This is the next installment in my request for help in stopping the online harassment myself and others are experiencing at the hands of comic-book artist Ethan Van Sciver.
HOW IT ESCALATED – PODCASTS
He said if I came on his podcast, it would not be bad and that I should just trust them. So I went on. I told them right up front that I would have to leave early. Everybody played nice, though there was a lot of tension, because everyone knew an argument could break out any time.
I tried to play along, as Ethan said he is often the victim of attacks. He’s convincing. Ethan bragged about bullying Ian Auld. Ethan also described beating some guy up for insulting his wife, and then says sometimes his temper gets out of control like the time he bullied a couple of children on a plane until they became “petrified.”
When I told them I had to leave, it set them off. They said I was leaving because I couldn’t take it. They denied I had told them earlier I had a previous appointment. On that false premise, they started abusing me after I left, and they kept it up in subsequent podcasts.
In a second podcast, they talked about me being an effeminate wimp who couldn’t take the sort of manly repartee they engaged in.
Ethan’s comment on manliness:
“We called each other fags. But then you grow up and you realize that’s what guys do. You wouldn’t do it around your mom. It’s just gentle ribbing.” In another podcast, they accuse me of being a rapist.
If you want to hear it go listen:
Podcast #1 (https://soundcloud.com/vanscivertown/episode-11-uncle-toms-stabbin)
Podcast #2 (https://soundcloud.com/vanscivertown/vanscivertown-012)
Podcast #3 (https://soundcloud.com/vanscivertown/episode-301-iron-man-3-part-2)
I've written a rather lengthy play-by-play for each of the podcasts that might be a bit much to read at the moment unless you really want to see how depraved these guys are.
AND ON IT GOES
Since then, the constant cyber-stalking and bullying have not stopped.
At first I did not block them because I didn’t want the defriending to make matters worse. Members of the gang have put derisive comments almost daily on my Facebook page, my law firm’s page, my girlfriend’s page and and those of our friends and her family.
Here's an example of what they do. Ethan and Nehring friended a friend of mine, Lita Rebello. Amazing cosplayer and even more amazing person. In a thread of Lita's, totally unrelated to me or the on-going dispute between myself and EVS, they begin making comments to make sure I will know that they have made a new podcast, this time bringing my ex-wife into the harassment.
HOW IT ESCALATED – PODCASTS
He said if I came on his podcast, it would not be bad and that I should just trust them. So I went on. I told them right up front that I would have to leave early. Everybody played nice, though there was a lot of tension, because everyone knew an argument could break out any time.
I tried to play along, as Ethan said he is often the victim of attacks. He’s convincing. Ethan bragged about bullying Ian Auld. Ethan also described beating some guy up for insulting his wife, and then says sometimes his temper gets out of control like the time he bullied a couple of children on a plane until they became “petrified.”
When I told them I had to leave, it set them off. They said I was leaving because I couldn’t take it. They denied I had told them earlier I had a previous appointment. On that false premise, they started abusing me after I left, and they kept it up in subsequent podcasts.
In a second podcast, they talked about me being an effeminate wimp who couldn’t take the sort of manly repartee they engaged in.
Ethan’s comment on manliness:
“We called each other fags. But then you grow up and you realize that’s what guys do. You wouldn’t do it around your mom. It’s just gentle ribbing.” In another podcast, they accuse me of being a rapist.
If you want to hear it go listen:
Podcast #1 (https://soundcloud.com/vanscivertown/episode-11-uncle-toms-stabbin)
Podcast #2 (https://soundcloud.com/vanscivertown/vanscivertown-012)
Podcast #3 (https://soundcloud.com/vanscivertown/episode-301-iron-man-3-part-2)
I've written a rather lengthy play-by-play for each of the podcasts that might be a bit much to read at the moment unless you really want to see how depraved these guys are.
AND ON IT GOES
Since then, the constant cyber-stalking and bullying have not stopped.
At first I did not block them because I didn’t want the defriending to make matters worse. Members of the gang have put derisive comments almost daily on my Facebook page, my law firm’s page, my girlfriend’s page and and those of our friends and her family.
Here's an example of what they do. Ethan and Nehring friended a friend of mine, Lita Rebello. Amazing cosplayer and even more amazing person. In a thread of Lita's, totally unrelated to me or the on-going dispute between myself and EVS, they begin making comments to make sure I will know that they have made a new podcast, this time bringing my ex-wife into the harassment.
Another one of the crew, Nehring, who wasn’t defriended yet, plays along in concert with Ethan and brings up the podcast in a conversation that has nothing to do with any of their harassment.
I ask them to stop, but that’s not what cyber-stalkers do.
I ask them to stop, but that’s not what cyber-stalkers do.
There is NO reason to find a totally innocent friend of mine and harass me through her posts! Leave her out of it. But Ethan and Nehring and the rest of these cyber-stalkers have no limits. They know NO boundaries. In fact, notice the reference at the end to the S&M Saloon. The S&M Saloon (it initials coming from the names of my friends Sarah and Mel) is a Facebook group and private watering hole
So I have to put up with this very frustrating behavior any time and almost every time I want to use Facebook. And Lita is just one of many of my friends who bear the weight of this. It’s not just me. The further they go with this, the more people it affects. Ethan, is your life so sad and meaningless that harassing my friends is all you have to do?
A month before this podcast, they attacked my girlfriend’s modeling page again. Here’s a screenshot.
So I have to put up with this very frustrating behavior any time and almost every time I want to use Facebook. And Lita is just one of many of my friends who bear the weight of this. It’s not just me. The further they go with this, the more people it affects. Ethan, is your life so sad and meaningless that harassing my friends is all you have to do?
A month before this podcast, they attacked my girlfriend’s modeling page again. Here’s a screenshot.
Read the greyed out parts, all written by friends of Ethan and spurred on by Ethan’s treatment of me:
“Blink twice if you are being held against your will.” - implying I’m a kidnapper or abuser.
“Those doe eyes are legally binding.” – another reference to my online dating screenname and the pet name “doe eyes” of someone I was dating previously. That’s CREEPY.
“You geaux girl!” – Remember that name, Adam Kast. He’ll show up later. A harmless, if cheesy, comment. Still it’s posted to annoy us as Adam is an unwelcome guest on Margeaux’s page.
Here are a set of separate comments made under the caption of her photo post. Comments attacking me with a fake profile by falsely accusing me of rape – on my girlfriend’s modeling page!
“Blink twice if you are being held against your will.” - implying I’m a kidnapper or abuser.
“Those doe eyes are legally binding.” – another reference to my online dating screenname and the pet name “doe eyes” of someone I was dating previously. That’s CREEPY.
“You geaux girl!” – Remember that name, Adam Kast. He’ll show up later. A harmless, if cheesy, comment. Still it’s posted to annoy us as Adam is an unwelcome guest on Margeaux’s page.
Here are a set of separate comments made under the caption of her photo post. Comments attacking me with a fake profile by falsely accusing me of rape – on my girlfriend’s modeling page!
That's right. This Natasha Knight person is entirely fake and made up. Just to accuse me of RAPING HER. No doubt it is one of EVS’s minions named Michael Nehring with one of his fake profiles. Or Ethan himself. I take accusations like that completely seriously. I would never do such a thing, but what's more, it could ruin my career.
Think it's over? Nope. Not even close.
Here’s an example from one of. EVS's minions. (His name is obscured because I’d blocked him.) I got more than enough of these from various members of the gang for it to be highly annoying. Clearly I tell them not to contact me, but they keep on doing it.
Think it's over? Nope. Not even close.
Here’s an example from one of. EVS's minions. (His name is obscured because I’d blocked him.) I got more than enough of these from various members of the gang for it to be highly annoying. Clearly I tell them not to contact me, but they keep on doing it.
Again they attempt to embarrass and humiliate me by referencing my online dating handle “Legally Binding”. If you listened to the podcasts, you'll remember that they tried this before. It was supposed to embarrass me for fear that secrets of my love life would be exposed.
Here’s another exchange where I ask Ethan’s minion Kevin Oakley to leave me alone.
Here’s another exchange where I ask Ethan’s minion Kevin Oakley to leave me alone.
He sends another message, attempting to sound nice, after I’ve told him to stop.
Of course I blocked the annoying messages, but after I that, things got even worse.
His minions resorted to making yet another fake profile posing as an exaggerated, buffoonish version of me. I reported it twice to Facebook, but nothing was done about it at all. It stayed up. At the time that it happened, I wasn't thinking of taking screenshots, so I apologize that I don't have pics of the abuse. Don't worry. I've got pics of further abuse later on.
I tried once more to just ignore it but they escalated things by making racist, misogynist comments across Facebook that people started to believe were actually ME! Eventually I’d had enough. I wrote another status message asking Ethan Van Sciver to stop the harassment. His response? To threaten me. Again. (Remember when he threatened to choke me earlier?)
His minions resorted to making yet another fake profile posing as an exaggerated, buffoonish version of me. I reported it twice to Facebook, but nothing was done about it at all. It stayed up. At the time that it happened, I wasn't thinking of taking screenshots, so I apologize that I don't have pics of the abuse. Don't worry. I've got pics of further abuse later on.
I tried once more to just ignore it but they escalated things by making racist, misogynist comments across Facebook that people started to believe were actually ME! Eventually I’d had enough. I wrote another status message asking Ethan Van Sciver to stop the harassment. His response? To threaten me. Again. (Remember when he threatened to choke me earlier?)
I’m asking for him to stop the games, end the harassment, and this is the response he thinks is appropriate. He’s threatening me with lawsuits and talking about ruining my life.
I tried to get the fake profile pulled down without success. They continued to create (or buy) fake profiles, send me friend requests, and carry on conversations for months, trying to monitor my life and make insulting comments on my page, and friend’s pages. When they get discovered, the profile is deleted and they make another one.
Recently and out of the blue, I decided to check my Other Messages folder. What do you know, they’d just sent me a message from a new, fake profile of me that simply read, “Hi there. Hahahahahahaha.” Here’s the profile:
I tried to get the fake profile pulled down without success. They continued to create (or buy) fake profiles, send me friend requests, and carry on conversations for months, trying to monitor my life and make insulting comments on my page, and friend’s pages. When they get discovered, the profile is deleted and they make another one.
Recently and out of the blue, I decided to check my Other Messages folder. What do you know, they’d just sent me a message from a new, fake profile of me that simply read, “Hi there. Hahahahahahaha.” Here’s the profile:
Thanks to the overwhelming response of my friends, Facebook had to take notice and it was deleted. Just another in the ever-ending list of harassment. But it wasn’t over. They made another account with my name and posting something vulgar on my girlfriend’s Facebook modeling page:
Notice the fake name? Jalfred Jalfie Jorris. Yep it’s the same guys alright. They made another fake profile. And they’re referencing the “Daddy” talk that Michael Nehring used months and months ago. Apparently their pastime is fixating on me and my loved ones. IT GETS REALLY OLD QUICKLY.
Back in January, I got a message in my Other Messages folder from one of Ethan’s trolls named Adam Kast. It went to my other folder because I’d already blocked him for harassing and insulting behavior. True to form, he tries to buddy up to me using the name of a mutual friend, and act like he wants to work everything out. The message below was sent in late January.
Back in January, I got a message in my Other Messages folder from one of Ethan’s trolls named Adam Kast. It went to my other folder because I’d already blocked him for harassing and insulting behavior. True to form, he tries to buddy up to me using the name of a mutual friend, and act like he wants to work everything out. The message below was sent in late January.
Fast forward to a few months ago when I get an actual phone call from Adam Kast. At first I didn’t recognize the name, but I have a service on my phone that works as an immediate Caller ID.
I answered the phone with a cheerful “Adam! Hey man!” because I thought it was a cosplay friend from Facebook. When he hung up immediately, it dawned on me exactly who it was. Another of Ethan’s henchmen.
I answered the phone with a cheerful “Adam! Hey man!” because I thought it was a cosplay friend from Facebook. When he hung up immediately, it dawned on me exactly who it was. Another of Ethan’s henchmen.
Moments later I got a text from someone asking for legal representation. I won’t spoil the fun though. Read a bit.
Remember, “Nothing happens that I don’t know about.” – Ethan Van Sciver
So EVS & his crew have shared my personal online information, dating profile, and personal phone number with yet another person who his now posing as a potential client and harassing me on the phone. Where does it end?
Oh it doesn't. They continually make more and more and more fake profiles to harass me, my girlfriend and my family.
Here's one.
So EVS & his crew have shared my personal online information, dating profile, and personal phone number with yet another person who his now posing as a potential client and harassing me on the phone. Where does it end?
Oh it doesn't. They continually make more and more and more fake profiles to harass me, my girlfriend and my family.
Here's one.
And they use it to make posts on my girlfriend's pages.
I post a picture of a foam armor commission that I'm proud of finishing? They post with the fake profile to insult me.
I make a post about my little dog, Bean...and they respond with more fake posts to mock me.
They insult me with mocking profile pictures, based off insults they've made before. Trying to hint that I have a droopy face or jowels.
I post a picture and a comment about my girlfriend...
And they try to insult her by shaming her with a picture of someone who looks different.
(For the record, I don't find the picture ugly, but they are of course trying to say she's fat)
(For the record, I don't find the picture ugly, but they are of course trying to say she's fat)
Think that's the only fake profile? Nahh, braah.
So let's see what they have insinuated above:
- I'm unemployed
- I went to Cabbage Steak University
- My girlfriend likes black guys (nothing wrong with that, but they're implying it's a bad thing)
- My girlfriend is a hooker who I have to pay to stay around.
- They make fun of a post where I complain about having an emotional mother's day.
- There are other new, fake profiles I hadn't seen before.
So now I'm Hitler apparently. WHO HAS TIME for all this. To make new profiles. To go find pictures and write inflammatory posts.
Wondering if they kept going? They did.
And another....
And if there's some lingering doubt that this was directed at my girlfriend as well, here you go.
Remember. Each one of these profiles contacts my friends and family in order to friend them. So they see all this and it gets really insulting. The whole thing gets very meta. One profile will post on another guy's profile. And they post on one of the other profiles that is cyberbullying me. IIt gets very, very tiring to deal with this multiple times a day. Check out the comments below.
Surely they stopped there, right? Funny you might ask.
So this continual cyber-harassment and abuse has gone on for years and years.
I've not feeding the trolls for years. And they came back.
I've tried asking politely for it all to stop. It never does.
I've tried contacting Facebook. It doesn't help.
But you can. I hope. The last installment will explain how.
PART FOUR: http://phenomenalfx.weebly.com/blog/harassment-isnt-comical-part-4
I've not feeding the trolls for years. And they came back.
I've tried asking politely for it all to stop. It never does.
I've tried contacting Facebook. It doesn't help.
But you can. I hope. The last installment will explain how.
PART FOUR: http://phenomenalfx.weebly.com/blog/harassment-isnt-comical-part-4