@Inigo-montoya, one line of inquiry that has been fraught here is the gun charges and RC. I got a nasty PM from LK b/c I merely inquired if there were records that corresponded to her statement that RC had been arrested.
Since you know so much (and that is not a swipe, you have shared a lot of detailed knowledge here), can you tell us about that aspect?
Was she arrested?
If so, on what charge(s)?
Was she convicted?
If so, has she been sentenced or done jail time?
If no to the above, why not?
I understand from folks here who are much more knowledgeable than myself that NJ is a true FAFO state with respect to guns, so I imagine this part was pretty open and shut.
Maybe - now clutch your pearls for this - maybe I DONāT WANT TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS. Maybe I choose not to spend the money nor make my horse, my friend and partner, get to live not the best life for the sake of my ego. Maybe I can contribute to the horse world in a better way.
I find your attempt to demean me far more telling about you than it is about me.
Yes, I too, do not want to go to the olympics. Itās just not my scene. Their loss! Just in case any of you were curious as to why Iām also not an Olympian, I thought Iād clarify.
I believe RC was arrested and charged with a felony although NJ may not be as interested in seriously pursuing charges against out of staters who bring their guns to NJ as one might think. I canāt say if she will be a witness but she is represented by counsel.
One interesting thingā¦RC has been a psychologist/therapist for over 30 years. She had a much closer than an arms length relationship with MB. She knew him well. If she gave him her gun (she 1000% did) then she clearly didnāt notice any mental breakdown going on with MBā¦thatās a problem for the defense.
If she did notice a mental breakdown and gave MB her gunā¦Thatās a big problem for RC.
Despite her relationship with MB she could very well make a deal and become a prosecution witness.
Now despite your fair questions some will jump in and say āI thought you knew everything, Inigo.ā No, I canāt know what might happen, only what did happen.
I got the impression that the NJ gun thing was so airtight that it would have been a slam dunk re: RC doing jail time. Surely itās not a jurisdictional issue that would prevent them going after her to the full extent of the law, right? Someone posted a lengthy but informative breakdown of NJ gun law and how it seemed impossible to escape the consequences thereof.
What would be RCās role as a prosecution witness?
Would it be just to testify as to his mental state?
If RC wasnāt in a treatment relationship with MB, would she have any obligation to assess his mental state in the same way LEOs would be professionally obligated in the context of repeatedly dealing with him in all the chaos going on in those two weeks?
I have zero experience with guns, coming from a no-gun culture and living, mostly, in places were not even the police carry guns.
So I didā¦and itās not a typo cause I would never refer to myself as āsheā either. I always say she/heā¦but I am answering lots of questions quickly so who knows?
RC is 70+ and has had recent heart surgery. Probably not going to jailā¦nor should she. Thereās great stuff on the audio tapes ( horrifying, actually) but RC was not part of the āget rid of LKā discussions.
She has no obligation to assess MBās mental state but given her professional experience it would be fair for the prosecution for ask if she noticed anything āoffā with MB.
Itās funny that in MBās civil suit vs the township and police he asserts the police should have noticed his fragile mental state. If cops should have then a trained therapist, a lot closer to MB, should have noticed it too.
Iām confused. I recall LK saying RC was a nobody not certified as an expert in much of anything (paraphrasing here). LK also said RC came every couple of weeks for a few days and then went back to NC. Something tells me, if LK is to be believed in her assessment of RC, that she wonāt be much of a witness for the prosecution, particularly against an expert witness. But, Iām not an attorney or a psychologist so what would I know.