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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Yahoo
Bride-to-be says stranger knocked her unconscious near Dallas bar after bachelorette party
A bride-to-be from Oklahoma was enjoying her bachelorette trip in Dallas when a 'horrifying attack' outside a bar four weeks before her wedding left her brutally injured. Canada Rinaldi, 27, and her friends were leaving a club after her bachelorette party in the Deep Ellum area of East Dallas on March 22 when a stranger approached and violently assaulted her until she was unconscious, Rinaldi told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV. Dashcam video from a ride-share driver captured the moments after Rinaldi was hit by the man and fell to the pavement. Her bridesmaid Kelly Peralta, who tried to step in, was also punched by the attacker, WFAA reported. Rinaldi was taken to a hospital by ambulance. She had a concussion, a broken nose, three broken teeth and needed eight stitches to her face, according to a GoFundMe account friends organized to help her with more than $10,000 in medical expenses. Rinaldi told WFAA that she couldn't believe the assault was happening to her and she was in shock. 'I feel like a lot of my experiences were taken away from me,' she said. 🚨 More top stories from our newsroom: → FWISD to redirect $22.7M toward reading, which means job cuts → Lawyer accused of making death threats against commissioner → Popular sushi restaurant to open in Fort Worth near zoo [Get our breaking news alerts.] The attacker fled the scene, witnesses said. No arrests have been made. Kirsten McDowell started the GoFundMe asking for help to pay over $10,000 in medical expenses from the ambulance, hospital stay, and ongoing care that she said insurance won't cover. 'Just 24 hours earlier, she had told us she was having the best trip of her life.' McDowell wrote in the GoFundMe post. 'That happiness was ripped away from her in an instant, turning it into the most terrifying and traumatizing night she's ever experienced.' 'I feel like I'm not excited to plan my wedding anymore,' Rinaldi told WFAA. '... I'm getting there. It's hard, but I'll be OK.' She said she hopes Dallas police will identify and arrest the man. Anyone with information about the assault is encouraged to contact the Dallas Police Department.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
Oklahoma bride-to-be facing thousands in medical bills after attack outside Dallas bar
An Oklahoma bride-to-be was celebrating her upcoming marriage with her bridesmaids in Dallas when she was knocked unconscious by a stranger. Canada Rinaldi is now left with thousands of dollars in medical bills resulting from a concussion, a broken nose, 3 broken teeth and 8 stitches to her face, just one month before her wedding. A GoFundMe has collected more than $14,000 in donations for Rinaldi's medical bills so far, which the fundraiser page said insurance is refusing to cover. The attack took place the night of Saturday, March 22, when Rinaldi and her friends were leaving a bar in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood. "A man she didn't know approached her out of nowhere and violently assaulted her until she was unconscious," the GoFundMe reads. The attacker has not been caught, according to the fundraiser page. "She is now trying to heal—not only physically, but emotionally and financially—when she should be counting down the days to her wedding," the GoFundMe reads. "Please consider helping her during this heartbreaking time. No one should have to face something like this, let alone carry the cost of their own trauma." This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Oklahoma bride-to-be attacked while on bachelorette trip in Dallas, TX
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
Bride-to-Be Knocked Unconscious in 'Horrifying, Shocking Attack' During Her Bachelorette Party
Bride-to-be Canada Rinaldi, 27, was "violently assaulted" during her bachelorette party over the weekend, a GoFundMe set up to help her with medical bills amid her recovery confirmed The victim was left with a broken nose, three broken teeth, and required eight stitches to her face after she was randomly attacked following the night out with friends in Dallas, Texas "I don't remember the attack I only remember walking to my Uber and then being in the ambulance and hospital," Rinaldi tells PEOPLE in an update four days after the attack A bride-to-be suffered multiple injuries after being attacked while celebrating her bachelorette party in Dallas, Texas over the weekend. Canada Rinaldi, 27, from Oklahoma, had been out with friends on Saturday, March 22 on what "should have been one of the happiest nights of her life," a GoFundMe page set up by a member of the bridal party, Kirsten McDowell, stated. However, instead, the victim was left with a broken nose, three broken teeth and required eight stitches to her face after she was "violently assaulted," a description on the page read. "This horrifying attack happened just four weeks before her wedding," the GoFundMe confirmed. The bride-to-be was attacked at around 2 a.m. local time on the morning of Sunday, March 23 as the bachelorette group walked to their Uber after leaving a club in Deep Ellum, she told PEOPLE. Rinaldi was knocked unconscious and fell to the pavement after being hit but tells PEOPLE on Thursday, March 27, that she's "doing well" four days after the attack. "I don't remember the attack; I only remember walking to my Uber and then being in and out of the ambulance and hospital," she added of the attack. The victim said that police now had a possible named suspect, telling PEOPLE that the update gave her "a lot of peace of mind." "My face is healing so quickly I will be almost if not fully healed on the outside by the wedding depending how my nose heals," she said of her recovery. "I will still have the best day of my life with the person I love no matter what I look like!" 'It's just shocking. It's just hard to believe,' Rinaldi said in a previous interview with local ABC-affiliated station WFAA. 'It just feels like a lot of my experiences were taken away from me.' 'I feel like I'm not excited to plan my wedding anymore,' she added to the station. "I'm getting there, I'll be okay, but it's hard." Rinaldi's future aunt-in-law, Kelly Peralta, was also hit after she tried to push the attacker away from the victim, per NBC 5 DFW. 'We started walking across the street to get into the Uber, and that's when he came from behind and he punched Canada, and she went straight down, and I turned to push him away, and that's when he got me,' Peralta recalled, according to the outlet. The incident was reportedly captured on a Lyft driver's dash camera, with police seen helping the victim, per Fox-affiliated station KDFW. The outlet added that the video caught a man running away from the scene, but police haven't confirmed whether that's the suspect. A description on the GoFundMe page read, "Just 24 hours earlier, [Rinaldi] had told us she was having 'the best trip of her life.' That happiness was ripped away from her in an instant, turning it into the most terrifying and traumatizing night she's ever experienced." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The page stated that she'd been left with huge medical expenses. "She is now trying to heal—not only physically, but emotionally and financially—when she should be counting down the days to her wedding," the message read. "Please consider helping her during this heartbreaking time. No one should have to face something like this, let alone carry the cost of their own trauma." The page had raised just over $12,900 as of Thursday, March 27. Dallas Police Department didn't immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for additional information. Read the original article on People
