‘I won $211,000 back’: Girlfriend drains man’s bank account, sells his $115K Cadillac, swipes belongings, and takes off to LA with another guy, forcing him to sue and win a massive settlement and sparking an international pursuit for her lover

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Jun 13, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

It's not easy to get to the point where your romance ends with a courtroom drama and an international manhunt instead of a happily-ever-after. In this (pretty crazy) story of Alyssa's online affairs and financial entanglements, loyalty came with an asterisk, and shared bank accounts became the first stop in her great escape plan.

Trust was treated like an all-you-can-eat buffet for the opportunists, and sentimental gestures, like adding a partner to a car title, transformed overnight into the ultimate punchline. 

In her reality, the blueprint for heartbreak involves fewer candlelit dinners and more forensic accounting, as love gets traded for wire transfers and betrayal is measured out in Venmo transactions.

This is the territory of the relationship hustler, a breed that can turn brunch conversations into low-level con artistry and see every joint account as a potential getaway fund. Today's love stories are set against a background of passwords, cloud backups, and legal consultations. When the going gets tough, some partners pack a bag, empty a bank account, and vanish into the sunset with someone they met in a direct message thread. 


Alyssa's break-up kit includes a suitcase, a new boyfriend, and a list of pawnshops on speed dial. For those unlucky enough to be cast in this off-brand heist movie, the only romance left is with your legal team and the sweet promise of recouped damages.

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  • AITJ for suing my girlfriend after emptying out my savings account and selling my car so her and her new boyfriend can move to LA

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  • I (42M), never thought my life would be the kind of mess that belongs in a drama movie. But here I am.
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  • Two months ago, I bought my dream car, a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, for my birthday. My girlfriend, Alyssa, had moved in
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  • with me a year prior. When I bought the car and showed her it, she seemed like she didn't like it saying "oh nice, cool" then
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  • walking away. I didn't think much of it just confused why she wasn't at least proud of me for working hard to afford it.
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  • One week after that event, I came home from work one evening and found my house half-empty. My
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  • TV, laptop, and a few other valuables were gone, along with Alyssa. At first, I thought we were robbed. But then I checked my
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  • bank account and my heart dropped. It was cleaned out. Every cent, gone. My car gone
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  • also, I work for a construction company so I have my own work truck never needing to use that
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  • car for work. She had the title because we'd once talked about putting it in her name "just in case."
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  • Turns out, Alyssa had been seeing someone else. A guy we can call Jake from L.A. they'd been
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  • chatting online for months. She sold my car, drained my account, and took off to California with him.
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  • She didn't leave a note. No text. Nothing. Just gone.
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  • I was broken but then I remembered I have cameras in and outside my house and also having access to her iCloud because I was the one paying her
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  • phone bill. I filed a police report, consulted with a lawyer, and started putting together everything I needed to sue her. Not just for the money, but for
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  • the principle. She committed fraud. Theft. Betrayal on a level I didn't even think was possible. I logged into her iCloud and looked at all the messages
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  • between this guy and her, they talked about stealing my stuff, selling it, and also saying how they were gonna move to South Africa after they got their passports.
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  • My savings account had $18,000 in it, including my car which cost almost $115,000 including modifications. I was devastated but my friends helped me pay for this legal case draining at least $4000 in legal fees hoping I
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  • would pay them back in the future. Since she was fighting a case she wasn't able to get the passport but Jake could and took the money and moved to South Africa without her. Eventually last
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  • week the Alyssa played guilty to fraud and grand theft. I won $211,000 back that includes the stolen and sold car, my stuff in my house, my savings, court fees, and emotional damage.
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  • Now for Jake the FBI is searching for him and I update when I have further news or evidence about him. So I ask am I the j her? for suing
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