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Jennifer Garner and boyfriend John Miller want to make their relationship work, sources share
Third-wheel Affleck running riot over Garner’s love life
stunner Jennifer Garner and her businessman beau, John Miller, are being driven to couples therapy by the third wheel in their relationship — Jen’s ex-hubby Ben Affleck, say sources. Ben, 52, has leaned heavily on Jennifer ever since his marriage to Jennifer Lopez, 55, imploded last year, and our sources say John finally hit his breaking point when he saw photos of the exes getting cozy during their son Samuel’s 13th birthday celebration at Combat Paintball Park in Castaic, Calif., on March 2. The Argo star was leaning in close and had his arms wrapped around Jennifer, who didn’t seem to mind! “John has been so patient with the whole Ben situation, but it’s really grating on him,” confides an insider. “He loves Jennifer and doesn’t want to lose her, but there’s only so long he can stand having a third wheel in this relationship before he cracks.”
Miller was reportedly not happy with Garner and Affleck’s paintball PDA
“He’s not asking her to boot him from her life completely, but he’s sick and tired of being made to look like some sort of fool. “Ben is always over at the house and usually stays for dinner, and he’s there on every holiday of the year, too.” No matter how hard Jennifer tries to distance herself from Ben, sources say he hangs around like gum stuck to the bottom of her shoe! “Jen and John have been having this same conversation for nearly a year, and no matter how many times she promises to handle things differently, she always seems to slip back into the same dynamic with Ben,” shares the insider. “It’s becoming clear that therapy may be the only way they can resolve this issue, so they’re looking for a good counselor they can trust.” As The National ENQUIRER previously reported, Jennifer and Ben also tried therapy before finally giving up on their marriage in 2015. “Hopefully,” says our source, “couples therapy will work out better for Jen and John!”
According to our mole, Ben’s constant presence has a lot to do with the kids they coparent — Violet, 19, Fin, 16, and Samuel — but it has even more to do with the fact that the Alias beauty nurtures his neediness! That apparently riles divorced dad of two John, 47, who started dating Jennifer, 52, in 2018. They separated in 2020 but reconciled less than a year later. “John is demanding that she set better boundaries with Ben,” blabs the tipster.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, who tied the knot in 2022 after rekindling their romance, broke up last year
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Morgan Geyser has been confined in a mental hospital for killing a classmate when she was 12
stabber Morgan Geyser, 22, is slated to be sprung from a Wisconsin loony bin after being locked away for 10 years for brutally knifing her best friend to please the mythical internet character Slender Man — but some lawmen believe she’s still a “substantial” risk to the public! Judge Michael Bohren ordered Geyser’s release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute — rejecting a last-minute bid by state bigwigs to keep her committed! An examining doctor supported Geyser being discharged, believing she’s gotten a handle on her mental health. “She’s done what she’s supposed to do,” Bohren says. “She appears to have a good attitude.” As The National ENQUIRER previously reported, tween terrors Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured classmate Payton Leutner
The horror film Slender Man depicts the mythical figure
into a heavily wooded area near Waukesha. Lawmen say Geyser stabbed Payton 19 times, while Weier egged her on. The delusional sixth-graders later told investigators they attacked Payton to please the horror creature Slender Man! Geyser and Weier were found not guilty on attempted homicide charges due to mental illness. Weier’s psych stint ended in 2021. Now, Bohren
Geyser, now 22, is being sprung
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So far the chilling character – which many followers are convinced is real – has been linked to at least three bloody attacks , and an in-depth National ENQUIRER investigation has ripped the lid of the phenomenon which is sweeping schools across the country .
Weir ( above ) and Geyser are facing up to 65 years the computer , which is the gateway to slender Man and other destructive sites .”
“ Slender Man is attracting a cult-like devotion ,” cult expert Steve Hassan , author of the new book “ Freedom of Mind ,” told The ENQUIRER . “ This is turning kids into killers . They are being encouraged to fantasize violence – and actually do it !”
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Slender Man is a tall , gothic cartoon fgure dressed in a black suit . He has scrawny arms and legs , a blank white face and ominous tentacles sprouting threateningly from his back . Incredibly , Google lists more than 58
Psychologist and relationship expert Dr . Judy Kuriansky agrees : “ Parents must be inquisitive about the impact of social media on kids ...” [ and ] and insist [ they ] provide passwords to websites they visit .
Slender Man leads children down a deadly path .
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“ Pre-teens are vulnerable because their brains and minds are not mature ,” cult expert and mental health counselor . steve hassan told The enQUIrer .Bohren of Health Services
Mom and Dad must take the lead in protecting their kids from the slender Man cult .
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“ It ’ s vitally important that parents monitor what their kids are doing on
officials argued that Geyser didn’t tell her therapy team that she had read Rent Boy, a novel about murder and selling organs on the black market. They also charge that she has been in contact with a man who collects murder memorabilia and sent him her own sketch of a decapitated body!
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Geyser and Weier lured their victim to woods near Waukesha, Wis.
Sixth-grader Payton Leutner was stabbed to death in 2014
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MOVE over, Cinderella! A 32-year-old Connecticut man’s stepmother was so wicked, she allegedly held him captive for 20 years! The victim, who suffered from life-threatening malnourishment, told police that he had been imprisoned in a 9-x-8-foot storage space all day, every day, without heat or air conditioning for more than two decades by his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan. When he was rescued, the 5-foot-9 man weighed only 68 pounds. He was dirty, his hair was matted and all his teeth appeared rotten, officials say. According to a warrant, he was given only two sandwiches — egg salad, tuna salad or peanut butter — and two small water bottles every day. “Thirty-three years of law enforcement, this is the worst treatment of humanity that I’ve ever witnessed,” Waterbury Police Chief Fred Spagnolo said. The captive finally hatched a plan to escape by deliberately setting a fire using printer paper and hand sanitizer, hoping firefighters would rescue him. When they arrived, they discovered the victim, who had to be helped from the house. Authorities say the boy was pulled out of school at age 11, after teachers reported his case to Family and Children’s Services because he was so underweight, constantly begging for
Mom charged with keeping starving son captive in closet 20 years!
The victim set a fire to bring help
Waterbury police arrested Kimberly Sullivan
food, and was found drinking from a urinal. The victim said Sullivan, now 56, told him to claim he was okay when investigators questioned him. The inquiry was then apparently dropped. The maleficent stepmom has been charged with assault, kidnapping and cruelty, police say. But her attorney, Ioannis
Kaloidis, insists the allegations are “absolutely not true.” The victim has undergone medical treatment, but experts believe he likely has a long way to go before he can resume a normal life.
Waterbury Police Chief Fred Spagnolo
Sullivan has been charged with assault, kidnapping and cruelty
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