The Misery Machine

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to sunny Chuluota, Florida, to discuss the case of Grant Amato, a young man living with parents just outside of Orlando. When Grant's nursing and streaming careers failed, he set his sights on something new... a high end Bulgarian cam girl named Silvie. Soon, Grant developed a full blown addiction, stealing more than $200,000 from his family, and taking out a fraudulent $65,000 mortgage... all to pay for time with his new love interest. Soon, his family's attempts at helping him turned to disaster...

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