@Bonnie Russell...Allison Morelli -- The follow up: What was the 'Today Show' thinking?

@Bonnie Russell...Allison Morelli -- The follow up: What was the 'Today Show' thinking?

In response to Allison Morelli's interview with Matt Lauer on the TODAY SHOW, I wrote "Why My Psycho Ex Wife was not about free speech" examining the many reasons why the interview missed the obvious.

Someone sent it to Allison and she contacted me. I subsequently learned in the five hours TODAY Show free-lance producers spent with Ms. Morelli, much which was very important didn't air.  Turns out the Today Show piece was worse than most could have imagined.

Not mentioned

That the Psycho Ex-Wife did not solely slam Allison Morelli.  The site also featured posts that were highly critical of both boys. Criticism that will not be repeated here.  That was not featured in any part of the interview regarding a court system that is supposed to oversee the best interests of the children.

Morelli runs a website called Mrcustodycoach.com where he "advises" members paying a monthly fee for "custody coaching" services starting as low as $29.00/month. (Sane people are likely to immediately demand a refund.)

Also not mentioned

Allison learned of the blog from her two kids....one of whom is now annoyed she read it.

But wait - there's more!  (Also not mentioned)

The initial blog wasn't "My Psycho Ex Wife."  Spoiler Alert!

No, the original free spew hate was created by Misty Weaver-Ostinato, Anthony's girlfriend, as far back as 2004 or 2005.

Misty's initial hatred for Allison erupted via divorcingforever.blogspot.com...which apparently Misty created to express her feelings about her extra-marital affair....with a another man.  Sometime later she met Anthony Morelli and they've been together since.  (It is not clear whether Misty ever divorced). 

However, once Misty and Anthony hooked up Misty's attention was diverted to focus on Allison.

Allison learned of Misty's original blog after a woman in another state half-way across the country tipped her.  Allison read it, but said nothing, and posted nothing in response. 

divorcingforever.blogspot.com remains current, but private. 

Some entries before it went private are below:

"Entering the Real World" Misty wrote:  "We will have to work out how Mr. M will get paid so as not to give 50% of every fucking dollar we own to Psycho Mom.  We have no problem with child support, but she isn't getting her fat grubby litle hands on my empire."

(Misty works in personal training, search engine optimization, selling house plans...whatever works in this economy.) 

Misty's not overweight.  Apparently Allison has consumed her.

Feb. 24 2005:  By Misty:   "Psycho Mom can die.  Maybe I shouldn't print that for all to read, but really.  She's a fucking psycho whore."

May,  2005:  "That bitch deserves to fry in hell.  Psycho Mom decided to go Pro Se (to save money of course, the cheap idiot) so I hope they bury her"
 
Oct. 2007 "Psycho Mom, still psycho. Ha! How come only the good die young"
 
Dec 12 2007  "The bitch will not fucking die"

The above represents some of the nicer entries.  More recent ones amp up the hate. 

Also Not mentioned

No mention during the Today Show interview of guns and wishes for Allison's suicide.

No mention during the Today Show concerning the now seven year steady drip of toxic hate not seriously addressed in the interview, by the evaluator, or that the judge is giving Allison former husband and his venomous girlfriend, four extra months to decide to change their ways.

The interview concentrated instead, on Anthony Morelli's right of free speech. 

But wait, there's more!  Also Not mentioned

The latest evaluation (they're been four - Allison's fine) produced a report that moderately criticized Anthony Morelli - but not enough to result in any kind of change to encourage Mr. Morelli to change his behavior.  In short, the latest evaluation produced - nothing.  No parenting consequences.

So I interviewed Allison.  Click on it, here.

The rest of the interview is on-line.  However, as I wrote yesterday, media mostly misses the mark in family court.  That's why Familylawcourts.com exists as a cheat-sheet for those who would like to know how the courts work?

The shame being what's happening to Allison Morelli and her two sons isn't really parental alienation, although clearly it's partly that.  Allison confided seven years of hate has negatively impacted their attitude towards her. 

But the shame is all three have had to endure year seven of full-on, outright hatred.  Which continues.

None of this was any part of the Today Show interview. 

With coverage like that, it's easy to understand why the public still (mistakenly) believes family court is about the best interests of the children.