An Indiana man pleaded guilty to aggravated battery after admitting he poisoned his wife. And the story behind that is… even more shocking.

According to newly revealed court documents accessed by USA Today and other outlets, 71-year-old Alfred Ruf (pictured above) pled guilty to aggravated battery during a court hearing in Richmond, Indiana back in July. Then, on Monday of this week, he was sentenced to four years in prison and five more years of probation.

According to prosecutors, the whole thing came about after Ruf got the idea to kill his longtime wife… so that he could marry his stepdaughter!

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Per multiple outlets, Ruf told cops that he began “spiking” his wife’s drinks in January 2022. The substance he used, which authorities later determined to contain cocaine, MDMA, and benzodiazepines, was first given to him by his stepdaughter — the woman’s very own daughter.

The whole plot came undone when the wife began to suspect she was being drugged. She went to the cops with a pill bottle she found in her house that contained an unknown powdery substance with an “off-white residue.” They tested it, and also her blood and urine, and all samples came back with those three drugs. She denied ever using drugs herself — and so, the investigation was on.

The whole thing began to unravel rather quickly after that. When questioned, Ruf admitted he had been poisoning his wife in a wild bid to get with her daughter from a previous marriage. Ruf’s defense attorney told USA Today:

“Once the state changed the nature of the offense, he took responsibility for what he did wrong. That’s the appropriate thing to do.”

Uh… sure… better late than never, we suppose.

The motive for Ruf’s poisoning attempt is even crazier. Per prosecutors, Ruf admitted to being sexually involved with his stepdaughter, who is — thankfully — an adult at 31 years old. She was the one who gave him the pill bottle, he claimed, and she ordered him to put the substance in her mother’s Coca-Cola. But the stepdaughter has not been charged in connection with the crimes.

As for the reasoning behind it, prosecutors said Ruf and the stepdaughter, who has not been named publicly, were having sex — and were even keen on getting married after his wife was out of the picture. At various times, the stepdaughter — as well as an unidentified friend of hers — would call Ruf and ask him to come sprinkle the poison into the Coke cans. At that point, according to a police affidavit, all hell would break loose:

“Alfred would then sprinkle some of the white powder in (his wife’s) Coca-Cola can and then wait for her to fall asleep. [The two women] would then come to Alfred’s residence and put more of an unknown substance in (Ruf’s wife’s) drink and have her drink it.”

Then, with his wife knocked out cold — Ruf told cops she would usually be unconscious for 12-13 hours — the daughter and her friend would put on a “show” for the old man. Per court docs, the two younger women would wear the wife’s lingerie and perform “sex acts on each other” for Ruf to watch.

WTF?!?!?!

Ruf would pay the women for the sex acts, per cops. And to top it all off, the two women allegedly stole some of the unconscious wife’s personal items during those sex sessions, as well. Per the affidavit, the stepdaughter in question wanted to “get mom out of the picture” after first learning that Ruf and his wife were planning on selling their home. (Seems like we’ve been hearing a lot of unsettling news in that realm lately…) The stepdaughter was also apparently interested in a life insurance policy that was in place for her mother.

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Ruf’s stepdaughter kept telling him they would get married after they “took care” of his wife, per court docs. So yes, Ruf did realize his wife would eventually die from the persistent powerful drug cocktails. In the end, he told interrogators he “felt bad” about what was going on and decided to come clean. Now he’s facing the prospect of spending some time in prison on these horrific charges.

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This was already a horrifying story — and after this influencer brought the receipts, it only got more scary!

Eixchel Berroteran, AKA Eixchelb on TikTok, shocked her fans when she posted a carousel of graphic photos to her Instagram. The pics, which featured some serious injuries and bloodshed, were only the tip of the iceberg for this story. In the caption, the social media star alleged that her stepfather tried to kill her. Whoa!

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While recalling the event she says took place just last Thursday, she explained (in her native Spanish):

“On the night of August 21, 2024 I was reborn, my ex stepdad (who didn’t live in my house) walked in with a gun saying he was going to kill me and said it was according to him, because ‘I didn’t want him and my mom to be together.'”

The viral star, who has amassed over 4.3 million followers TikTok, went on to detail just what she says happened. She wrote:

“It was all like this, I wait for my mom at the door of the apartment and he entered my house without permission and saying he was going to kill me, He pulled out a gun pointing at my mom and saying he was going to kill me. He pushed her in the living room and entered my room. He pointed the gun at me, I jumped to the floor asking him to please do nothing, intending to get under the bed, but it was very low and I decided to crawl towards him asking him to stop screaming and at that moment I heard the shot left me stunned; but my mom who was already behind him forcing him so the shot didn’t reach me.”

OMG! So, according to her, he just barged in and started attacking?! So scary…

Eixchel continued to say the bullet missed her by mere centimeters — and credited divine intervention for keeping her safe:

“That night… the worst of my entire Life, God gave me another chance. When missing the shot by CENTIMETERS… I was stunned, in shock and with fear to think that those would be my last moments of life; at that moment God gave me the strength to stand and defend myself with my mom.”

She added that her stepfather “bit” her mother as they struggled. In a heroic turn of events, the influencer alleged she and her mom fought back and took control of the situation:

“The love we have for each other gave us the strength to control the situation, we arrived by force into the kitchen where we fell, my mom and I stayed on top of it, trying to defend ourselves as we could. He bit my mom and pulled my hair with a lot of force, we both cried for help but until that moment no one listened, he kept insisting on shooting me and between the two we grabbed above him his hand where he held the gun and always wanted to point at me, one person touched the door but he made us tell him to leave.”

He’s even being accused of intimidation, allegedly telling the women not to go to police or else their would be consequences:

“He threatened us saying that if we called the police it would all be over, he also said that he had contacts in the police and that if we reported… he had bully friends and this wasn’t going to stay like this.”

SO disturbing. Just truly awful.

Eixchel went on to say she doesn’t know how she’ll ever “overcome this nightmare” because her trauma is much more than “physical injuries”:

“God interceded for us that night, I can only say thank you for another chance. In my mind, it was just that if it was going to kill me… my mom was going to have that trauma forever and if I killed my mom I was never going to be able to handle it. Today I can tell you that trauma hurts more than physical injuries, and that I really don’t know how I will ever overcome this nightmare. No one deserves to live what me and my mom lived and don’t ever think this is something that can happen to you.. until it’s happening. I ask you to pray a lot for us and that justice is served. On my part I promise you that when I manage to heal even just a little.. i will become the voice of all the people who have been victims of abuse, abuse and in this case.. almost murdered.”

Heartbreaking, but how noble to dedicate herself into becoming a voice for victims after this experience. That takes so much strength.

Eixchel wrapped up her post by saying she can’t give much more info because it is an open investigation, but she hopes God can give her “the strength to move on”:

“At this time, it’s a Criminal Investigation case so I won’t be able to give specific details. There are no words to describe the terror, pain, trauma, anxiety and panic attacks this has caused us.. Only God knows why I’m still here and I ask him to give me the strength to move on and that at some point he can heal my heart.”

You can see the full post and the pictures, but be warned they are GRAPHIC. Ch-ch-check it out (below):

Gut-wrenching. Those poor, poor women.

Eixchel’s stepfather was arrested and charged with attempted murder, two counts of burglary with assault or battery, false imprisonment with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a firearm, attempted evidence tampering, and felony battery. The probable cause arrest affidavit, as obtained by Law&Crime, reveals the mother’s side of the story which matches Eixchel’s. It also included the disturbing details of how Luis bit his wife all over her body while she attempted to fight him off with a wine bottle. The influencer’s photos show one of those awful bite marks.

Per local outlet WPLG, eventually the women were able to get him to calm down and talk, but police said the suspect “kept a hold of [Eixchel] by the hair while sitting on the couch, not allowing her to exit” the place. He’s also alleged to have made the mom and daughter “clean up the scene” where he’d just allegedly battered them. Disgusting.

The ladies said it took an entire day to work up the courage to contact police after Luis allegedly threatened the two of them with hitmen. Luckily for the TikToker and her mother, though, the stepdad is being held in prison without bond.

Just horrifying. We’re so glad Eixchel and her mother survived. May they get the justice they deserve.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or text START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.

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Early on Wednesday, Teresa Giudice took to Instgram to post pictures of her 18-year-old daughter Milania beginning her freshman year at the University of Tampa in Florida. First off, it’s insane to us that Milania is 18 and off to college. Where did the time go?! We are old AF! LOLz!!

But the story here isn’t Milania’s arrival to adulthood (time flies!) or her matriculation to the U of T (congrats!). The story is how the Real Housewives of New Jersey star can’t help but make herself the center of attention even amid her daughter’s big moment!!

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Ch-ch-check out Tre’s IG post for yourself (below) to see what we mean. In it, the mother-daughter duo is together in scantily-clad swimsuits in front of a pool, along with a video of them posing for other pics on an oversized chair:

Tre… you have PLENTY of attention back home with your Bravo career. So, come on, girl! It’s Milania’s turn to shine on her own without her momma forcing her way into every social media snap!!

Now, to be fair, Tre looks f**king incredible for 52 years old. Nobody is debating that! If we had that bod, we’d be flaunting it, too. Ha!! But at Milania’s college drop-off?! Really?? It’s giving “momma making it all about herself” vibes!!

It’s time for the teen to spread her wings. Take easy classes, drop hard classes, talk to boys, maybe join a sorority, definitely party a little bit… you know, that whole deal. And Tre’s husband Luis Ruelas certainly knows that whole deal, even if he’s been creepy as f**k about it.

BTW, we’re not the only ones who feel this way. In the comments, IG users are offering up criticisms of Tre taking Tampa by storm:

“Milania is just like a her mom attention seeking! Teresa is eating this up!”

“The video is so cringe. Lol Teresa is trying too hard.”

“Teresa, relax. Just be normal it’s only a picture”

“Stop your mom from hanging out near the young kids! It’s weird!”

“Now let her be herself. Go home. Time to spread her wings and grow.”

“What’s with the legs!! Always posing!”

“What every college mom does, poses for pictures on their daughter’s campus.”

BAM!!!

What do U think, Perezcious readers?! Is Tre making this ALL about herself?! Does she need to recede just a little bit and let Milania have her moment?? TBH, if this is college drop-off… can you even imagine what Tre’s four daughters’ weddings will be like?? Just saying!

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Donald Trump‘s pick for Vice President in this election cycle is in the news again on Wednesday morning for comments he made back in 2021. They were aimed at Randi Weingarten, the head of the national teacher’s union American Federation of Teachers. And in those old public comments, he slammed Randi for not having kids of her own — but wanting to control what other people did with their kids when it came to school and learning.

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Vance’s 2021 words about Weingarten were delivered during a Center for Christian Virtue leadership forum moderated by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, and they were VICIOUS! He slammed Weingarten over the fact that she “doesn’t have a single child” but still works in policy aimed at kids, and added:

“You know, so many of the leaders of the left, and I hate to be so personal about this, but they’re people without kids, trying to brainwash the minds of our children. … If she wants to brainwash and destroy the mind of children, she should have some of her own and leave ours the hell alone.”

What the fuck is wrong with this weirdo? New video has emerged of JD Vance attacking childless teachers — criticizing teachers' union president, Randi Weingarten, for having the audacity to be a teacher who does not have her own children.pic.twitter.com/jnt6HLss0D

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) August 28, 2024

Ummm…?!

It’s giving “childless cat lady” vibes again! JD just can’t keep his yap shut on stuff like this, can he?! He is truly doing an amazing job at tanking Trump’s campaign! Not that we are complaining, of course… (Weingarten, by the way, is in a committed same-sex relationship and is a mother to her partner’s children. So, even though she doesn’t have biological children, she still raises kids!!!)

Related: Viral Photo Resurfaces Of Trump’s Running Mate JD Vance IN DRAG!

The remarks first resurfaced after the liberal news site Heartland Signal uncovered them on Tuesday. Quickly, Harris’ campaign accounts re-posted and amplified the video on social media. And immediately, people FLOODED the web with reactions! Over on X (Twitter), users blasted Vance for being relentlessly weird and off-putting with his comments about other people’s kids:

“Ah, a very systematic approach to candidate vetting. Bravo!”

“Its not just weird how he’s obsessed with other people having kids, it’s creepy”

“The hatred and animosity he has for childless people is wild. His wife most definitely has a handmaid outfit in her closet.”

“Weird and obsessive. Like why does it matter? Why does he not trust women unless they’ve given birth? It’s creepy as hell.”

“Is there anyone this guys has not said something offensive about?”

“This guy just can’t help himself. His archaic religion is brainwashing him.”

“This guy really needs to rethink his life choices!!”

“There is a nice heavy rock somewhere that he and the rest of these morons need to crawl back under to. Such idiots!!”

No joke! At least folks are quickly picking up on the fact that this dude is a complete turn-off to normal people!! Thoughts, Perezcious readers?! Share ’em (below)!

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Now, don’t get us wrong. We all hate to do laundry, it’s one of those never-ending chores, but… this is not the solution! On Monday, GQ released a new YouTube video with the Magic Mike star revealing 10 things he can’t live without. A deck of cards, his camera, a photo of his daughter Everly — all pretty normal things. It wasn’t until he got to item #10, though, that we heard a wild story.

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The 44-year-old actor revealed to the outlet he LOVES his plain white Hanes branded tees. So much so, that back in the early 00s he went a whole YEAR buying them — just to avoid washing his clothes because he hates doing laundry:

“I hate doing laundry. Like, I hate it more than I could possibly say. I had one year that I called ‘the year of the fresh white tee.’ I don’t think I did laundry all year that year. I just wore white T-shirts that I just bought. I’d be like, ‘I can get, like, two wears out of this a week’. The year of the fresh white tee — ’99 or 2000. It’s a beautiful year.”

Uh… was that really his only option? If he could afford to keep buying new shirts, couldn’t he just pay someone to wash his clothes? On top of that — what about his pants?! Was he skipping washing those, too? Just the same jeans all year?? So many questions!

You can see the full video for yourself (below):

What do U think about Channing’s approach to his wardrobe, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF (below).

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The Wednesday star is finally responding to the popular rumor that she dated the Pirates of the Caribbean actor! If you didn’t hear, whispers last summer picked up steam that the 21-year-old was in a full-fledged relationship with the 61-year-old. While undeniably WILD to imagine, a 40-year age difference isn’t the wildest thing we’ve ever heard of… Just ask Bill Belichick! But Jenna wants you to know that said rumors are categorically false!

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During an interview with BuzzFeed published on Monday, the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star was asked what the “craziest rumor” she’s ever heard about herself. She dished:

“Probably that I was in a serious relationship with Johnny Depp and I wanted everybody to leave us alone. It’s so insane to me, like, I never spoke on that, I never said anything like that. Articles really do just make up their own quotes. But I thought that was pretty hilarious.”

Wow! Good to know, LOLz!

She added:

“I was on set with Richard E. Grant and he came up to me and he said, ‘Oh, so you and Johnny?’ And I laughed because I don’t know that person.”

Ha!! We love it!! It’s totally giving Mariah Carey!!

You can watch her full interview (below):

BTW, back at the initial time of the rumors, Johnny’s reps denied them wholeheartedly, saying in a statement to NME:

“Mr. Depp has no personal or professional relationship with Miss Ortega whatsoever. He has never met her or spoken to her. He is not involved in any project with her, nor does he intend to be. He is appalled by these baseless and malicious rumors that are intended to harm his reputation and career.”

And now, Jenna is denying them, too! Reactions, Perezcious readers??

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On Facebook over the weekend, Travis Kelce‘s dad took aim at Elon Musk, saying he’d been banned for life from X (Twitter)! Why?? That part isn’t totally clear. The claim came in a post Saturday in which Ed shared a Newsmax article claiming Houthi arms dealers had been selling weapons on the social media platform. In the post, he said:

“Arms dealers are free to peddle their wares on X, but I’m banned for life and they won’t say why, just a generic ‘Terms Of Service’ violation.”

On Sunday, after media started picking up on the story he’d been banned, he made another post to clarify the arms dealer thing was just to make a point.

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The NFL father said he only shared this article because he was annoyed that he got banned when alleged illegal activity was still taking place there:

“Let me try and clear something up here. I’m rarely on Facebook or Instagram. I get Google alerts in my email about articles mentioning the boys and remotely post them to Facebook for friends and family to see. I posted the thing about arms dealers active on X because frankly, I was pissed at Elon’s trolls.”

Ed says he just wanted to “highlight the hypocrisy of these social media turds” by showing how easily they ban regular, harmless people. He went on to say he was rarely on the app at all when he took the alleged ban, so he assumes he “was hacked”:

“I rarely wrote anything on X; I just followed sports reporters. It’s handy during games to hear what those guys have to say, particularly at stadiums where you don’ have commentators the way you do watching on TV. I was active on X/Twitter from September to February, reading others’ posts. Apparently the X Twits believe I posted something contrary to their rules in May or June 2023. Never happened. I’m guessing I was hacked, as the platform isn’t all that secure. My comments when I started this conversation were merely to highlight the hypocrisy of these social media turds.”

See the full statement (below):

Wow! If this really happened, how unfair!

Then again, Musk’s free speech push hasn’t exactly attempted to be “fair” at all. We don’t know anything about Houthi arms dealers, but just try typing the word “cisgender” in response to someone sharing a Nazi talking point or the N-word to see what we mean.

Reactions, Perezcious readers?

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Of course, the pair is in the middle of a very publicized divorce from each other, and they are trying to square away things like financial issues and other questions as they legally end their marriage. But the biggest financial question mark they have — that massive 12-bedroom, 24-bathroom Beverly Hills pad that’s been up for sale for weeks now — is not even close to being solved! Oof!!

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According to TMZ on Monday morning, multiple El Lay real estate sources have confirmed that there has been absolutely no movement at all on the mansion sale. The A-list duo’s divorce announcement in the public sphere didn’t move the needle to get somebody to step up and want to buy the mansion. And there are NO serious deals or offers in place for it! Yikes!

Now, that outlet does note that the mansion has had “plenty” of showings since it first went on the market. People obviously want to see what that mega-mansion is all about! But nobody has liked it enough (and especially at that price) to make a bid for it. Also, it’s going to be incredibly tough to sell just because of how big it is, and how much it costs. There are only so many people in El Lay (or, really, the world) who would even be in the market for a mansion like that, ya know?!

There are other issues here, too. For one, the now-estranged couple first bought that house last year for $60 million, and then put a ton of money up to renovate it. And while they improved it some with those renovations, it’s a rough sell to ask for $8 million more after just a year, ya know?! That’s a HUGE price jump! Plus, the real estate market is super tough right now, and interest rates are pretty high.

Womp, womp!

So, for now, it sure sounds like this thing is just going to sit on the market. And sit mostly empty. And sit collecting dust. And meanwhile, Bennifer 2.0 is going to have to navigate the rest of their divorce and figure out where they both stand financially with this big “for sale” cloud hanging over their head!

At least it now seems like Ben can occupy his mind with something — er, someone — else. Yeah…

What do U make of this tricky situation, Perezcious readers?! Share your thoughts in the comments (below)!

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For those who missed it, she hosted an AMA to promote a graphic novel called Expecting The Unexpected, but commenters used it as an ambush. There were hundreds of questions, almost none of which were about that project or anything else that she wanted to talk about. Instead, they were all about her Sandy Hook denial!

Yes, way back in 2013 she reposted a Sandy Hook conspiracy theory video that said the school shooting was a massive hoax by the government, calling it at the time a “must-watch.” She later tweeted that “asking questions and doing research is more patriotic than blindly accepting what you’re told.” Oof.

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Clearly, Ronda didn’t see this coming. She didn’t answer a single question, and the AMA ended after an hour. Well, she’s posted an answer to all of it now.

She took to her X (Twitter) account late on Thursday night to post an apology for everything — for amplifying the conspiracy theory, for staying silent about it all these years, the whole thing. Ronda called sharing the video “the single most regrettable decision of my life.” She admitted:

“I didn’t even believe it, but was so horrified at the truth that I was grasping for an alternative fiction to cling to instead. I quickly realized my mistake and took it down, but the damage was done.”

She spoke directly to those affected, saying:

“I apologize that this came 11 years too late, but to those affected by the Sandy Hook massacre, from the bottom of my heart and depth of my soul I am so so sorry for the hurt I caused, I can’t even begin to imagine the pain you’ve endured and words cannot describe how thoroughly remorseful and ashamed I am of myself for contributing it. I’ve regretted it every day of my life since and will continue to do so until the day I die.”

But still she didn’t speak out for so many years! About that, she wrote:

“I can’t say how many times I’ve redrafted this apology over the last 11 years.”

But every time, she said, she “convinced myself it wasn’t the right time.” But that was BS, and she knew it. She wasn’t being called out on it, the media hadn’t picked it up and canceled her. She was thriving, as a matter of fact. Her movie career was just beginning. And so…

“I never spoke of it again, afraid that calling attention to it would have the opposite of the intended effect — it could increase the views on those conspiracy videos, and selfishly inform even more people I was ignorant, self absorbed and tone deaf enough to share on in the first place.”

That last part, admitting how aware she is now about how selfish she was being by saying nothing, is the crucial part here. Because now she says:

“But honestly I deserve to be hated, labeled, detested, resented and worse for it. I deserve to lose out on every opportunity, I should have been canceled, I would have deserved it. I still do.”

Yes. THIS is an apology. It’s not just admitting the wrongdoing — she’s not mitigating how bad it was, she’s not making the case for being forgiven. Just the opposite. She truly believes what she did was wrong, and she’s admitting she’s believed all this time she deserved to face consequences. No, not deserved. DESERVES. Present tense. It matters.

Wow. You just don’t see this kind of apology from someone for this kind of thing. Usually they’re too far down the rabbit hole to come out and admit how wrong they were. But in perhaps the most important part of her message, she speaks directly to others who have “fallen down the black hole of bulls**t,” delivering a message more important now than ever:

“It doesn’t make you edgy, or an independent thinker, you’re not doing your due diligence entertaining every possibility by digesting these conspiracies. They will only make you feel powerless, afraid, miserable and isolated. You’re doing nothing but hurting others and yourself.”

Unfortunately we’ve seen that more and more starkly illustrated by QAnon followers the past couple years, several of whom have murdered their own families after being radicalized by nonsense. But Ronda shares a powerful message to people who have let themselves believe this stuff:

“Regardless of how many bridges you’ve burned over it, stop digging yourself a deeper hole, don’t get wrapped up in the sunk cost fallacy. No matter how long you’ve gone down the wrong road, you should still turn back.”

Amazing. Really, truly unexpected. She said the exact right words. And, as she noted, it was all over a decade too late.

Read the full thing (below):

Wow.

Very, very well said. Thoughts, y’all? Share ’em (below).

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