From: Barbara Lance
To: SpiritofAA@hotmail.com
Subject: Statement
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:32:06 PDT
To whom it may concern;
I would like to say that I know all parties involved. Which include Ruth Parris, Stephanie (Lonnie) Bryant and John Frifeild. I have known John for the past 14 months.
All of this mess started over Johns confronting both Ruths and Lonnie's use of the internet for financial gain. From my understanding, based on the statements made to me by several parties defauded, both Ruth and Stephanie have received funds and computer equipment using lies and fraud on the internet. And from what I have seen they had attacked him in public after he had confronted them with this knowledge. I saw him confront them in a room full of people, and I have since watched them continually attack him since.
I have known both John and Barb (John's girlfriend) for over a year now and have been up to their home a number of times, as they have also been down to mine. Out of all of the time I have known both of them, never once have we been abused, nor has anyone of my alters been abused either. I have also been there when Ruth Parris was there and have never witnessed any kind of abuse towards her or her alters.
Also, having known John for approximately 14 months personally and being
a regular member of the online support group he founded, I have never
seen John Frifield practice as a therapist within his home or on the Internet.
On the internet,
it was a support group that was ran nothing more. When I needed help,
John helped me in locating a new therapist. He also paid for the first
initial evaluation because I could not afford to. Not at any time did he
tell me that he was a therapist. He has though when I did ask for help
tell me that he was not a therapist but that he would be happy to help
me locate one in my area.
While on the internet and running a support channel, that is all it was a "support" channel. One where friends and those seeking support would come and help each other. On a number of occasions I would call him at his home only to find out that he couldn't speak as he was busy helping someone get the help that they needed. He has done this with me as well. At no time did he play the part of a therapist as he is not license to do so as he has mentioned not only to me but to others as well.
I can also say that while on the internet, quite a few times I have asked Ruth Parris and Stephanie Bryant for help when I was feeling less than myself (in fact sucidially depressed) and most times all I managed to get from them as far as help and understanding is a "yes, I see, uh hu" and so forth. That is, not in my dictionary or anyone else's that I know of any kind of help or support.
I would also like to say that at no time has John ever asked me for any kind of financial compensation for his time or for his help. Whether on the internet or at his home or John at our home, he has been no more than a friend to us. A friend that not only cares a great deal but also one who has asked or expected anything in return.
These allegations that this woman or women are making are just that and nothing more. I believe and feel that they are lies made up just to satisfy the anger they felt when confronted with their use of the internet for financial gain.
Would also like to add, it is my belief that they also took his irc nick name, as when we would speak for those two days following this confrontation, his name would not remain on screen. It had switched repeatedly for approximately 2 days following their taking control of this channel. I was once being told by someone that they were in a private chat talking to John, when I had just left John's home and his computer was not even working because he was replacing his modem at the time. I called his home spoke to Barbara, his girlfriend for a few minutes until John returned from the store, having left to go get a pack of cigarettes. So, I know this person was not talking to John Friefeld but only someone posing as him and I warned the person that it was not John they were chatting with.
Also, please take into consideration, that though there are channel logs that were kept, it is also easy to corrupt those logs. Any word processor can be used to edit anything they say, to add to them or take away from them. Which I personally have witnessed just recently.
Sincerely,
Barbara M. Lance
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From: Snap Happy
To: spiritofaa@hotmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 6:15 PM
Subject: Investigation of John Freifeld
Sir,
I do not understand what you mean by recourse to what this guy is doing.
Granted we have only known John for about 6 months, we do not understand
what he has supposedly done wrong. He has never stated to us that he is
licensed or any such thing. John has not professed to be a therapist. He
has spent his own time and money calling around in my location to find
me a therapist that I can see. On the second talk I had with him he started
off with asking me if I was willing to see a therapist. He has never said
or done anything that we believe can be deemed illegal or inappropriate.
All the time John has spent with us has been of his and our own free will.
He has never asked for anything in return and we have never offered. The
only thing he did ask for is a safety contract between him and I and some
of my alters who were cutting and burning my body at night. He has been
no less or more of a therapist than other people in the channel have been.
I do not in anyway feel that he has done anything out of line.
Thankyou for your time........
Mary
PS. This is just a quick note from Mary's husband Butch.
I have conversed with John for around 3 weeks less than Mary has. In
my dealings with John, I have found his conduct to be fine and the information
he has imparted to us to be aimed strictly at helping us. I was understandably
leary at first but have not seen any behaviour of John that is not beyond
reproach. He would appear to have only our best interests at heart. As
far as I remember, he has not represented himself to me on any occasion
as having "credentials" in any particular field but only as someone with
knowledge on a subject that he is willing to share. He has also been instrumental
in putting us in touch with a local therapist who is able to help with
Mary's issues. He has never asked for nor recieved from us anything in
return for his help. If I can be of any further help in this matter, please
feel free to E-mail me at ratsrus@snet.net. I look forward to hearing that
this matter has been resolved.
Thanks,
Butch
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From: "pat o'connor"
To: spiritofaa@hotmail.com
Subject: To whom it may concern.
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 22:30:04 -0700
I have been going to the healingroom and shelterhouse for the past year. I am a survivor of several types of abuse. I am a very responsible 42 year old woman and a mother of 3. In the past year I have gotten to know all 3 people Ruth, Stefanie, and John. I as well as several other people are very shaken up by all this mess. I can only tell what I am aware of. In the year that I have been attending the healing room I have never heard any mention of John being a therapist. I have never heard John say once that he was a Therapist. I was told by someone else once that they thought he might be one but not letting anyone know it because he is so good at helping people like myself, but I was never told he was one by him or anyone else. As a person who spent several hours each day in the healingroom for over a year, if there was a therapist present, or someone claiming to be one I believe I would have surely known about it. Especially if it was John, that was a therapist or making claims of being a therapist.
The only information I was ever told by John was that he also was a
survivor. To my knowledge he was just there to help us as a survivor. He
never hurt me in any way. Just listened and gave support. He also talked
to my husband and helped my husband understand how much I really needed
some professional help. I am finally able to get that help thanks to John
taking the time to talk to him for me. I have nothing
against the other 2 women, Lonnie or Ruth. I know they conned money
out of alot of us and will pray for them. On several occasions I have been
scolded by Ruth (Qwillpen) for spelling her name wrong. I am human and
make several spelling mistakes. I just want to be happy again and if what
John is doing is called therapy then many of us on the internet are doing
it as we try to help one another. Whether John is a therapist or not does
not matter to me, if he is I wish there were more like him, if he isn't
maybe he should be. I am tired of all this.
Hope this will be of some use.
Patricia Dowe
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From: Ann Parrott
To: spiritofaa@hotmail.com
Date: Wednesday, 16 June 1999 12:43
Subject: Re: John and The Healing Room
To whom it may concern
"I" am a 35 year old survivor of sexual, emotional, physical and spiritual abuse. At a young age my parents died and my childhood changed. .. "I" became a victim of Child Sexual Abuse, Incest, Molestation, Exhibitionism and Exposure, Sexual & Emotional Harrassment, Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Assault, Voyeurism, Rape & Sadistic Sexual Abuse - on a regular basis and over many, many years. I drank and took drugs for many years and satisfied the lusts of many. 18 months ago for some reason turmoil struck this then 34 year old body and "I" turned into "we". I was diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder. I have been struggling since trying to come to terms with everything. There is a reason I mention all of this ... We were not getting very far with therapy, however had been going every week since December 1997. Then at the beginning of February 1999, our life changed, we became connected to the internet and a whole new world opened up. We met and talked with so many people who had been through the same sorts of things as we had, and were the same as us. But while it was comforting to know and talk to these people it wasnt until we met John, that we started realising the work we had to do to improve our situation. Here was a person who helped so many others and he was also willing to help me too. We spoke briefly a few times, then I recall a particularly bad night, where I was having an incredibly bad time, and some 'friends' went in search of John to come and chat with me. I was so bad I dont recall a lot of the conversation, however I have always kept logs of my talks so that I could reread and understand myself when I was feeling better. (I have a copy of every conversation I have ever had with John, that you may view if it helps any. Anyway, on this particular occasion John was with me talking for over 3 hours. He had no obligation to help this woman (me) half way across the world. Yet, he did. He gave freely of his time then and has many times over since and has never asked for anything in return. Well, not true actually, he has asked me to work hard and work towards being healed from the past and be free and happy in this world .. he has asked me many times to not 'go to heaven' thats how I talk about killing myself) which is what I often want to do and he has asked and encouraged me to keep working with my therapist and he has asked me to let him give me names of people to help overcome other abuse problems that I have, that have the ability to help me more in those specific areas than he can. So, yes, he has asked a lot hasn't he??? He has asked me to live and to care.
I have seen John help many people but never as anything other than a person that cares, the same as he did with me. He was able to help many of us as a fellow survivor and with similar problems. Ruth and Stephanie were only 2 of many that he helped. At no time, to my knowledge was John ever compensated finanically for helping anyone and certainly never by me. Nor has he ever asked. I know all the people in the room and have spoken many times to them all and never have I heard anyone discuss at any time John being anything more than someone with the ability to help us when others have tried and failed. He only says he is a survivor that cares about survivors.
From that moment of first helping me he has helped many times over,
kept me alive as I have witnessed him doing with many others. He has been
kind and patient and has given of his time so generously, to me and many
more. To me he has never professed to being professional ever. In a phone
call to America to talk to him I recall him telling me that while he was
willing to help me whenever he could, I was to continue seeing my therapist
in real life and that this was very important for me to do so.
If anything about him has been spoken about it has been in regard to
drugs and alcohol. He has told me a little of his past and we have spoken
of 'our' problems and he was in the process of working with me to give
up the alcohol and drugs as well, just as he did so indeed my life can
heal. His encouragement has always been to my healing and how one day I
can live a happy and fulfilling life free of the past. The past will always
be there, he can't rid that nor can anyone, but was helping me to learn
and feel good about myself and others. Is this a bad man?? I think not.
I continue to see my 'real life' therapist, as I have mentioned John has
never professed to be a therapist to me ever, let alone a licensed one..
I'm not sure how things work in America but obviously differently to Australia.
My own therapist would be more than happy to talk to you also about how
much I have improved over the past few months with John helping me, as
well as a few others on the internet as opposed to the previous 18 months
of therapy. We often discuss what has happened during the week so my therapist
knows about, supports and is excited about the kind of progress I have
made with the groups help. My therapist has encouraged me to continue talking
with others about things and to bring him the logs of those conversations
so he can see first hand how this support group accomplished in a few months what he,
my therapist couldn't get done in over a year.
So in light of all the above, I guess you can only imagine my shock
last week upon hearing about happened to John and that he was being investigated. I
have a very hard time understanding how these woman can do what they are
doing in light of the fact that just the day before he told us about the
money they were conning from us (I am one of the people that was conned
by Ruth Parris for 200.00) both of them held John in the highest esteem
and only had good things to say about him. In fact whenever any one in
the channel has a hard time, such as flashbacks or a angry alter out that
is threatening to destroy property or the body, it was them that said over
and over "let John handle it he knows what to do to bring it to an end".
Approximately 3 months ago, I saw a woman ask if John was a therapist,
John was not in the channel at the time, and saw Ruth tell the woman "no"
that he was only a survivor who was very gifted and skilled at helping
other survivors. She only came up with this false thing about him claiming
to be one AFTER he and a few others brought it to our attention that several
of us were being conned out of money by Ruth. We got together, compared
notes and John was right, we had been conned. The total amount of money
involved that we came up with, and this is only what we know about is 3,600.00
american dollars. Until he brought this situation to light you would have
thought he was their 'saviour' so to speak, as he was mine by helping keep
me alive and getting some of my insiders to stop hurting my body. He is
always there to help and always caring. I know that what they are saying
is not true at all and that they have hurt a lot of people in the process.
They were abusive that particular night not to me, but to a number of people,
who previous to that day were there 'friends'. they made totally unjustified
and untruthful statements about a lot of things. As soon as we were informed
of what they had been doing regarding the money they appear to have started
to scramble for anything that might give them some relief from the consciquences
of their action include tear down a man who has not done any thing to warrant
such a vicious attack. He helped them as much as he helped anyone. Both
having spent many hours with him in private chats, and even in his home
getting the kind of support from him I could only envy them for. Any that
went to Johns home, to my knowledge went as friends, for the love, support
and safety they found in his home. A position that I was envious of living
so far away in Australia.
You are most welcome to contact me at anytime for elaboration on any of this or with any questions you may have. I apologise for its comparative lateness in coming but time zones have had me at work all day obviously, but in support of John I have tried to get this to you as quickly as possible.
I am by the way a very responsible 35 year old adult who despite the problems I have, I hold down a responsible graphic design job at a national newspaper.
My name is Ann Parrott.
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From: Marla Arndt
To: spiritofaa@hotmail.com
Subject: Statement of Credibility
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 05:38:24 -0600
To whom it may concern:
I have known John for over two years now, and I have NEVER known him to practice or try to practice any kind of therapy over the Internet for any personal or financial gain whatsoever. Nor has he claimed to be acedemically qualified or credentialled as a therapist.
I personally find it reprehensible that these two parties (who have been proven beyond doubt to be less than honest) would have the audacity to accuse John of any such thing. I know John as a loving, caring human that had helped me through some rocky times with his knowledge, advice, and suggestions...I NEVER thought of it as therapy, there was NEVER any charge for same, nor did the thought ever cross my mind that I was receiving counselling services! What I was getting, and what John gives out freely, was advice from a friend, from his heart.
The Internet is a powerful tool...it can be used to reach out to people that need help, or it can be used to destroy those same people. My experience with John and the folks he has welcomed into his home over the Internet is that they are ALL wonderful, caring people that are more concerned about their fellows than with themselves. That ANYONE in their right mind would accuse John of anything other than caring for his fellows is in SAD need of help themselves, I feel. Nothing absolutely nothing John has done or does justifies what these two people are doing to him and to those that trust and care about him. The shame of the matter is this, John may be very hurt by all this as I am sure he is, but not nearly as hurt as us survivors he may choose to stop helping because of this. We are being hurt by their actions as well should he decide that helping people like us is not worth the pain, time, money and engery it cost him on a regular basis. I, for one, would be very hurt. And I know at least 30 others like me that would be as well. All of which I am sure you will be hearing from in John's behalf. John has not asked us to do this, we got together on our own and decided to do this. John has earned this much and so much more from us that we will never be able to repay. All John ever ask anyone in return for his help is that they work towards their healing on a daily basis and learn to live in the present, so they can let go of enough of the past to move into the future a better person.
We are all survivors here...those of us that are John's friends suffer from diseases more cunning, baffling, and powerful than any "normal" human can imagine. The fact that we all come together over the Internet to share our experience, strength, and hope about these addictions and the abuses of our past is a miracle....let's not let a few people with nothing better to do with their time destroy that...John helps, in his own small way, but often in a very big way for many of us people to stay alive, to learn how to stop surviving and start living and nothing more...
I am PROUD to have John as a friend and fellow survivor...any experience, strength, and hope he can give me is freely given, and just as freely taken!
Sincerely,
Marla Arndt
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From: Denise Livingston
To: spiritofaa@hotmail.com
Subject: mr. john
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1999 05:38:24 -0600
whooabber you ar
mr john no beed bad persun ac al !!!!! hem hep mi big persun git beter
lots. wen mi big persun meeted mr john we ben in dat yuki place i no lik
caled hospail lots an lots anj cus mr john hep usses we no beed in dat
yuki plac in lon time. dem pepil dat beed say bad tings bot mr john ar
way big dicheds anj ony be herts him cus dey be mad hem teld dat truf bot
dem anj dat bad ting dey didd tu usses. i haf go byby cus i gettdon rel
mad anj mi big fink i haf goed to da mad rum on insed now byby
lilbit
(Translated with permission)
Whoever you are
Mr. John is not a bad person at all!!! He helped my big person
get better a lot. When my big person met Mr. John we had been in
that yuki place that I don't like called a hospital many times and because
Mr. John helped us, we have not been in that yuki place in a long time.
Them people that have been saying bad things about Mr. John are way big
dickheads and only hurts him because they are mad he told the truth about
them and the bad thing they did to us. I have to go bye bye because
I am getting real mad and my big thinks I have to go to the mad room on
the inside now. bye bye
lilbit
To whomever this concerns;
My name is Denise Livingston. I live in Peoria, IL. I am a abuse survivor
with multiple personalities. I am also a 39 year old mother, a wife and
a employee. What lilbit was saying should you not be able to make it out
is that John has been instrumental in helping me deal with my diagnosis
of MPD. I met John two years ago after being diagnosed with MPD 3 years
before I met him. I met him in a internet support group he founded called
the healingroom. I also know the people by the names of Stephanie, Ruth
and Pat (aka's Lonnie, Qwillpen and spiritedlady). But I have only known
them for about a year or less. Prior to the help that John gave to me I
was in the hospital 9 times in 3 years. Twice for sucide attempts, one
of my own and one attempt by an alter personality. The wounds on my arms
and legs were never able to heal because they would be attacked again and
again before they ever had a chance to heal. An alter of mine named Samatha
relieved internal pain by creating external pain on a regular basis. I
could not work when I met John because alters, (little girls, boys, playful
ones, angry ones, ciggarette smokers etc) would come out while I was working
and do anything to keep me from getting my job done. Needless to say this
was quite embarrassing and it eventually cost me my job. I could no longer
go to a grocery store without leaving it in a full blown anxiety attack,
or having purchased things I didn't need, such as baby bottles, toys, coloring
books, childrens clothes, etc. and not remember having even seen them in
the store no less buying them. One night I found myself standing so close
to the edge of a highway that there is not much doubt that an alter was
at least contemplating jumping out in front of a fast moving car to commit
suicide. During my brief intervals out of the hospital I was in therapy
3 times a week. My husband was on the verge of leaving me because he felt
so powerless to do anything at all to help me. My children were being exposed
to things no child should see their mother go through. And the therapy
didn't seem to be doing anything but causing me to have more and more flashbacks
and nightmares. I was also on 7 different medications that were not doing
me any good. The more I went to therapy the more control I lost over what
my alter system could and couldn't do, or would and wouldn't do. I was
told by my therapist that there might be a support group on the internet
that might do me some good, and he gave me the web site address for the
healingroom. How he got it, or where he got it from I do not know. I didn't
have a computer but because of my line of work I know how to use one. I
went the next week and rented a computer by the week on a rental purchase
plan. The first place I went to was the healingroom. That was 2 years ago
and that is when I met John. I basically went into the healingroom begging
for help. My whole life was falling a part. I had more people popping out
of me than we could keep track of. I had been in the hospital more than
out of the hospital in 3 years. I had lost my job, was in fear of going
any where at all without my husband with me, and was about to lose him
too. I was shaking so bad and tears rolled as I told this woman name Qwillpen
(ruth) my story. She asked me if I'd be willing to talk to a man because
I had mentioned some trust issues I have about men. I told her I'd talk
to any one if there was a chance I could be helped. She told me she was
going to message someone and ask them to come into the room. A few minutes
later a man by the name of John arrived. She introduced me to him, said
he was "safe" and "could be trusted". He started by asking me questions,
allowing me enough time to answer them. He expressed shock at what he was
hearing from me. John spoke to several members within my system of alters
that night. So much was revealed to me for the first time, that for the first time
in over 3 years I experienced a sense of hopefulness. I woke up my husband
and told him he had to come met this man on the computer immediately. He
did.
After a few minutes of them talking together John asked him if he could
talk with him in private without me around the computer. My husband asked
me to go into the livingroom while they talked. They were on the computer
together for 3 more hours. I don't know what all John said to him, but
when they were done talking my husband entered the livingroom almost in
tears saying "you are going to be alright!, you are going to be alright!
We are going to get you some help Denise, this man knows how to help us
and where we need to go so you can get the help you need!!" Other than
to say John was going to make some phone calls in the morning to get us
some information my husband did not tell me any more about their conversation.
Whatever was said transformed my husband. He became available and present
to me, my disorder wasn't going to scare him away any more.
The next day John called us long distance at home on the phone. He talked to me for a few minutes and then to my husband, Eric. He gave to us the name and number of a local therapist, and had set an appointment for us to go to see this therapist that very afternoon. We agreed we'd go talk to this man and see what he had to say. This therapist talked to the both of us and for the first time we in several years we felt hope and close again. This therapist, (who is still my therapist) was a man with answers and reasonable explainations. John had called this man and spoke to him at length obviously in such a manner that the therapist asked us if John was a therapist. He had not asked John himself. We told him we didn't know, we weren't sure. He told us that not many therapist are as articulate in the terms that John used to describe me to him, so it would be his guess that John was probably a specialist in this field. When we got home we called John. We told him how the meeting with this new therapist had went, felt very hopeful that he would be able to really help me, and I asked John if he was a therapist. He asked me why I was asking and I told him what the therapist had said about him. John laughed and said no he was not a therapist at all. Was only an abuse survivor who had spent a number of years helping other abuse survivors and that afforded him the opportunity to learn a great amount about my disorder and the various dynamics of it. When I told my therapist this his response was, "too bad he's not a therapist I'd have offered him a job with our treatment team here if he were".
Thats how I met John. I talked to John on the computer almost nightly for several months, and went to therapy 2 times a week. As I became more secure in what the new therapist was doing and John became more busy helping still others I started to spend less time with John on the computer in relation to me and my issues, but I saw him there nightly helping people. Bringing the light of hope where there seemingly wasn't any for many people. If I or someone within my system needed something, some time of John's, we'd ask and he'd make time usually pretty quick. I got to know everyone that came into the healingroom and after a few months John made me a channel operator, so now I was able to be there to support and help more people as well. Not as good as John did it but always my best.
As a result of my contact with John and the work he did to find me a good therapist I am proud to say that I am now working again. I work at a temporary employment service as a recuiter and sales agent. My body has not been scratched, cut, burned, or otherwise harmed in any way in over 18 months. I am taking only two medications, not 7 like I was when I met John. I have not been in a hospital one time in the past two years. My children don't have to go looking for me to find me curled up in the corner of a closet any more. My husband rarely has to wake me up out of a nightmare any more. I don't leave stores in a panic or with anything that I did not knowingly purchase and I haven't found myself in any compromising or unsafe situations in the past 2 years. John communicates with both my husband and my therapist on a as needed basis to ensure that they are aware of anything going on with me that they should be aware of. They compliment eachothers efforts to bring me the kind of help I needed all along. When I met John and this new therapist I had 47 distinctly different personalities that I had identified. I now have 9 distinctly different personalities, but only 4 of them ever come to the front or to the outside any more and those 4 only do so when its "safe" to do so and with my permission.
My husband and I took a trip to meet John on my 38th Birthday. We only intended to stay 2-3 days, but we were so warmly welcomed and treated so well that we ended up staying for 10 days. I got to sit beside him and watch every night for those ten days, first hand the kind of help and support he gives to others. I listened to him when he was on the phone with other survivors in the middle of the night helping them work through anxiety attacks, flashbacks, dealing with angry alters that were threatening to hurt the body in some way. At no time did I see anything that would bring into question his motives or agenda. I believe that John is about as real as a person gets. He works with a passion to help people and there is nothing he wouldn't do to make someone elses life a little bit more bearable.
I am one of the people that sent Ruth Parris 98.00 dollars for an electric bill. At the time I did it without my husbands knowledge because we don't have alot of money ourselves. Only to find out that upwards to 8 people did the same thing. I have personally spoken to 6 of those 8 people. She really suckered me into believing that I was her last hope of keeping her lights on past the next day. She had been already sent and had recieved two 98.00 money orders before even talking to me! This is a person that is dishonest at her very core. And for any one to give anything she has or will say any credibility would be detrimental and at the expense of someone else. If what John is doing is called therapy, I hope he will spend the time to teach what he knows to others that are helping survivors such as myself.
Denise Livingston
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Above are just a few of the 37 emails that went out to an investigator over a year ago, from people who have known me both online and personally for various lengths of time and all of which were active members of the support groups #healingroom and #shelterhouse on the Internet when it was discovered that a scam was being perpetrated on the members of our channel as well as other parties online. Emails have since continued to be written and sent to an attorney's office and forwarded to me. Many of these people have sworn out their statements before a public notary and sent us the original and hard copy of that.
Here is one of the more recent letters I have recieved.
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From: Thomas D.
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 21:02:13 EDT
To: spiritofaa58@icqmail.com
Subject: To Any Concerned re: spiritofaa
Greetings;
My name is Thomas D. Due to my affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous I prefer to remain anonymous. At least for the time being. I am a police officer in the state of California. I also work part time for a major security firm. Prior to these two positions, I worked in private security for 11 years.
I was sent a rather disturbing email regarding a Mr. John Freifeld, the founder of three support groups on the Internet, wherein I was provided with enough information to do a thorough background investigation on Mr. Freifeld. I diligently pursued a course of action that had the allegations of that email be confirmable, I would have had no choice but to turn that information over to the proper authorities in the associated states. Who would have then sought to file charges against Mr. Freifeld.
However, upon a complete and thorough background investigation, which entailed NIS information support, a pending investigation check through the Dept. of Justice, a prior convictions check through the FBI, contact with authorities in the State of Texas as well as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and both email and telephone correspondence with parties closely involved with Mr. Freifeld over the past several years, I found nothing, absolutely nothing at all that would collaborate the claims in the email I received.
What I was able to discover is that a particular party, whom I will not name here for legal reasons, has slanderously been attacking Mr. Freifeld for approximately one year as a result of Mr. Freifeld discovering and bringing to light a fraudulent scam over the Internet by this party. I discovered that there is no limits to which this party will go, including breaking the law (federal, state and civil) in order to destroy Mr. Freifeld's reputation. A reputation that, according to all forthcoming information, has been rightfully earned as a man of integrity, respect and honor.
It is my every intention to provide Mr. Freifeld with a detailed affividavit of the full scope of my investigation of him, and the resulting information and conclusions. In all fairness to Mr. Freifeld I do this because had I been able to confirm anything stated in this email I would have turned it over to his accuser. I feel Mr. Freifeld deserves to have the results of my investigation, should he at any time decide to file either civil or criminal charges against the party(s) involved in this attack against him.
I do not know Mr. Freifeld personally in any manner. I have not spoken to him or met him at any time. This email was actually forwarded to me by a concerned party who had received it directly from the sender. I, as a police officer and as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, (due to safety issues) made the decision to investigate Mr. Freifeld based on the gross accusations of violation(s) both criminal and civil that it seemingly outlined. Having uncovered nothing that in any way would implicate Mr. Freifeld in any illegal, or even questionable conduct it is my decision to assist Mr. Freifeld in any way I legally can to bring closure to the attack he has been subjected to for the past year.
Sincerely,
Thomas D.
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