TIFU Card Collection Ending Update

https://rareddit.com/r/tifu/comments/wrmbvx/tifu_update_reporting_ex_friend_who_burnt_8000/

For those wanting past posts just look up Ex friend who burnt 8000$ worth of Pokémon cards rareddit.

For those patiently waiting for an update here I am.

Starting off, maybe two weeks after my last post I was assaulted. I was in the hospital for a few days but all in all it was minor fracture on my rib and a broken finger. This was done by Cole and a friend of his.

Cole was arrested and I was just terrified of all of the attention I was getting from the people in my life. News articles and YouTube videos. It didn’t take long for it to swirl around my school. I deleted most the posts but you can find them still.

I never wanted this to blow up as much as I did because the attention that it got wasn’t really worth it. For everyone who messaged me asking for an update I gave it to them. Telling them Cole was arrested and that he’s being charged with assault.

I thank everyone who messaged me and helped me and wanted updates etc.

For the justice everyone’s been waiting for, the courtroom wasn’t all that, it wasn’t like the movies where there was an Aha gotcha moment. Cole painted me as an obsessed monster, that he did me a favor as his true friend. Because Cole was a first time offender for the assault he got a year probation and a fine. In the small claims court he was ordered to pay 6k back because it was all I could technically prove he destroyed. The police actually pulled the video from his laptop and in the video you could see heaps of cards being burnt. But because they couldn’t be properly identified there wasn’t much that could be done.

I’m not angry anymore, At first I was destroyed but after everything that’s happened and all the media I knew there was people out there who cared.

I know you’re reading this, the internet knows you as Cole, I’ve done my best not to doxx you and I’ve done a pretty good job. You took something you knew I loved and destroyed it, when in reality the only thing you destroyed was our friendship. I forgive you for what you did, I won’t ever forget what you did. But go ahead, create a video on your YouTube explaining your side of events. I bet it would go viral, is that what you want? To go viral? Make a video, send me the link and I’ll post it here for everyone to see. Let the people make their own decision on who the real monster is. I mean there is two sides to every story right? Anyway, good luck and I hope both sides of your pillows are always warm.

I started recollecting Pokémon cards. I mean it’s in no way as impressive as it was but I’m rebuilding it. I’m also making a lot of new friends, applying to colleges, moving on. I know this isn’t the pro justice pro revenge ending everyone wanted. But it’s the ending I was given.

Thank you all for staying with me, for the 10 million people who read my original post, thanks for listening.

TLDR: Cole gets a year probation and a fine while I move on with my life.