When mum-of-three Lindsey Arp ended her four-year relationship with Ryan Haase, he took horrific revenge.
Lindsey was left with third-degree burns when twisted Haase poured a pan of boiling cooking oil over her - leaving her blind in one eye and permanently scarred.
Incredibly, Lindsey - who is speaking out about her hell for the first time - has managed to forgive Haase, who has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for attempted murder.
Single Lindsey, 28, who lives in Tennessee, USA, with sons Malachi, 13, and Sylis, two, - from different relationships - and daughters Rylynn, seven, and Brooklynn, five, says:
“The attack has had a huge impact on my life. I’ve suffered nightmares and had counselling. I can't work as I'm still in recovery.
“My children were scared they’d lose their mum. But I want to move on and knew to do so I had to forgive Ryan.
"I won’t let what he did define me.”
Read the rest of this story in Closer mag, out today.
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