I don’t see any comparison. Successful rider, business owner, with decades of hard work, history of paying his bills, many people who can testify to his being a decent man - generous & kind to many - despite not being to everyone’s liking versus Lauren Kanarek who has achieved exactly what despite all the benefits of an upper middle class family?
I want to take note that yes, Michael Barisone was divorced. It was probably not pleasant for either of them but no evidence that he stopped running his business, ceased paying his bills and lost all his riding & training skills.
Lauren also has a divorce in her past.
If the accusation is that getting divorced somehow nobbled him, pushed him over the edge, etc., then it stands to reason the same can be said of Lauren.
If getting divorced automatically leads to big problems, then why does Lauren get a pass?
She doesn’t. Her writing about his mental health issues, where she stated his medication was for something other than depression (as I recall, she stated or inferred it was due to a personality disorder) is far more likely to apply to Lauren than Barisone.
As I wrote then, the only medication of which I am aware that is used to treat a personality disorder is lamotrigine (Lamictal) and it isn’t tolerated by all patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. I believe she later removed that post.
Anyway, when she pointed the finger at Barisone, how many pointed right back at Lauren Kanarek?