Sathya “Bird” Wiltse, brother of Andrew Wiltse and a former elite BJJ competitor as well, has recently opened a GoFundMe page – and asked for financial help.

Bird shared his views of what took place:

2 years ago Andrew had a severe manic episode.
During which time Andrew went on a $120,000 spending spree and took out loans using the paid off car and house as collateral.

Jump to now, we were almost debt free again, I got extra jobs along with continuing to try to work with Andrew to pay off the debt left while paying expenses.

Unfortunately with his BPD, work was difficult because the high highs came with equally low lows.

With the recent episode I’ve moved away and started a new life with a new career (I still do jiujitsu but not nearly as much.)

He continued to explain what the state is:

Unfortunately, even after 2 years, I’m still financially tied to him.
For the health of everyone involved, this needs to no longer be the case.

I need to be free to move on and live my life independently without reaping the consequences of Andrew’s choices as he goes on living his life.
I cannot sell the house without a lawyer to clear my name, which I currently cannot afford.

I cannot get him to refinance the mortgage in only his name (even though it’s 85% paid off).

Normally it wouldn’t be a big deal, but now Andrew is getting treatment and none of his side of the bills are possible to be paid until he’s released, which might take a while.

Hopefully when he comes out, he’ll be better but between the mental abuse and having to pick up after him for this long, I need help.

You may read more on the official GoFundMe page.

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