one another. I've been in several mental hospitals for attempted suicide. but like I said, no one in those places judge you or make you feel like you're a terrible person for landing yourself a spot in the hospital. I met some of the kindest people in those hospitals. I even still text or call some of them if I am ever feeling down, because I know that they know what it's like. being in those hospitals really taught me to never judge a book by it's cover. at the end of the day you realize that you all want the same thing. you want love and kindness and understanding. you want to get better and you want people to understand that it is ok to ask for help. it is very much a relief to see people who get you, like they know your in and outs, they ask you what makes you the happiest. I was texting a girl that I met in the hospital and I told her I was feeling very suicidal at the time( this was about a few months ago). she asked me what was preventing me from going all the way through it. I told her that it was because of my cats, Sophie, Liam and Tessa.
@@BriEMcN just wanna say thanks for taking the time to share your experience ❤️❤️
@@BriEMcN I hope all is well nowadays 💕💕
I would like to hear more about the 85 year old grandma on kidnapping charges
Same. Like, what??
Probably an amber alert type of thing with her grandchildren
Me too! Can you do a story on her?
@@saraquel exactly my thoughts
same...like 85 year old kidnapper... Strange
My dad lied about having cancer when I was a teen and it majorly fucked me up when I was in high school.
As an adult, I have a degree and work in neuropsychology. I realized he's just severely mentally ill. And many things he said to my sister and I growing up were delusions and paranoia.
I'm so sorry you went through that. My dad did the same thing actually, but I had a very odd dysfunctional relationship with him so I knew he was lying. It sounds awful but I didn't believe him because I knew it was exactly the kinda thing he would lie about when he did something wrong, so I was like yeah okay mate lol. He lied that his father had died, forgot, and then said he'd died AGAIN. Bro. I think if he was smarter about it, it would've been worse, but he was a bad liar. I ended up doing my masters in cognitive psychology and behavioural neuroscience so hey, parallels there.
I'm so sorry you went through that but it's awesome you went on to learn from your experience and can now help others.
How did you find out he was lying
@@mg192 he never got chemo. He lived with my aunt at the time and I asked her sometime later- she said he never went to the doctors, hospital or anything.
As I became an adult, I noticed he would say impossible things and have these insane delusions that I could recognize as not real. He lied about things at times and had delusions.
Growing up and questioning things about him, also learning about mental illnesses, really helped me to recognize his issues.
I am so sorry you had to go through this, i pray you are doing well now. Congratulations on your degree, that’s so amazing!!
Wow. I can’t believe she faced life in prison. I’ve seen literal murderers face lighter sentences. The justice system is truly flawed. And I believe those police did not investigate that because they knew their buddy was involved
Girl I should’ve never doubted you when you said this case was wild😭
Bella we cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH!you have no idea how much we look forward to your videos, you've been so consistent and i can't imagine how hard that is. Truly appreciate all the work put into these so we can just sit back and get lost in all these cases! You're AMAZING!!
I recently left a relationship with a man who claims he “faked our entire two year relationship because (he) needed to use someone to get over the death of (his) previous girlfriend.” He was mentally, emotionally and physically abusive almost the entire relationship and I ended up leaving because he got checked in to a mental facility for wanting to kill our son (who is one, by the way). Now he tries to dictate my life, where im living, when and where he gets to see his son, goes out of his way to inconvenience me in any way that he can, belittles me, blames me for everything going wrong in his life when all I’ve done is try to assist him in his success. Im not the same person I was two years ago when I first met him. There is a sort of truth to the “am I crazy” statement. Because we are. We are driven to insanity. Then it is used against us in the end so we look like we were the problem. Its all a part of their tactic.
Yes!! They drive us to craziness and then point their fingers like we are the problem.
I’m so sorry you are dealing with that. I can’t imagine how much being used in that way hurt. My ex husband does the same controlling mess with our daughter. It’s like why?? I hope things smooth out for you and don’t let him get you down❤️❤️.
I lost my boyfriend in 2018. I haven’t had a relationship since but I can NOT imagine claiming that! Holy crap
Although I love a murder mystery, it was interesting and kind of relieving to watch one where the victim survived in the end. Really well researched and told, thanks Bella x
Love the way you told this story!! Kept it suspenseful and me on my toes. Great story telling
Just finished watching the Lori case, sad case. Can’t wait to watch this one
same… the Lori/Kimberly case was insane and now we get another? Bella is blessing us
SAME!
SAMEE
Ahh same!
You have given more information on this case than I have ever heard and I’ve probably heard about 5 tellings of it. The history that you gave really really gave me a totally different opinion of the entire case. Thank you, Bella!
Thank you for 2 videos in two days, you do such a great job covering the cases
Bella, you have become one of my favourite YTers - such a wonderful story-teller, empathetic and articulate and really compelling.
Excited whenever you upload, especially because I listen to you while working on my little crafts business that I just started. The routine makes me look forward to working on my down days especially!
Can we just appreciate how positive Bella is which is so contradictory to the theme of her videos. So cute, love her!!!
Poor Michelle! Can you imagine having both of those psycho’s plotting against you?! She’s lucky she didn’t lose her life in one way or another. 😢 I feel like Ian had to have been more involved than he admitted in one way or another because Angela had Michelle’s email and passwords to get this scheme all started. I think he was just smart enough to figure out that they had taken it too far and were about to be caught.
My heart broke for Michelle expecially when hearing about how he pressured her into sexual stuff she wasn't into as I could relate. My first serious partner did simular things to me. He used my nievety to act like his requests were normal and then used the fact I had done these things against me. I am commenting to share this as I think that by talking about it other women or even men who have been though these things will know they are not alone and by making it easier to speak about might spare others from simular treatment as these people rely on us keeping quiet out of embarrassment, shame and fear of judgment to allow them to continue the cycle of abuse. Sorry about the spelling and grammar of am dyslexic and the grammerly keyboard that normally helps me is playing up.
Thank you for telling your story.
This is not unheard of, there is a big artist TH-camr who was stalked by her ex and his girlfriend for years... it's really really bizarre how people would choose to harass someone just because their husband tells them to.
5 years!? This has to be a joke. Our justice system is broken beyond repair. Sickening.
I think Ian was involved as well.
Yep he was indicted last year
hearing about the emails I immediately thought of the case of Cari Farver! crazy twist , thanks for another great vid Bella ♡
Did Michelle receive ANY form of financial compensation at all from either the condo or spending time in jail when she was innocent? Her lawyers fees? The first bail her parents paid? ANYTHING? This is just insane that someone can do that to another person and the justice system doesn't try to fix it in some way!!!
She accepted the undisclosed amount of settlement from the city of Anaheim and four of its police officers in 2021.
She received a $1.4 million settlement
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim HELL YAH
I never knew that so many people actually lied about having cancer until my beautiful daughter got breast cancer at the age of 27 an I watched her slowly die in pain for 3 mos straight. The most gut wrenching thing I've ever been thru an seen. Half my heart died the day she left on 11/23/19.
i am so sorry for your loss. i hope you’ve found some healing since then
God rest her beautiful soul I’m so sorry to hear that❤️
i’m so sorry love , i hope your doing better now ❤️
I am so sorry, i am praying for your pain and sadness will get better over time. God bless you abundantly ❤
If he like watching his girl sleep with other men, why wouldn’t he want to create a craigslist ad for someone to attack his new girl. I find it weird that it was only angela. I think it was only okay for them both to find ways to hurt Michelle but when she started lying to him, he wasnt down for be played like he plays games. He wanted to he the hero in Michelle’s story. Totally weird situation and scary ass hell.
Because having a sexual fantasy doesn't make you a murderer?
@@DaniL-hr9xo could that even be considered a sexual fantasy considering he coerced her into doing it and then completely disrespected her boundaries when she asked him to delete the video and he didn't? Having sexual fantasies is normal but when it starts getting into illegal territories it's a bit debateble.
Michelle deserves nothing but happiness after all of that ❤️ because her ex was literally trash and she had to deal with him then his new gf immediately after their break up 🤦♀️ wow, I really didn't think it could get any worse than him but it did 🤯
these past two cases you dropped made me so heated. they really blow my mind. my heart goes out to the victims of both ❤️
Here's a thought: maybe Ian was the one who sent those first Christian-threatening e-mails to himself, in order to have some kind of leverage to get a restraining order against Michelle. He seems smart, manipulative and for sure well-connected (with people that can do hacking and other stuff). Then, he marries Angela, notice what she's capable of, and influences her to do this whole thing just to get revenge on his ex-fiancée. There's no way Angela would know about Michelle without Ian's part in it.
Yes a woman can't just be born evil she has to be influence by a man.
@@sadiyasaleh233 I don't know if I agree.... There are evil people of many kinds around the world, independent of their gender. And listening to Bella's narration of the case, it seemed that Angela was a bit bonkers and bad, but she wouldn't have Michelle's information if it wasn't for Ian. But thanks for reading my comment!
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Giving how a psycho Angela is she wouldn't have miss the chance going down with Ian if he was involved in the scheme,giving he was the one who turned her in to the authority. He might have innocently told her about Michelle and their situation and she took it from there without his knowledge.
FYI- those aren’t “Christian” emails. Those are cult emails. They were exploiting God. Exploiting Jesus. That’s cult behavior. Aka religious. Christianity isn’t a religion. It’s a relationship. Big difference.
@@sadiyasaleh233 He was actually involved in the entire situation, and after facing a criminal investigation, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, cyberstalking, perjury and obstruction of a federal matter; and the general of the Justice Department's criminal division also said that Ian had used his position as a deputy U.S Marshal to execute the cyberstalking alongside Angela (and probably to delay or avoid the investigation to happen), he faces 20 years in prison for it (it happened last year i think).
No wonder Ian was drawn to Angela, it was probably like looking in the mirror at a female version of himself. The fact he sold the condo and took the proceeds tells me everything I need to know about a narcissistic lawman who has zero morals. I'm not even giving him kudos for dobbing his wife in cos he probably put her up to it,even encouraged it. Its people like him that give law enforcers a bad name. Also it's convenient that Angela ends up in prison and he's sitting pretty with half a million dollars in his bank.
My mom had cancer three separate times throughout my childhood and ultimately ended up passing away from it in 2018 and when I tell you the affect it has had on me… that’s some horribly evil shit to lie about. Shame on her.
Wow Maggie
That's horrific you went through that so many times😞
If you are in a relationship and think you want to spend your life with that person, give it at least 3-4 years before committing to marriage. In those years, if someone is hiding who they are, trust me, it'll come out after a few years. If they remain the same person after 5 years, you got the person you fell in love with.
another case?? bella's spoiling us
Tues Night just Got Better
@@terridemaio2926 honestly!!!
You weren’t kidding when you said this was a wild one! My heart feels so so broken for Michelle. I was SHOCKED when you said the wife was doing it, not Ian!
Well, turns out that you were right. Ian actually was the mastermind, he just used his connections to the police to put all the blame onto Angela. The slimy bastard went to the police all "distressed" talking about how his wife was the one to frame Michelle, and since the police love to protect their own, they listened. This year Ian was finally revealed to have been involved the entire time and he received 10 years in prison, double what Angela got.
I’m really enjoying these non-murder videos! I’m glad you’re starting to cover more and more of these stories :)
Did Michelle get a Lifetime movie deal; she TOTALLY should! I would absolutely would watch it! (And I NEED to know what your earrings were in this video. I couldn’t make them out because your hair was down. Enquiring minds want to know-at least this enquiring mind does. 🤣)
i think its the burnbook from mean girls 🤣😭
Yes queen! Thank you for blessing us with two days in a row of new cases! 💗 And wow! I wasn’t expecting this case to take such a dramatic turn! 😱🙊
What a crazy story!! Thanks for sharing this with his Bella!! Go Michelle!!
“Speaking of cases, let’s get into this case”
Okay that wasn’t a verbatim quote, but I have to applaud such a wonderfully smooth transition!! 👏🏼 😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤
bella is so gorgeous!! she is literally GLOWING today! love ur videos girl
Our justice system isn't a justice system at all and I've been a victim of it. This poor lady. And that's so kind of her to help that 85 y/o lady. 💛 I hope your life is better, Michelle.
It's nice to watch a story that's 1) Not something every other crime TH-camr has done and 2) an interesting one where no one dies!
When you listen to true crime so much you’ve heard the story already but stay to hear Bella tell it 😌
Queen thank you for another video, I used to watch TH-cam everyday, soooo much. But there hasn’t been much of anything to watch recently, I literally only watch you and look forward to your videos. You are one of the few youtubers people are still watching I feel like. I love you, thank you !!! 🤎
Yes!!!! Thank you Bella for uploading twice this week
more to come too hehehe
@@bellafiori can't wait!
Your videos always comfort me even on my worst days. Listening to you is like listening to a best friend 🤍
Also I feel for Michelle so much. I hope she is doing amazing
My nan had cancer twice and she beat it she survived. And now she's passed away. I don't understand people lying about cancer is the worst thing u can lie about it ruins so many life's.
I have a cousin who lied about being pregnant. She had a baby shower and everything. I will never understand why people do these things.
True crime is always so scary, but hearing about cases that happen right in your own city is wild. :(
ngl i had to watch this 3 times, not bc you didn’t do a great job explaining bella, but bc the story is so crazy!!
It wouldn’t be a bella video without cute earrings and a casetify ad 😂 I love it
what are they?? i can't make them out!!
Yes please!
Literally . I thought doors but can’t be !
@@IZAgood_eh it looks like a graph table a protractor, ruler and sets. Also looks like a little cup full of pencils!
Hi Bella!
Wow.
When you said, "Angela's ex, Jason", I thought you'd just misspoke. Lol Nope. How did the police not find it weird all along?? They didn't even speak to Jason?? Maybe because Ian was one of the them. Still, I hope Michelle wins her suit against the Dept. I hope she sues Ian too for her share of the sell of HER condo.
Bella is the only person who I will intently listen to even if I've heard the story. An incredible story teller ❤️
I seriously feel terrible for Michelle, and can't even begin to imagine the effects on her mental health after having gone through all of this. She was in a relationship with an abusive and manipulative narcissist, got screwed out of so much money, and went to prison when she shouldn't have.
I love that how happy she’s always during the intro’s. Always makes you smile:)
2 uploads in 2 days !! Couldn't ask for more
thank you for all these uploads!!! loving all this amazing content haha. but damn!! what a crazy one. i feel so bad for michelle! some people are insane !
i go through phases where i binge your videos and i have to say… bella u r always glowing 🤭🥹 ur skin is so flawless for real
There is more to this story. Ian worked for the US Marshall’s office and was charged in May of 2021. It took a while but it caught up to him. Michelle settled with the County, so it looks like she was compensated for poor policing.
Michelle is an incredible human being, I hope she finds happiness and success she deserves only good things!
As someone who had Cervical Cancer it makes my blood boil when people fake cancer! I hate it so much!
i’ve been rewatching your old videos bc i ran out of videos to watch and now two in two days i thought i was seeing things ! ❤️ love your channel
Once again….you never fail with these cases !
Idk what it is but sis you are GLOWING
“Like imagine hanging out with your dad and sending yourself death threats…” “”that’s unhinged behavior!” lmao I died!!! 😂😂
This is one of my fave true crime cases. It’s NUTS! I still remember how floored I was when I first heard this case.
From Ian’s previous actions, his character just gives 🚩 which makes me think he was definitely involved
omgg, it’s currently 02:55 and i can’t sleep soo i checked if you posted andd yayy🥳thankyou
The fact that Angela pretty much wrote fanfiction about herself (the Lifetime scripts) is hilarious to me
michelle is stunning, i feel so bad that someone so pure has to live with all this behind her and still has to deal with the aftermaths of the trauma and legal issues
I LOVE your intros! You're always so happy and it'd contagious! ^^
Bella I love your videos, you deliver the cases so well and your voice has a natural calming effect and just make the videos amazing ❤️
Can’t get enough of your mystery videos!!! I need them on Spotify!
Thank you Bella for blessing us 💕
So, most of your other videos are crazy but this one is NEXT LEVEL CRAY CRAY!
why are police still so slow with internet/email crimes??? they can be just as serious. like bella said, angela wasn't even some crazy hacker like there were multiple opportunities for law enforcement to figure out that angela was behind the emails. most insane case i've heard in awhile.
I love this CONSISTENT UPLOADING YAS GORL
i love binge watching your videos 💕
OH SHIT ANOTHER ONE SO SOON
This is by far one of the craziest stories I've ever heard. I think Angela needs to be sent to a hospital for treatment after she's released. Or have her terms of parole include mandated therapy.
Oof I’m early. I broke my knee so ready for a mystery video. I’m so grossed out and yet curious about the minds of criminals and the psychotic, etc.
Wow, wow, WOWWWW!!! This case is Def. a CRAZY one, but also very sad & just truly heartbreaking for poor Michelle too, and all that she had to go through. UGHHHH, just so wish she never, EVER, came across evil Ian and had to meet that terrible dude & get into a relationship with him!!! AWFUL!!! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
No matter how dark the topic or how distressing the subject, bellas smile is the one thing that can make it easier on us
I was really thinking Michelle was unstable there for a good minute! Wow, that was a twist and talk about doing too much, Angela really doing extra too much! 😂
Love the feeling I get when I get the notification 🫶🏼
Can you imagine being Michelle and your EX finally getting the woman that he deserves but instead of them ruining each other’s lives they come after you? Poor woman. Where’s the go fund me?
That being said, I’m really glad that no one died.
I love your accent and especially your bubbly happy personality ❤
The police and her Ex should be held accountable for there lazy apathetic actions in this case.
I worked with someone who lied about having cancer! Craziest thing ever! The sad part our supervisor had cancer
This case has even more twists than a lot of movies out there, oh my God. No wonder you said that you were shocked. You were right after all! LOL love it🤣🤣
I watch your videos off and on. Respectfully I think you are the prettiest person I’ve ever seen!! Your brown eyes are so beautiful!! Thanks for making videos for the people who can’t be heard! Stay blessed girlie❤️
OK - We say, Yay, Bella posted. Get our dinner plates and get comfortable for a story. Then we spend the next 20 mins. trying to guess what your earrings are. Please spend 10 seconds showing us your earrings are, so we can fully focus on the story. :) Thanks!
I still can’t figure this pair out
I feel like its architecture tools? I see colored pencils, a protractor and I think it's on like a cutting mat.
8:32 you can see a good shot of the little setup.
same i have no clue what the earrings are
I'm so relieved it's not just me! I'm listening and focussing on the story but can't stop staring at her earrings, I'm happy if I work it out quickly, then I can pay full attention because today I was totally distracted the whole vid👀🧐
her earrings look like the burnbook from mean girls, or atleast it’s just a diary with a lock on it ahahahw
Omg you popped up as soon as I just finished your last video! Perfect timing
Yes! You were absolutely right! This was so insane! I really like stories like this too. I mean yes I’m addicted to true crime but this is just as interesting to me without someone dying lol and I have to add that you are freaking gorgeous!