Just when we thought we’d coast gently from the Valentine’s Day high, Reesa Teesa pulls us back into the complex reality of love, proving that it’s not always a bed of roses. Her viral TikTok series, spanning 50 nail-biting episodes, dives deep into her tumultuous relationship with her ex-husband, cleverly nicknamed ‘Legion’. The entire series is wild and has TikTok obsessed/ in a major chokehold.
Now, if you’re someone who doesn’t have the time to invest in this 50-part series or just aren’t interested in spending hours watching the videos, allow me to break down this saga because it’s a lot.
Right before the start of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, Reesa and Legion first crossed paths on two different dating apps, one that used his real name and another that used a nickname. This double identity act? Major red flag from the get-go. But hey, love makes us overlook a lot, right? Despite this early warning, Reesa went along with things and found their relationship moving rather quickly. Reesa and Legion hung out a ton before jumping headfirst into quarantine life together and soon afterwards, began talking about buying a house together, some priced at over $700,000.
As quickly as it began, the couple divorced in just five months after tying the knot in January 2021. The story takes a juicy turn when Reesa begins to side-eye the grand financial plans Legion had laid out for them, especially their dream of snagging an expensive house. The moment he dodged showing any real proof of funds, a siren went off for Reesa, leading her to dig more into her then-husband’s background.
Believing Legion might have just stumbled in his career once or twice, Ressa was utterly unprepared for the devastating revelation that she discovered.
After Legion half-heartedly handed over his social security number for a job application Reesa had filled out, she hit a jackpot of lies. Turns out, Legion’s job as a Vice President of a condiment company was actually forklift driving through a temporary agency, and the dream house? Way out of his league. Legion had been flexing with fake socials and bank statements stolen from Google images, trying to lock down a home. During their third home search, a realtor named Amber dropped the bomb, telling Reesa that she should buy the house herself, hinting that Legion’s finances were just smoke and mirrors.
But Reesa did not stop there. She dug deeper, unearthing a marriage license from Georgia, not California as Legion had previously stated. After locating his ex-wife’s marriage files, Reesa had a conversation with her on the phone, during which the ex-wife exposed Legion as a liar. The final straw came when one of Legion’s cousins revealed that he’d been impersonating his twin brother, who he hasn’t spoken to in over four years, making those daily brotherly chats a one-sided affair.
Love’s road can be bumpy, but it should never lead you down a path where fear is more present than love. In the aftermath of Legion’s arrest for a barrage of harassing calls — over 30 a day — he emerged again in December 2022. This time, Reesa stood her ground, threatening to get a restraining order, which finally got him to back off.
However, the saga doesn’t end without Legion, whose real name is Jerome, sharing his side of the story. He claimed in a TikTok video, “We went to marriage counseling, didn’t work, and we broke up. But all my message to her is to please stop lying to these people and tell them the real reason I left you.”
With Legion’s recent statement, it’s clear this story isn’t over. But we’re all rooting for Reesa, either way.