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She cried tears of relief
When Addison Russell hit a home run in the 2016 World series, she cried, but not because she was overjoyed. "I don’t have to expect him to be grumpy when we go back to the hotel." She told Time Magazine.
Addison Russell’s girlfriend Melissa Reidy - https://t.co/UfuMiY7ant pic.twitter.com/qC8WOHx7Cc
— BestWAGS (@BestWAGS) November 3, 2016
She saw red flags early on
Melisa Reidy said that she saw reasons to break things off early on when they were dating. She added that every time she called it quits, he would promise to do better.
He once snapped her phone in half
When things started to get really bad, he'd get very physical and break things. Melisa says he once broke her phone in half with his bare hands.
Physical stuff happened far too often
While Reidy says the physical stuff didn't happen every day, it happened enough that she often feared what the end of the day was going to be like.
Today I sat down with Melisa Reidy, ex-wife of Chicago Cubs player Addison Russell.
— Lauren Wolfe WEAR-TV (@laurenwolfetv) October 3, 2018
She tells me why she chose to come forward in a blog post with allegations of abuse. Catch this story tonight at 6 on @weartv pic.twitter.com/Rr2wJo3nc1
She feared going public
The allegations of abuse only really started after she shared a post about his infidelity. She wasn't comfortable talking about the abuse, but one of her friends was. A year later, she finally said she felt ok about talking to MLB.
