Father of Missing Girls Releases Statement on Facebook

There has been an update on the story of the two young girls allegedly taken by their Tunisian father Walid Bensayeh, which has made national news both in Tunisia and in the USA.

http://www.tunisia.com/2011/09/children-missing-with-father/

Apparently (and yet to be officially confirmed) there has been a statement released by Walid Bensayeh on Facebook which we have posted below.

“Americans always love to make story y every body didn’t ask to hear the father side for each story there is how many side huh???????ru calling this held or captive or kidnapping when kids r with own father r serious get real pple plus the father has the full cussity? I would like to give my side of the story, and show you how the facts were twisted because of my ethnicity and my love for my family and I hope that you will be fair when telling my story. I believe in justice and fairness of the American journalism. I don’t have to be a bad guy in order for my estranged wife to look good My name is walid Bensayeh, Suzanne Feimster and I was separated for more than 2 years but we’ve been having a civilized relationship. We shared our 2 daughters during the week, we did activities together such as taking them to the zoo or going to the aquarium and such…When I brought up the idea to Suzanne to take the girls and go to visit my family in Tunisia, whom I didn’t see for the last 3 years, she welcomed the idea and wanted to go with us, she even bought the tickets. Prior to our trip she was laid off her job of 7 years and she had some health issues from ulcer to a severe depression. The first day of our visit to Tunisia Suzanne demanded a beach house and a car rental, I was able to get the car but I couldn’t afford the beach house, she got very upset and threw a tantrum and become ill. By the fourth day she decided to go back to the state and take the girls with her, I took her to the doctor twice and told her that I like for my family to spend time with the girls and like to spend the rest of the vacation which was the month of Ramadan followed by the holidays and I will be going back by the end of August. She get worse and started throwing threats such as “if I don’t leave with my girls I will make sure that you’ll never see them when we go back and I will make sure you lose your citizenship”. In the mean time I caught here texting her boyfriend in the US, and expressing her love for him and how much she wanted to be with him instead of here.

When I saw that this is getting worse I took here and went to the American Embassy and asked for an advice, they weren’t any help and told us that it is a husband and wife matter and we should find away to work it out. From then on things get worse, she refused to eat and was crying every day. She suggested that her mom join her to bring here her medicine and some vitamins, because Suzanne didn’t believe in Tunisian doctors or medicine. I agreed to have her mom join us and stay with us at my parent’s house. I didn’t know that Suzanne and her mom had a plan until I overheard a phone conversation between the mother and someone talking about paying someone 30k to snatch my girls, when I confronted Suzanne she denied it and her mother jumped on the girls while sleeping and tried to run out of the house. We got into confrontation so I called the police and the American Embassy to interfere. They wrote a report and took Suzanne and her mom to a hotel, I never asked Suzanne to leave and I didn’t think she will do so for our daughters.

Next day I was surprised by cops at my parent’s house door with couple complains and allegations, such us accused of walking around with a gun, accusation of children abuse and endangering their health by giving them the wrong food ( My daughters are allergic to everything grows under the sun). I was shocked that she turned the table around and made it about the girls. Each time I talk to her and try to reason with her she refuses, she started coming around the house in the company of 2 body guards, the American counsellor and her brother who threaten to kill me. I didn’t want my girls see that or being involved until her and I resolve the issue. The court gave her TEMPORARY CUSTODY, that is a fact but what you don’t know that the judge asked me to rent a house in order for them to stay in not taking them to stay in a hotel room, I think it is not healthy or fair to take them from a home to a hotel room. From there on I start receiving texts from her and her family with all kind of threats; I offered her to stay with my mom and the girls and I can go somewhere until we sort out this matter, she refused. Then she started the internet vendetta against me and my family, I called her couple times to have her talk to her girls, she refused to tell me where she was staying so I can bring them to her to see them. She opted to go through the court system.

As an update, I left my parent’s house because all the stress this is causing them, I rented a house in the capital with my daughters. I’m trying to keep Suzanne in touch with her girls by calling her to talk to them, she refuses to come stay with them at the house and refuses to give me her address to bring the girls to her, all what she keep asking is to take the girls and leave, I’m not hiding or running, besides I didn’t want our family matter to be resolved via the internet or over the news it’s not fair or good for a 4 y/o and 3 y/o girls. I don’t want to expose our little girls to such a thing. They are healthy and it seems that the air here is doing them good, they’ve been eating all kind of fresh food, fruits they even start drinking whole milk. As long Suzanne choose to use the Tunisian court system I did the same, I filed for divorce and will let the court decide.

All what I wanted is to spend a vacation and go back to resume my life, this is not fair she can’t make herself look good by making me look bad, she made me look like a dangerous guy and made mockery of our daughter and my family in international news channels. My family has all love for Suzanne and the girls.

At this point I don’t know what to do, if I go back I don’t know what her family and friends will do to me especially after all what they wrote and the threats against me via texts and posts in the internet. I love my girls more than life and don’t want them to grow up without either parent, despite what happen I know Suzanne is a good mother and wish that she stops this nonsense to sit with me and resolve our family matter away from the media. I don’t want to expose our daughters to all this. This is a nightmare, it was never about the girls it was about Suzanne wanting to go back to be with her boyfriend.

For over 2 months things are been said about me and my family, I didn’t say anything until today, I want everyone to hear my side of the story and seek advice to how to provide a healthy and happy life to our 2 beautiful girls. This is breaking my heart, and in the bottom of my heart I believe that we still can fix this if we deal with it like civilised people by communicating and talking about our agreements and disagreements, there is no point to point fingers or talking bad about each other it’s not about us anymore, our daughters don’t need to see this or leave this kind of drama at young age.”

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?u…post=95894¬if_t=board_post_reply#post95894

In this statement he gives his side of the story and makes some serious counter allegations including a claim that his wife allegedly wanted to pay someone to kidnap the girls and take them away from him.

“I overheard a phone conversation between the mother and someone talking about paying someone 30k to snatch my girls”

For the sake of the little ones its probably best for some independent arbitration in such a situation, and we hope that both parties can resolve their differences for the sake of these lovely little girls.

We wil post updates as we get them and there is a forum discussion on the topic here CLICK HERE