A mum survived a horror attack at the hands of her thug ex-boyfriend after she says he rammed her off the road and beat her unconscious.<br /><br />Amanda Gensman, 38, and Blake Wade Haggerton, 36, broke up and she was on her way to collect belongings from near his home when she collided with a vehicle.<br /><br />Haggerton was behind the wheel - and blocked her Volkswagen Beetle until it failed to start, on the rural country road in Kerry County, Texas, US, Amanda claims.<br /><br />He got out, and ran towards Amanda's car - something she described as "the scariest thing ever."<br /><br />Haggerton then began his brutal attack - breaking her driver's side window before punching Amanda in the face 12 times as she pleaded with him to stop, she says.<br /><br />The former wine seller dragged her into the road and left her there while she was unconscious.<br /><br />Amanda - with her legs not working - woke up and desperately hauled herself back to her vehicle.<br /><br />But then Haggerton carried her to his car whilst she screamed out for help, she says.<br /><br />Amanda claims Haggerton threatened her while they drove around, before dumping her outside of her mum's house and fleeing the scene.<br /><br />Amanda said she managed to convince him to leave her by saying she "loved him" and promising to stay quiet about the attack.<br /><br />He was later apprehended and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a weapon.<br /><br />Haggerton initally pleaded not guilty, but accepted a plea deal last month. He will be sentenced in October.<br /><br />Amanda, a former chef and mechanic, currently unable to work due to her injuries, from Ingram, Texas, said: "It was probably the most horrific night out my life and it changed everything and ruined everything.<br /><br />"I think he's a monster. I forgive him but I will never forget or allow him to do this to anyone else if I can help it - he tried to take my life.<br /><br />"I've never been a depressed person and I've never known what it was like until now. <br /><br />"It's been the hardest thing I've ever gone through and every day I struggle to wake up and get out of bed. <br /><br />"I get out of bed because I love my children and I get up because one day I hope this is over. <br /><br />"I would love to be able to go back to work and do what I love. I wish I could turn back time.<br /><br />"We lost our house around January because I had to stop working.<br /><br />"It's cost me my livelihood as a chef and I lost my savings, my home, my dignity, I lost trust and respect for myself and trust for others. <br /><br />"It just hasn't gotten any easier - I still have pain."<br /><br />The pair met when Haggerton brought his car into Amanda's workshop in June 2022 and asked her out on a date.<br /><br />Amanda broke up with Haggerton on the morning of the assault in October 2022 after they had a disagreement. <br /><br />Haggerton then told her that if she wanted her stuff back, she would have to meet him near his house, she says.<br /><br />Despite both of her daughters, 18 and 15, urging her not to go, Amanda decided otherwise.<br /><br />She said: "It had been a pretty good romance but I had my principles."
