Couple Who Went Viral For Raising $400,000 For A Homeless Guy Living Under A Bridge Now Says They Would Rather "Burn It In Front Of Him" Than Hand The Money Over

Source –  The homeless veteran who helped a stranded motorist has filed a lawsuit against the woman and her boyfriend to stop them from spending what remains from a $400,000 GoFundMe campaign they created for him, according to a report.

The lawsuit alleges they deposited “substantial portions of the money raised” into personal accounts and did not allow Bobbitt to access them to get off the streets.

Christopher C. Fallon, one of Bobbitt’s attorneys, said the suit was filed after D’Amico ignored several requests for a full accounting of the GoFundMe funds raised. “He’s really left us with no choice but to go forward,” Fallon said, Philly.com reported.

They “conspired to utilize [Bobbitt’s] money to enjoy a lifestyle that they could not afford. Defendants admitted to commingling the funds raised for [Bobbitt] in their own personal accounts and have denied [Bobbitt] access to the account,” according to the court documents.

They (the couple) said they were protecting the interests of Bobbitt and the more than 14,000 donors by depositing the money into their own accounts to prevent him from doing drugs after he admitted to doing so in an article on Philly.com.

“Giving him all that money, it’s never going to happen. I’ll burn it in front of him,” D’Amico recently told the paper.

The couple now claim they are receiving death threats. 

Look, obviously Chris is going to spend the money on drugs. The guy was living under a bridge; it’s expected. But you still have to give him the money– you raised it FOR HIM. If you want to skim some off the top, that’s fine. I don’t even think Chis would mind, but spending half of it and then going on Megan Kelly to say you’d rather, “burn it in front of him” than hand it over is a bit much. And give me break with the “you’re trying to protect him AND the 14,000 donors” bullshit. Ninety percent of the donors probably gave five bucks and forgot about it the second they clicked send.

That said, I don’t think they “conspired to utilize his money to enjoy a lifestyle that they could not afford.” I think the money was in their account, it was more money than they’d ever seen, and they had a tough time saying goodbye to it. The same thing happens to me when I have a bunch of money in my Venmo. Do I use my roommate’s money to pay the rent or do I have myself a weekend? The difference between myself and the couple is I always pay the rent.

Hopefully this guy is able to collect enough cans to afford a good enough lawyer win his lawsuit.  He won’t get the $400,000 because they’ve already spent a bunch of it, but he should get something. The good news is even if he doesn’t, he won’t notice the difference.

PS: Shout out to  macaroni and cheese guy.