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The Unknown special report: an interview with Mia Ambrose

Chris Ambrose the litigation queenChris Ambrose is sue happy. According to a story in Frank Report, his lawsuits include one against Frank Parlato, Dr. Bandy Lee, his brother, and his godmother. All those lawsuits didn’t translate into positive press until he sued Tina Swithin of One Mom’s Battle. Tina has strong opinions on topics like parental alienation and 50/50 custody, which has made her a controversial figure. Tina is being sued for a blog post from a couple years ago where she called Ambrose a child molester. She has accumulated some enemies, and those enemies appear to have triggered a media campaign on Chris Ambrose’s behalf after his lawsuit. His parental alienation friendsLinda Gottlieb, the quack who performs reunification therapy, published something on LinkedIn which has since been removed. Madison Welborne, the parental alienation crusader who told me she stands up for children and vets her stories, then published a long video on her YouTube channel which received a lot of traffic. She mostly read from Ambrose’s motions, and the judicial orders which followed them, creating a narrative that Ambrose was alienated from his kids. Madison did not respond to me when I pointed out that the man she was portraying as an innocent father was really a child molester. So, along with Richard Luthmann, we interviewed Chris Ambrose’s adopted daughter, Mia Ambrose. Mia sets the record straightMia said that her father was rarely around for most of her life until a plagiarism scandal ended his Hollywood career. Mia said her father moved back to Connecticut where the rest of the family lived and attempted to form a relationship with his three adopted children; when that failed, he filed for divorce and simply wrestled custody, using the label of parental alienation against his ex-wife, Karen Riordan. Mia said she was told one day that she needed to spend a weekend of with her adopted father. That weekend turned into years. Mia said she tried to escape many times, but every time she ran away, Chris Ambrose found a way to force her back. One time she ran and stayed with relatives in New York State. Mia told us that Ambrose got a restraining order and then employed local police to force her to come back. Finally, when she was seventeen, she ran from his home one last time. She left all her belongings and stayed with friends until she turned eighteen, when she moved back in with her mom. The Kassenoff connectionMia also revealed some startling information: Allan Kassenoff has been advising Chris Ambrose, particularly on legal matters. I reached out to Allan about this through Facebook messenger. His response is below. Allan’s life turned upside down when his ex-wife, Catherine Kassenoff, published her suicide note before going to Switzerland for assisted suicide in the midst of what she described as a cancer battle. He was fired from Greenberg Traurig before an article in The Free Press stopped the bleeding. He’s since started a divorce law practice. Allan was quoting from Richard Luthmann’s article about Mia’s interview. That said, Allan sued influencer Robbie Harvey for his coverage, causing Robbie to remove all his videos, except this slobbering apology video. Allan never sued me, and I stand by my reporting. I released videos of Allan screaming uncontrollably. When even more disturbing video of Allan’s ex-wife surfaced, I reported on that. In this interview, I noted that the disturbing part of this divorce was the frequent use of ex-parte and protective orders to achieve custody goals. That said, Allan never responded to the question; it does appear that he is offering advice to Chris Ambrose. Let’s see if The Free Press wants to do an update. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelvolpe.substack.com/subscribe

The Unknown special report: an interview with Tom Lemons

Tom Lemons has spent about a decade reporting independently on western Florida, particularly Hernando and the surrounding counties. He first owned and operated a website called Real News, Real Fast; more recently, he’s run rnews.news. In his reporting, he’s provided particular scrutiny to Hernando County, Fl. Sheriff Al Niehuis. His investigations eventually took him down a rabbit hole surrounding a local domestic violence women’s shelter called the Dawn Center. That turned into a documentary, Beyond the Gates. (Check out my interview with Tom about the documentary.)The blowback was immediate; he was arrested, and the Dawn Center sued. My interview with Dawn Center’s attorney Jennifer Rey about the lawsuit from 2021 is below. Tom said something even more sinister happened. Niehuis, Tom told us, set his sights on Tom’s adult son. In 2015, Tom said his son, Isaac Lemons, was a DJ at a house party. One party guest took too many drugs and died. Here’s more from a local news story. Lemons’ case comes as a result of his 2015 arrest linked to the death of 18-year-old Dylan Joseph Thornton. Back in September of that year, Dylan went missing after his friends hosted an 18th birthday party for him.The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) was contacted in reference to Dylan being missing. Over the next couple of days, an extensive search took place in Spring Hill where Dylan was last seen. Tragically, on the morning of September 15, 2015, the significantly decomposed body of Dylan was found along some dunes south of the Duke Energy transfer station.The Medical Examiner who performed the autopsy on Dylan ruled his cause of death as Alpha-PVP toxicity, the substance referred to as “Flakka,” a dangerous drug that is similar to the street drug commonly known as bath salts. HCSO’s missing persons case then turned into a suspicious death investigation.Detective Dustin Adkins was assigned the case and learned that a DJ had been arranged to play at the birthday party. It was also discovered that the DJ, later identified as Lemons, was asked to bring some “Molly” to the party, which is a street drug containing amphetamines. Shortly after his arrival, Lemons sold a quantity of “Molly,” later determined to actually be “Flakka,” which was then distributed to others, including Dylan. Later that evening, both Dylan and his friend left the party under the influence and eventually parted ways after believing they were being followed while in their disoriented state.The wheels of justice moved very slowly. Though the death happened in 2015, Isaac’s first trial didn’t occur until 2021. That ended in a hung jury. A second trial ended in a conviction in 2024. Tom said there was no physical evidence linking his son to the drugs. Instead, the state relied on eyewitness testimony, or witnesses stating that Isaac sold the drugs. Furthermore, he said that the person who last saw the victim alive was not cooperative, and he didn’t testify. Rich interjected at this point and said he believed that there could be a strong case for ineffective counsel if Isaac’s lawyers didn’t track him down and call him. Isaac got a tough sentence. Dylan Thornton disappeared during his 18th birthday party nine years ago, and he was found dead days later at the top of a sand dune, Florida authorities said. The DJ who worked his party, 31-year-old Isaac Lemons, has now been sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison on a charge of manslaughter and sale of a controlled substance, the State Attorney’s Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida said Nov. 8.Tom said the conviction was appealed immediately, and that appeal is ongoing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelvolpe.substack.com/subscribe

Jeremy Hales sadistic torture and stalking

After enduring approximately two years of legal and cyber torture by Jeremy Hales, John Cook and Michelle Preston sat down with me to talk about it. More CPS madnessThey agreed to the interview after Child Protective Services (CPS) caseworkers visited their property in Otter Creek, Florida for the thirty-fifth time. “Just the most insane allegations,” Michelle said, describing the most recent allegations. “This time was- and I’ll change my words- we poop in buckets, which has been something that’s been all along. We have nowhere to dump it, so there’s buckets all around here.”She said the allegations also accused Michelle’s five-year-old adopted daughter of not being potty trained, in diapers, not registered for school, and that their property smelled. In other visits, they’ve been accused of allowing drugs on the property, using drugs, giving drugs to the five-year-old, and leaving a gun unattended. “We’ve been drug tested, what, fifteen times,” John said. Each investigation came back unfounded, when CPS determines there is insufficient evidence to sustain the allegation. John and Michelle told me they do not blame CPS for this harassment; instead, they blame YouTuber Jeremy Hales and his minions- including my former friend Megan Fox. In January, Megan falsely claimed on Hales’ show that Michelle had Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP); Megan claimed that Michelle was likely lying when she said her daughter had Glutaric Acidemia Type 1 (GA1) because an anonymous source claimed Michelle’s story didn’t make sense. Michelle produced a letter from her daughter’s doctor, confirming the diagnosis. Megan has remained quiet since this bombshell letter was released but she has allowed Hales minions to claim the letter is a forgery. As such, I had Michelle describe the treatment she provides her daughter. That portion of the interview is below. The bogus out of state protective order Frivolous calls to CPS are not the only way that Hales has tortured John and Michelle. He also got a bogus protective order in Ohio, where he has another property. That order was triggered by an email Michelle sent to the mayor’s office in Peninsula, Ohio, the town where he has that property. That was enough for Kandi O’Conner, the idiot magistrate from Summit County, Ohio, to grant Hales a two-year protective order. Hales, a biological male, even qualified under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Michelle told me she was encouraged by a friend who was working with Hales to send the email. John and Michelle said they’ve been reticent to do interviews because the idiot magistrate told all parties not to put this matter on-line. That hasn’t stopped Hales from milking the protective order for content. To borrow from Animal Farm, “all court orders are equal, but some are more equal than others.” He has driven by their house numerous times, attempting to create a violation.He’s also called the Levy County Sheriffs, falsely claiming the protective order was violated. “Being that Jeremy is allegedly in fear that ‘physical harm’ or ‘mental distress’ may come to him as a result of interactions with John or Lynette, I found it odd that he would intentionally slow his driving speed while driving in front of the property.” One police report stated. The bogus criminal chargesJohn also told me that he was in jail for forty-one days, after an interaction orchestrated by Hales. “There was a character who kept going by back and forth,” John told me, “I went out to the road to see who it was. They stopped; I backed away from him.”He said the individual pointed something at him. This started a confrontation until police were called. “The cops took his word that I pointed a gun at him, which I didn’t.” John told me. This guy didn’t live in Oter Creek; he returned to Illinois and refused to come back to Florida to testify. The charges were then dropped; John said that this guy, last name West, said in a post that Jeremy told him that he needed content. Check out this part of the interview below. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelvolpe.substack.com/subscribe

Missouri mom says notorious GAL ignored alcoholism helped put her daughter's life in danger

Note: the video is one of several videos submitted in court of John Cooper showing up to Erricka Moorehead’s residence drunk. Erricka Moorehead’s daughter was due for delivery on September 12, 2022, but on August 8, Erricka, “felt strong contractions but never imagined she was going into labor,” according to a story in KMOV. Erricka works as a dispatcher for City of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, but on this day, she was the caller. “City of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 911,” the dispatcher on duty stated that day. “Christina, this is Erricka Moorehead, I’m in labor.” Erricka responded. The call was placed at 9:08AM; Erricka delivered her baby at 9:12AM, while paramedics arrived shortly thereafter. “They {paramedics} checked her and the baby, and both were doing fine.” The KMOV story noted. The drama should have ended there, but Missouri family courts had other ideas. Erricka and her daughter’s father, John Cooper, were never married and only had a casual relationship which resulted in the pregnancy. Cooper’s life was spiraling downward when his daughter was born. He resigned from the City of St. Louis Fire Department in November 2022, after a drug test came back positive for cocaine. His descent into drug abuse and alcoholism did not end with his job loss, Erricka told me. Erricka filed for child support in January 2023, and John responded by demanding joint custody. Initially, the court was having none of it. With drunken incidents piling up, John was put on supervised visits on August 30, 2023. At that time, Nikki Klapp was the guardian ad litem (GAL). By January 2024, Klapp- who became a judge- withdrew and was replaced by Molly Murphy. Murphy and Klapp did not respond to emails for comment. Murphy is a notorious figure in the St. Louis area, having been the GAL on the Hagemeier case, where she covered up child molestation and even pressured the then fourteen-year-old victim to sit for a deposition. By April 2024, Murphy filed a motion to immediately reinstate unsupervised visits. Erricka said the motion was dumfounding. John had not shown any sign that his drug and alcohol abuse had subsided; she was being ignored in court, and she sent an ill-advised email. “I’ve decided to just sign whatever is needed and allow John to have full custody,” Erricka said in an email on April 2, 2024. “It was in the moment of me being upset and emotional and saying something I did not mean.” Erricka told me. Her attorney at the time talked Erricka down and smoothed things over. Murphy responded with an understanding email. Though no official decisions were made, John’s sister showed up at the house later that day and took Erricka’s daughter. She said that April 2, 2024, email has haunted her since. Erricka said she had no contact with her daughter for over a week, even though she was still breastfeeding at the time. A judge then set temporary custody to 50/50. After a custody trial, 50/50 was made permanent. Erricka told me that the court relied on Molly Murphy to make sure that John was taking and passing drug tests regularly. Murphy was not dutiful in monitoring the tests, according to an email. In an email early on in her GAL term, Murphy agreed that John was an alcoholic, while stating that he’d take regular drug and alcohol tests. In a later email, Murphy cried ignorance of the ten-panel test. “What Assure test results,” she asked. Assure is a drug testing lab which would have done the “ten panel drug test,” that Murphy agreed to in the first email. The judge ceded to Murphy in his order, while noting that John voluntarily submitted another test where he was positive for marijuana. John’s attorney, Elizabeth Ituarte, did not respond to an email for comment. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelvolpe.substack.com/subscribe

Jeremy Hales files another frivolous lawsuit

Jeremy Hales has graduated from the minor leagues of frivolous lawsuits. No longer is he suing the destitute, the elderly, and the helpless. He’s now going after state prosecutors. In his latest rambling missive, Jeremy Hales sets his sights on Levy County Prosecutor Dan Owen.Dan works in the 8th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, run by Brian Kramer. Kramer was first elected in 2020 and reelected in 2024. The audacious lawsuitThe lawsuit is audacious because his attorney, Randall Shochet, put his name to it. It’s so flawed and frivolous he risks his law license by filing it, in my opinion.The lawsuit alleges that prosecutors failed to “enforce” a protective order from another state, instead questioning its validity. Problem oneThe first problem with the lawsuit is though investigators did initially question if an out of state protective order was valid, Owen determined it was enforceable.The premise of this lawsuit is obliterated in that paragraph, but that’s only the beginning of the problems.Problem twoHe claims in the lawsuit that Owen’s office refused to enforce the protective order, however, never explains what he means by enforce. Since Owen is a prosecutor, all he could do is prosecute a crime, presumably a violation of a protective order. Except, in each case where Hales complained about violations of a protective order, Levy County Sheriffs found no violation, often concluding that Hales was the aggressor. Problem threeThe lawsuit is so frivolous that even if problems one and two didn’t exist, it would still need to be thrown out. Prosecutors enjoy near blanket immunity; here is how one legal site concluded, “Under this doctrine, prosecutors cannot be sued for any actions related to their job as a prosecutor, no matter how egregious the behavior. For example, prosecutors cannot be sued for knowingly prosecuting an innocent person, withholding evidence of innocence, or even fabricating false evidence of guilt.”So, a prosecutor can fabricate evidence and still not be sued, but Hales thinks if Owen doesn’t prosecute a violation of a protective order this is enough to sue. Shochet never explains why prosecutorial immunity shouldn’t apply in the lawsuit. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelvolpe.substack.com/subscribe