Netflix‘s new anthology Worst Ex Ever (from the creators of Worst Roommate Ever) is a docuseries that features horrific stories about the dating scene. The first episode highlights the crimes of Ben Foster, who had committed one of the most “heinous” cases according to authorities.
In the docuseries, Justine Siemens recounts meeting Ben Foster at her bartending job and eventually going on a couple of dates with him. She recalled that at the time, he’d been nothing but nice to her, but when she found out about his criminal history, things went south immediately. She called it off with her co-worker and reported him to his manager. Ben later stalked Justine and waited for her at her house.
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He beat her and held her captive for three days until Justine’s friend found her laying on her floor. “Torture is an understatement for what I went through,” Justine said in the documentary. She was in a coma for an extended period, and currently lives with traumatic brain damage. Ben fled the scene and local police called on a manhunt.
Where is Ben Foster now?
Ben Foster took his own life after he was hunted down by law enforcement. According to The New York Times, Chief Warren Hensman of the Grants Pass Police Department confirmed he shot himself with a single gunshot wound to the head with a .45-caliber weapon. Chief Hensman reported that Foster was still breathing when officers were able to get to him and was immediately taken to a medical facility, where he was pronounced dead “almost immediately.”
After a manhunt that lasted a week, authorities learned through a tip and video footage on Tuesday that Ben was back at the home where he had abused Justine. “I’ve been in law enforcement for 32 years,” Lt. Jeff Hattersley of the Grants Pass Police Department told the New York Times, “and this is one of the most heinous, terrible cases I’ve ever seen.”
Ben was previously charged with “domestic battery by strangulation, battery domestic violence, coercion with threat or force and kidnapping, and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon,” in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Sun. When Justine found out about his criminal history, she told their boss and he was fired immediately.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233) for confidential support.
