Barisone Trial Starting Monday, 3/28

[Jealoushe]

If they were aware of drugs and guns on the property maybe they would have done something.

[EADoug]

Maybe I have too deep of a psych background on MY CV… but prosecution’s questions seem weird. We have just been schooled in what delusions are. Why are you asking simple questions trying to show MB wasn’t actually delusional.

[KarenK]

Without a doubt! 100% intentional.

[Virginia_Horse_Mom]

@Einhorn

They can’t do anything if no one is actually breaking the law, and they have little to no training on mental health and inter personal conflict.

Plus, in my experience most people have a weird aversion to dealing with people who are difficult. Perhaps to the FD and LEOs they just shrugged it off as whiny rich people being mean to each other. How many times do you hear men mocked for complaining or crying?

I don’t actually thick LEOs and FDs should deal with folks in crisis like this, but there isn’t anyone else to call…

Completely agree.

I definitely think there was an element of the local PD and FD being irritated with the whiny, dramatic, rich horse people. And honestly… I get it. There is some truth to certain stereotypes.

But this situation was spiraling so wildly. LK was not your average bear. Nor was RG. And MB was a fragile man who was unraveling.

It’s all sad. Really sad.

[eggbutt]

@Virginia_Horse_Mom

@DownYonder

The more I hear (read) about the testimony of various witnesses and understand about what happened to him, the more I realize that I am becoming an MB fangirl. He is an amazing person who overcame a difficult childhood to become a well-respected Olympic-level athlete and build a successful business and who also has a plethora of high-quality friends and business associates who consider him a good and honorable person.

It is beyond tragic that he was destroyed in a calculated campaign to do exactly that by a [insert adjectives of choice].

It is almost Shakespearean in scope

I’m feeling EXACTLY the same way.

If he is found not guilty after this… hopefully someone in the equestrian community could start some sort of fund or small organization for him. And interested parties could offer support for him from afar. Either kind notes, small donations to a cause that resonated with him… something… anything.

I just wish there was a way to offer this poor man some support.

Welcome aboard @DownYonder and @Virginia_Horse_Mom!

[Jealoushe]

I just cant understand RC not seeing the severity of MBs mental state. He was in a trance at times, walking around in the dark, pacing, etc etc. Surely she saw what was happening to this man.

[eggbutt]

Will someone please tell Taylor to stop with the paper shuffling? ENOUGH ALREADY!

[BrownDerby]

@EADoug

Is he trying to paint him as a Psych for hire? Just to support a defense?

I’m really confused on the CV grilling.

It’s all he has. Perhaps he does not want to decline cross and appear like he is folding.

These two experts have been bombshells, inho.

[Einhorn]

Only she knows why she did it.

[RegentLion]

Dollars to doughnuts she deeply regrets giving him her gun.

[Ghazzu]

Daddy-O really flew to NC to get in a barn owner’s face?
Good grief.

[EADoug]

I have to say. I understand a man’s free life is on the line, and everyone wants to make sure that the jury has all the information they need to make a complete and informed decision, but…

As a working professional, I truly hope I am NEVER called as a witness nor an expert witness.

(Edited to add: Unless I reach a point in my career where I am at the candor level of Dr. Simring)

[hut-ho78]

I’m sad for MB and LK. Mutually assured destruction. It sounds like they set off every weakness each other had. It also sounds like MB was having problems prior to this. We’ve heard all about LK’s earlier problems.

I’m sad for every family member and friend of both parties. It must be horrendous especially for what we have heard here from families with relatives with problems.

He is now at the scene with the weapon and he had motive. Three on-site witnesses, one ear witness all have similar stories.

Is the testimony enough for not guilty by insanity and self defense? Or other diminished charges, etc.? The outcome will be interesting.

[eggbutt]

@cutter99

@RegentLion

Until today, I don’t think any of us truly grasped what an insanity defense truly looked like, or what MB must have been going through.

Some of us have known the entire time. We have been ridiculed here, been called “MB fan girls”, been threatened by LK multiple times.

We knew!

AMEN! For 2 1/2 years! Especially by LK and her minions

[ACMEeventing]

I feel like at any moment the witness is going to tell prosecutor “listen up, whippersnapper, I just explained the whole thing. Now go get a Q-tip, clean your ears, and wash your hands for supper”

The guy is UNFLAPPABLE

[Virginia_Horse_Mom]

@BrownDerby

It’s all he has. Perhaps he does not want to decline cross and appear like he is folding.

These two experts have been bombshells, inho.

Agreed.

[Einhorn]

I have to admit, I’m not very sorry for Lk, besides having to go through the trauma of being shot, that probably sucked.

[Jealoushe]

oh I’m positive she does…I’m not trying to hate on her or anything I just find it so shocking.

[RegentLion]

@eggbutt

@cutter99

Some of us have known the entire time. We have been ridiculed here, been called “MB fan girls”, been threatened by LK multiple times.

We knew!

AMEN! For 2 1/2 years! Especially by LK and her minions

I knew it was a possibility… I didn’t realize how deeply horrific the reality of a psychotic break/disordered thinking would be.

[EADoug]

Which is why he used MORE THAN ONE TEST.