Marie Curdew

### Content Warning: Abuse.

Marie Curdew is one of the main antagonists in Left Sides. She's usually seen around with dyed, grey hair and wearing expensive clothing items she buys using the money from her success in the music industry. She acts entitled around others, and usually doesn't have any social awareness when it comes to conversations. She was the woman behind the famous artist *ShugarSatan*

## BACKSTORY

Marie Curdew was born on May 23rd, 1967 in McBend, California. She moved to Los Angeles in 1993. Where she met her now Ex-husband, Larry Anderson. After they both found success in the music industry, Larry and Marie married and had two children. The oldest; Amanda, went "missing" in 2004, where after a few weeks of nothing: She, Larry and their youngest, Tess, moved back to her home town, McBend.

Sometime in 2010, her Ex-husband's music career started to not do as well as it did in the late 90's & early 2000's, with all this anger, Larry started to abuse their daughter, Tess. Larry had also managed to manipulate Marie into not telling anyone, and also getting her in on the abuse. Marie would verbally and mentally abuse Tess, as she didn't have it in her to physically hurt her child...but mostly she was afraid of what Larry would to to her and Tess if either of them told anyone what happened. However, Larry convinced her that she should start starving Tess whenever she "misbehaves" at home.

When Tess was in her senior year of high school, things just got worse and worse. Marie starved Tess for longer periods, as she became quite moody from stress, thus both Marie and Larry thought she was "misbehaving". When Tess would go to see her best friend (now husband), Bently Warner, Marie would set ridiculous curfews just so that Tess could be disappointed. Marie started to call Tess the f-slur whenever she would wear "not very feminine clothing" or be into "non feminine things" like video-games and such.

Marie went under investigation along with her Ex-husband in 2021 after Tess called them out for all the suffering she had to endure for 11 years. Marie allegedly broke down while being questioned, and realized how much pain Tess will be in forever, not realizing before that she could still hurt her daughter without laying a finger on her. She pled guilty during her trial. And got let off with 90 days in prison, 100 hours of community service, and she is now required to get psychiatric help after being manipulated into thinking "all of this was okay unless you hit her" by Larry for so long.

During both Larry and Marie's trials, Marie filed for divorce after her realization. And now lives alone in a decently sized home with her cat after receiving half of the money made when she and Larry sold their estate.

In early 2023, Tess filed a restraining order against Marie after Tess accused her of stalking her and Ben. Tess plans to keep this active until Marie can prove to her that she has changed. And is no longer the abusive mother Tess knew her to be. To this day, she still trying her hardest to get better.

## Trivia

* Marie now works from home as an instrumental musician. Not as successful as her old career, but it puts food on the table and keeps the lights on.