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Our advice to this man's girlfriend? Run, don't walk.

The alarm bells are deafening.

There’s young love. And then there’s controlling, stalking behaviour. The two things are NOT the same.

But no-one told Azel Prather Jr. Prather, 25, who has gained worldwide notoriety after starting a crowdfunding campaign to “oversee all parties and fun activity” of his 22-year-old girlfriend Marissa while she’s on spring break in Miami.

Basically people have raised money so this guy can successfully stalk his girlfriend. Congratulations, concerned citizens.

After thousands of shares online and donations from 27 people, Prather’s GoFundMe campaign succeeded in getting him a return flight to his victim beloved.

Azel Prather Jr’s GoFundMe.com campaign.

 

“If you know anything about Miami, you know that she shouldn’t go without a chaperone,” Prather wrote in his desperate plea last week.

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“I will be staying wherever she lays her head, eating whatever she eats, and overseeing all parties and fun activity for the duration of the trip,” he added.

Prather’s desperate plea.

 

In a further effort to secure funds, Prather shared his concerns about his girlfriend’s Facebook updates.

Her bathing suit pic got 326 likes. Fellas, that right there is called the danger zone. Confidence rises and she’ll remember the time I went out with my friends instead of her. The sun being out and the tan on her beautiful skin doesn’t help the situation. If you could find it in your heart to help me save my relationship I would truly appreciate it. Next thing you know her charger might break! Help me please! Fighting for love here [sic].

But Prather has stressed to the Washington Post that after being together a year and a half, he’s secure in his relationship.

Oh yeah we totally got that out of this whole situation.

It’s Miami that’s the problem, you see.

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“If I had to pick one place for my girlfriend not to go, Miami would be it! I think the sun just melts all the morals in Miami. It’s a free-for-all,” Prather said.

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And it just gets sadder. Prather uploaded the following Instagram video upon his arrival.

A video posted by Hail Zel (@hail_zel) on

 

“You thought this was your trip,” he says. “This our trip.”

“I miss my friends,” she says.

Get out now, Marissa. Run, don’t walk.

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