Woman Shot at Barisone Farm

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@BigMama1

SW has apparently been given a formal charge notice and called to appear at a USEF hearing for violating the rules on bullying, harassment, publicly disparaging USEF officials etc. While there is zero doubt she is guilty of any of these violations - it’s pretty much the sole purpose of her page - she’s not a
USEF member so I don’t see how they have any standing on the matter.

They can ban her from USEF events, which is a good idea anyway but wouldn’t really make a difference to her. She doesn’t ride, train or compete. She’s already banned from the biggest shows. She pays people to take video and gather unflattering footage for her. She doesn’t need to physically be at an event to run her campaigns of bullying against the riders she dislikes. She is the very definition of an armchair warrior and would be irrelevant if people stopped paying attention to her.

This letter from the USEF has given her a reason to feel important and to bloviate about her rights and free speech and people trying to “silence” her. It’s every narcissistic attention-seeker’s dream come true.

Nice to hear USEF is taking action, but I agree that for someone who doesn’t compete, train, or even ride anymore, there is no teeth to it. However, perhaps she has kept up her USEF membership so she can more easily search show records and other information that she wants for her blog, and if her membership is taken away she won’t have as easy access to all of this. Indeed, the more I think about it, the more I think this would probably be the reason, so that USEF can rescind her membership and keep her from using memberhship-only resources for research.

[meupatdoes]

@Brown Derby

Catherine Haddad-Staller, for ex., is a whole ten minutes away.

And that’s not even who I was thinking of, but yep.
There are PLENTY.

(And no, not Cesar.)

Also it’s my understanding that Lauren Kanarek rides 3rd or 4th level and will not be making a bid for the Pan Am games anytime soon.

Perhaps one could practice counting to four with a non-Olympian for a month or two until a suitably illustrious replacement is found.

[eggbutt]

@Brown Derby

Catherine Haddad-Staller, for ex., is a whole ten minutes away.

The assumption is any other BNT would accept her. Word spreads quickly, especially after a shooting.

[Joanne]

@Brown Derby

Catherine Haddad-Staller, for ex., is a whole ten minutes away.

But like NP, her reputation/social media posts might give a new barn second thoughts about taking her in.

[MeisterMagnolia]

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@staceyk

I want to take the personalities out the equation – if one was owed 50K, say for a short-term loan, one might want to “keep ties and lay eyes.” In other words, not move out.

/QUOTE]

If I loaned someone $50K for any amount of time, there would be notarized paperwork. MB had assets that could be seized if he reneged. The idea that the loan had not been repaid was not a reason to not leave when told to leave, repeatedly. I know LK says MB never told her to leave, but others disagree, along with a huge eviction sign that was posted outside the house.

It almost sounds like LK and RG were bad house guests who overstayed their welcome and decided to squat. I can’t imagine anyone choosing to live in that hostile environment.

I’m wondering if the $50K amount is what LK was claiming RG was owed for a bathroom renovation that sounds like it went bad. The bathroom was apparently a poor enough renovation to be condemned; MB is screaming “I won’t pay that” while she’s upping the amount owed by the minute. Totally making this up! Food for thought to add to all of the other triggers.

[meupatdoes]

@eggbutt

The assumption is any other BNT would accept her. Word spreads quickly, especially after a shooting.

The ideal time to leave, and the time she was getting offers of help, would have been before the shooting made her famous.

It’s also happened to me more than once that I had to get my horses out of a suddenly toxic situation, with alcoholic barn owners, or trainers who were stealing, or a barn owner was irrationally concerned that her boyfriend wanted to sleep with me. Each time I had people who were willing to help, drove their trailers to come get me, or just said, “Load em up, by the time you get here, stalls will be ready.” People can in fact behave completely bananas in the horse industry and be extremely shitty for no good reason - but if you’re really generally straight up and pleasant to deal with, as LK claims to be, you’ll always have a place to go.

[eggbutt]

@meupatdoes

The ideal time to leave, and the time she was getting offers of help, would have been before the shooting made her famous.

I would say more notorious rather than famous!

[La-LaPopRider]

@Joanne

But like NP, her reputation/social media posts might give a new barn second thoughts about taking her in.

I should probably warn them then! I’ll direct new trainer/s to my fb page asap. I’m SURE they’ve missed it. 🙄

[Joanne]

@La-LaPopRider

And, that there are actually ppl on here who are condoning MB’s attempted murders.

Who said that??

[Knights_Mom]

Smells of narcissist in here.

[staceyk]

@meupatdoes

…but if you’re really generally straight up and pleasant to deal with, as LK claims to be, you’ll always have a place to go.

Heck, I’m not all that pleasant ;-), and when I made a horrible long distance boarding choice and wanted to move my horse Day 2, strangers at various barns I visited offered to pick up my horse. He was loaded in a multi-horse trailer and moved the afternoon after the morning I decided to move. People see a woman weeping over her horse want to help.

[La-LaPopRider]

@meupatdoes

The ideal time to leave, and the time she was getting offers of help, would have been before the shooting made her famous.

It’s also happened to me more than once that I had to get my horses out of a suddenly toxic situation, with alcoholic barn owners, or trainers who were stealing, or a barn owner was irrationally concerned that her boyfriend wanted to sleep with me. Each time I had people who were willing to help, drove their trailers to come get me, or just said, “Load em up, by the time you get here, stalls will be ready.” People can in fact behave completely bananas in the horse industry and be extremely shitty for no good reason - but if you’re really generally straight up and pleasant to deal with, as LK claims to be, you’ll always have a place to go.

@meupatdoes

I wish everyone understood how MB operates. Over the years, I have threatened to leave. Mb has walked out on lessons. Pretty typical, actually when you’re training 4 horses and riding ALL day. Mb could act one way one minute- then totally opposite the next. Still, we all went to dinner (or ordered in) at days end & all was good. Every single news report has my friends who knew the real story - stating “I can’t say more but the situation was very, very complex.”
Idc what anyone says- there was no eviction notice. Nor a request that we leave. If there were, that country would have it! They don’t. The situation was very, very complex. Very. 🤷🏼”â™€ï¸

[La-LaPopRider]

@Joanne

Who said that??

Everyone who is making excuses for MB instead of demanding that driving to our apartment middle of the day (or ANYTIME) to try and kill us is WRONG & NOT OK. So… a lot of people. Unfortunately.

[Bogey2]

And I am out of popcorn!

[Joanne]

@La-LaPopRider

Everyone who is making excuses for MB instead of demanding that driving to our apartment middle of the day (or ANYTIME) to try and kill us is WRONG & NOT OK. So… a lot of people. Unfortunately.

You are wrong. :eek:

[Angela_Freda]

@La-LaPopRider

Does it refresh yours? I hadn’t heard that rumor yet. When someone is doing a shitty job when I hire them, I fire them stat. Anyway - we’re done here. I’d LOVE to continue this, but my lawyers wouldn’t like it.

Take 2? Three?
What is the Flounce Out record, anyone recall?

[MeisterMagnolia]

@La-LaPopRider

Everyone who is making excuses for MB instead of demanding that driving to our apartment middle of the day (or ANYTIME) to try and kill us is WRONG & NOT OK. So… a lot of people. Unfortunately.

YOU say he drove to “your” apartment in the middle of the day and shot you without provocation. WE don’t know if that’s what happened. Your history does not breed confidence.

[eggbutt]

@La-LaPopRider

@meupatdoes

I wish everyone understood how MB operates. Over the years, I have threatened to leave. Mb has walked out on lessons. Pretty typical, actually when you’re training 4 horses and riding ALL day. Mb could act one way one minute- then totally opposite the next. Still, we all went to dinner (or ordered in) at days end & all was good. Every single news report has my friends who knew the real story - stating “I can’t say more but the situation was very, very complex.”
Idc what anyone says- there was no eviction notice. Nor a request that we leave. If there were, that country would have it! They don’t. The situation was very, very complex. Very. 🤷🏼*♀️

OMG! Once again the total victim. [edit] to stay two years after all the negative things you’ve said. You “threatened to leave”? I’m surprised he didn’t show you the gate.

Yes, you were shot by an obviously provoked man…but you accept zero accountability. [edit] It’s always someone else’s fault.

[Girl_Joey]

@jetsmom

Maybe she could somehow justify why its ok to squat on a property after being asked to leave…if its really her. And what her defense was for the assault charges and cyberstalking criminal convictions were. Sounds to me like there is only one side of this without any violent, dangerous criminal history, and it wasn’t lalaland.

Lauren Kanarek is a sick, twisted, manipulative, vindictive, heartless, mean individual who in my eyes is a disgrace to your riding community. This girl verbally TORTURED me for four years. I will gladly share some of her sick messages. She sent them all because I date a man she dated 26 years ago. She stalks EVERY ex boyfriend she was ever fortunate enough to have,

I have never had the displeasure of meeting this pathological LIAR. Michael Barisone & his GF Mary Haskins contacted me two weeks before the alleged shooting out of pure desperation and I quote to get “the scumbags of the earth” off their property. LK was making MANY false claims and bullying everyone on their farm. She tortured this Olympic Equestrian who lived and I quote a “Good Life” prior to LK. The funny thing is I have been contacted by 6 SIX different strangers (my name was on LK FB wall) who have been harassed, tortured, etc. by this LUNATIC. Lauren Kanarek is JEALOUS of every girl it is amazing I have never in my life witnessed such disgraceful behavior. Lauren Kanarek actually seeks thrill on torturing others. She brought this man to his knees in desperation & help to remove this girl from HIS property. The news turned it into an owed rent situation when that was the minimal list of things Lauren did to make this couple and their entire farm of employees suffer.

Lauren is a menace to society and believe me you her true colors will soon prevail. His defense team, the detective on the case, etc. has many of testimony, texts messages,and harassment claims from people that this sick girl attacked.

[Angela_Freda]

@meupatdoes

Also in that area of NJ you can’t swing a cat without hitting an international caliber dressage program. I can think of at least one place off the top of my head that would have room for 5 or 6, international connections, trainer has scored 70+ at every level, and they winter in Florida and bring in Olympic level clinicians.

Certainly a more than suitable stopover place even if you dont want to stay there permanently for whatever reason.

If they would accept said owner/rider and horses. Maybe that’s the problem?