UPDATES! Michael Barisone Released! FREEDOM! Plus Insurance Settlement

Where has this knowledge been all my life?!?

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I took a break from COTH because of what I perceived as cliquishness in the forum, and because of the tax that behavior was taking on my mental healthā€¦ but I return to say Hallelujah to Michael being released, and an Amen to CH being banned.

I pray that Michael finds solace and healing, that his aggressors get their due, and that everyone can go back to a life before all this nonsense started.

I still canā€™t believe that anyone would go scorched earth over anything in the horse business, and that even if they did, they would take it this far. It is truly astonishing.

And with that, I go back to my hiatus. Wishing Michael, Lara, and everyone all the best.

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This is the best reason for me to contemplate returning to COTHā€¦ and thatā€™s AFTER I found out Barisone was freed. (Still staying away, butā€¦ Itā€™s about time!!!) Thank you!

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Good to see you again!! Hope you and your beautiful yellow girl are well and happy. :kissing_heart:

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Sent you a pm

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I thought the same.

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That makes LKā€™s and RGā€™s relationship all the more icky

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Like it really needed help to get to that level!

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Wow. So happy. I think about Michael and Lara and his new freedom and eventually getting back to his horses all the time. I get really pissy thinking about C Hand her stupid insinuations that his relase was only temporary and would be reivewed in three months. [Edit]

Now Thanksgiving has a fabulous place in MBā€™s life with his friends and family.

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Hey Fight Club! We all know the first rule of fight club is we donā€™t talk about fight club!

How about we now add a second Fight Club rule? We donā€™t talk about CH anymore.

Sheā€™s gone, done, over with so we can now move on!

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Can we still talk about the Pleasure of Hate, how NGRI really means a jury found someone guilty, and how Inigo Montoya was one of the smartest people to ever participate on the COTH forums?

I donā€™t think we have discussed these issues enough. We need to go over it all again.

Haha. Just kidding.

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My vote is we can talk about just about everything as long as we no longer say the name of that one who was banned!

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So ixnay on the orselesshay?

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:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

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Absolutely wonderful update on GFM :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Absolutely wonderful gofundme update! I hope that the exciting things to come that Lara is referring to is the book and Netflix series!

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The update makes my heart sing!

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Perfect timing to read LOā€™s update on Thanksgiving morning. Really helps me to focus on ā€œall the things that we forget to appreciate in our everyday lives until they are snatched away.ā€

What a joyous day of thanksgiving this will be for her, MB and all those close to them.

Iā€™ve stuck with this saga from the get-go, even though I donā€™t know any of them. Never met them. Havenā€™t ridden a dressage test in years. Yet their story is one of triumph against the greatest of adversities: a cabal of rotten, scheming human beings. Iā€™m glad I was around to see it all come to a happy ending. I wish MB and LO only good fortune going forward in life.

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Do you think i just got an Easter egg from that letter from LO? Are they reading??

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