(Editors note: This is the second of an open-ended series detailing the events surrounding a travesty of justice in Benton County. Anthony Christopher and his followers made life a living hell for a Benton County woman for over a year, and in retrospect the court system is seemingly almost as culpable in the drama as Christoper given the way it played out.
Christopher is now an accused felon on the lam after a warrant was issued charging him with the very Medicaid fraud that whistle blower Humphrey exposed that resulted in a tattered reputation and ten days in jail.
Christopher will be arrested and eventually have his day in court. Given their track record, let's just hope it isn't a Benton County court.)
By now, many of you should be asking, "...so if LaDonna Humphrey was innocent in the accusations brought against her, how in the world could Judge Xollie Duncan find her in civil contempt of court?"
To make this simple to digest, I’ve broken down the timeline of events.
November 8
At roughly 1:33pm, Christopher’s attorney files a motion for expedited electronic discovery.
That motion can be found here:
According to the police report, at roughly 8:15 pm on the same day,, while Humphrey, her husband, and her 12-year-old child were watching a movie in their living room, the alarm on their Suburban was triggered.
The thief stole Humphrey’s purse and a Garmin GPS system. The contents of her purse contained a bank card, gift cards, her iPhone and other miscellaneous items.
November 9
Benton County Circuit Judge Xollie Duncan orders that neither party (Christopher or Humphrey) can destroy any kind of evidence – electronic, paper, etc. Duncan’s order makes it clear that all evidence must be preserved.
A copy of that order can be found here:
Humphrey’s phone, which could be considered electronic evidence, was stolen. She and her husband called 911. They reported the theft to police and then they immediately reported the theft to Humphrey’s attorney. Humphrey’s attorney then notifies the court of the incident.
Now, let’s skip ahead to the end of the case when Judge Duncan finds Humphrey in civil contempt of court. Humphrey is found guilty of violating the November 9th order of “destroying evidence” – evidence that includes her cell phone that was stolen on November 8th.
If you don’t see the glaring problem with this, allow me to point it out for you:
Humphrey’s phone was stolen PRIOR to the November 9th order. It was stolen on November 8th. How could she violate court orders that were not even in EFFECT until after the phone was already stolen?
Kind if a "Back to the Future' scenario.
It’s also important to note that according to court records, Humphrey’s husband reported seeing a white SUV speeding away from their home shortly after someone broke into their Suburban. At the time, Anthony Christopher drove a white SUV.
Something even more interesting to note is that Christopher traded in that white SUV on November 9th – the day after the Suburban break in. Not only did he trade that SUV in for a new car, he then refused to properly answer discovery questions from Humphrey’s attorney regarding that trade in. (Again, it’s all public record)
Humphrey and her attorney wanted to subpoena the GPS system in Christopher’s white SUV to see if it had been near the Humphrey home the night of the break-in.
I don’t know about you, but I find this series of events fascinating....and a little disturbing.
If Christopher had nothing to hide, why didn’t he simply answer the questions about the white SUV?
Furthermore, one of Humphrey’s co-workers provided a sworn statement that Humphrey was late to work on November 9th because her purse had been stolen and she needed to replace her phone and her driver’s license.
That sworn statement can be found here:
Other court records (I did lots of digging) show that Humphrey’s new driver’s license was dated November 9, 2018, and that she purchased a new iPhone on November 9, 2018.
Sit down and get comfortable because I’ve only just started revealing the railroad job Humphrey has endured.
As I said earlier, if you skip to the end of the case when Judge Duncan finds Humphrey in contempt of court, Duncan is quoted as saying that Humphrey didn’t notify the court for MONTHS of the various injustices she faced during this process.
I disagree. According to this document filed with the court, Humphrey’s attorney notified the Court of her iPhone being stolen on November 13, 2018. Correct me if I am wrong, but that’s a mere 5 days after the theft.
That document can be found here:
According to court records, on November 9, while standing in the AT&T store to purchase her new iPhone, Humphrey and an AT&T representative discovered that she could not access her Apple ID.
After multiple attempts, it became apparent that Humphrey’s Apple ID had been breached.
When Humphrey tried to regain access to the Apple ID, she discovered that the identifying information had been changed. This information included her User ID (email address).
Court records go on to explain how Humphrey worked with Apple tech support to regain access to her account but unfortunately it was to no avail. It became clear that whoever stole her iPhone had gained access to her Apple ID. Unfortunately, Humphrey then discovered her Gmail account, LinkedIn account, and Facebook accounts had all been compromised.
Humphrey’s Apple ID, email account and social media accounts had been compromised – all before Judge Duncan’s court order was in place on November 9th. And yet, Judge Duncan later sentenced Humphrey to jail for violating the court order over all of the things that happened PRIOR to the court order being in place.
For those of you who might be drowning in the details of this case, let me spell it out for you:
Humphrey was sentenced to 10 days in jail for violating a court order that she DID NOT VIOLATE. That’s right. Humphrey served 10 days in jail for no reason at all.
Can anyone say violation of Constitutional Rights?
It gets worse.
Humphrey served her time in jail while Christopher or one of his minions (rest assured we will spend an entire series devoted to the people who helped carry out Christopher’s dirty work) sat outside of the Benton County jail to video tape her release.
In other words, Humphrey was stalked by Christopher and/or one of his minions and videotaped. Later, Christopher published this video on social media.
Do you know what Judge Duncan did about that?
Absolutely nothing.
Humphrey has been repeatedly victimized by Christopher. And yet, Judge Duncan has done absolutely nothing to reprimand Christopher for his actions.
Why?
Good question.
But apparently Humphrey isn’t the only one being screwed over in Benton County. Take a look at this:
There are multiple people who should be ashamed of their actions regarding this situation and they are not all named Anthony Christoper.
There is much more to come in the story of Christopher vs. Humphrey.
I’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of the corruption and will address more as the series continues...
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