YouTube DIY fashion icon Tamisha Ridge was attracting millions of viewers to her since-terminated MeeshaTV channel when she was cruelly snatched away from her friends, family, and subscribers by an on-and-off ex-boyfriend with a history of violence. In May 2014, the 31-year-old mother was found in her home with a fatal gunshot wound to the head, inflicted when she was asleep by a man who already had five previous convictions for domestic abuse. Ridge had also previously been granted a temporary restraining order against him.
According to The Sacramento Bee, Dameshlo Green's abusive behavior started when his wife at the time took him to family court for battery back in 2002. He pleaded no contest and the pair divorced, but Green was back in trouble with the law in '04 and '08 after roughing up two more women. In 2011, Green was jailed for beating and sexually assaulting his teenage girlfriend. The judge who approved the warrant for his arrest dubbed the ordeal as "extremely cruel," and the DA who sent him down for a four-year prison stint told Green that this should serve as "the ultimate wake-up call."
Clearly, Green's stint behind bars did nothing to break his pattern of violence towards women, as he would later murder bubbly fashionista Ridge in cold blood. Green, whose crime also left three children (one of whom he fathered) motherless, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2018 and sentenced to 75 years to life in prison.
If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233. You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network website or contact RAINN's National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
