48 HOURS

Correlation does not equal causation.

But it can lead to exploitation.

The way this story was presented was shocking to me, sickening. I had been so misled. They interacted with my children. Television is twisted reality. It’s gross how they decide what narrative they want in order to get the views. To get the reaction.

I talked to the producer and Nikki Battiste about me being scared of Joe and the intricacies of what I had gone through. I thought I was going to finally be heard and this was meant to be, because we knew each other. We went to school together. She’s from this town. The town that I have tried to make my own again, and make my safe place. She knows that I have trauma. I have been screaming out to be heard.

I feel VIOLATED.

I recorded a 3 hour interview with her, spent a whole other day recording. She came to my home. Brought treats for my children. Where is my point of view being represented? They aired people that are spouting slander. CBS supported that. They went into my kids’ school.

I sat down with Nikki Battiste on several different occasions. She told me, “We already know you didn’t have anything to do with this. We’ve talked with the detectives.”

Yet, they still made the show 90% conjecture, conspiracy riddled, to make it as salacious as possible. And they were definitely trying to make it seem like I am an accomplice when it is completely false. And my family and I are sitting here traumatized beyond belief already, truly, I am trying to make people aware of the depth of it. CBS nurtured a space that has made my family’s life a little slice of hell. To misrepresent to get attention. To use a hometown angle, to make it seem like she’s really on to something, and has some really tough choices in reporting to do.

I actually want to know the truth about what happened.

I want everyone to know that this just about pushed me over the edge after it was aired. I really was just not wanting to be here anymore.

But God and family kicked in. And I started writing. And I have nothing to lose.