Thanks to arejohn, I looked a little closer inside the clutch cover and noticed the ring that the fingers are attached to has broke. So the fingers aren't really bent they actually spiral in height starting from one side of the break around to the other.

No idea what this would be called.
New pic here -> Broken Pressure Plate Diaphragm? in clutch cover. Or is this referred to as the spring?

I take this to mean that the clutch would always be partially engaged due to the fact that even when the clutch pedal is pressed the broken part isn't disengaging.

Could this be the whole problem?