Tennessee family shares good news after falling victim to WWE ticket scam

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — From day till night time, Demetrius Trotter watches wrestling. Sadly, that is normally the closest he will get to the ring.

“He has cerebral palsy. He has a ventricular shunt,” stated his mom, Karen Trotter. “He solely weighed two kilos and one ounce when he was born.”

Demetrius is not any stranger to placing up his personal combat. The 43-year-old has already had 28 surgical procedures.

“Me and Demetrius’ dad was the only real caregiver of caring for him,” stated Karen. “Like if I needed to go someplace, he would keep right here and maintain him, or if he needed to go someplace I might keep. We’d change up.”

However the household was dealt a blow in April when Demetrius’ dad handed away.

“It is a exhausting expertise now being a single mother or father,” stated Karen.

That is why she needed to cheer Demetrius up. When she noticed the WWE was coming to city, she googled Ticketmaster and known as a quantity she thought was for the corporate. The operator ended up being a scammer and Karen misplaced $250.

After NewsChannel 5 aired her story, the calls and emails poured in, however one, particularly, stood out.

“He stated ‘that is from WWE’,” stated Karen. “He stated ‘try to be getting a few bins within the mail’, he stated ‘we will ship you the tickets’ and he requested me what number of tickets did I would like.”

Together with the tickets, the WWE despatched a field stuffed with wrestling swag.

“He simply began screaming when he noticed all of the shirts and the hats,” stated Karen.

In just a few days, Demetrius will lastly be there in particular person for the present and he had a message to those that helped.

“What you going to inform the viewers?” Karen stated.

“Thanks,” replied Demetrius.