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Blog Linked From Addison Russell’s Ex-Wife’s Instagram Alleges Physical And Emotional Abuse
An Instagram account that belongs to Melisa Reidy-Russell, the ex-wife of Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, added a link to its bio late Thursday. The link leads to a blog post describing years of physical and emotional abuse by an unnamed former spouse.
The author was 20 when she met her spouse, the post says, and he was her first real boyfriend. At first, he treated her “like a queen,” but eventually began a pattern of emotional and verbal abuse, which “started to be an everyday thing,” according to the post. There was name-calling, physical intimidation, manipulation, and “threatening to ‘send’ me & our son home to my parents as if I was privileged to be living in our home,” she writes. She “felt like I was nothing.”
I couldn’t understand how the man I was so in love with, the FATHER of my child, the man I married just a
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Melisa Reidy-Russell, ex-wife of Addison Russell, says she wanted to wait until after divorce to speak out
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CHICAGO -- This time, Melisa Reidy-Russell was ready to talk.
The former wife of Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, who recently opened up in a blog post about alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, has spoken to league investigators regarding the alleged abuse as Russell awaits his fate on paid administrative leave.
"Last year, when MLB contacted me, I wasn't ready," Reidy-Russell said in an interview with ESPN. "I didn't know what was the right thing to do. I didn't even believe in myself enough to think I should do that [cooperate]. I just left my husband and all this blew up."
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Reidy-Russell spoke publicly for the first time since posting her blog, which she said she wrote to help others in similar situations. In a phone intervi
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Addison Russell
American baseball player (born )
This article is about the baseball player. For the Ohio author, see Addison Peale Russell. For the Connecticut politician, see Charles Addison Russell.
Baseball player
Addison Wayne Russell (born January 23, ) is an American professional baseballshortstop for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League. Russell was drafted 11th overall bygd the Oakland Athletics in the Major League Baseball draft. He was traded to the Chicago Cubs in In , Baseball America listed Russell as the third-best prospect in professional baseball. He made his MLB debut with the Cubs in April and was an All-Star in That same year, Russell won the World Series with the Cubs. He has previously played in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes.
Early life
[edit]Russell was born on January 23, , in Pensacola, Florida, the eldest of four children raised bygd mother Milany Ocampo-Russell and stepfather Wayne Russell.[1][2] Russell's mot