For the past four years I have found myself the subject of an unusual and relentless fixation. At the centre of it is a woman based in the United States, Ms Lisa Avalos, who also styles herself “Professor Avalos.”
My first encounter with her came during the harassment trial. She had flown all the way from Arkansas to attend proceedings in London. On the day of the verdict, before the judge had even delivered his decision, I observed her distributing business cards to members of the press, urging them to contact her. She was clearly confident that I would be convicted. She was wrong. The judge acquitted me. From that moment onwards, Ms Avalos has appeared unable to accept the verdict, and her behaviour since has borne all the hallmarks of an obsession.
Over time I learned that she had become friendly with Mr David de Freitas and his wife. I understand they have dined together and that she has even visited their family home in Fulham. Since 2014, she has written about me repeatedly on the internet, and I have the records to show that she has visited this blog almost daily for several months. The IP logs confirm it. On more than one occasion I have received anonymous messages from her which, despite the disguise, were traceable back to her IP address.
This month Ms Avalos took matters a step further. She approached the press with claims that I was guilty of the rape of Eleanor de Freitas. In doing so, she sought to persuade journalists that there was “no evidence” Eleanor had lied, and that I was guilty, while omitting and misrepresenting crucial facts.
One of the publications she approached was an online news organisation called BuzzFeed. Their journalists contacted me and indicated they were preparing to publish material, ominously describing it as “things you won’t like.” What followed was an exhausting week spent with lawyers preparing letters, collating documents, and presenting once again the clear evidence that the allegations against me were false. Although Buzzfeed did go ahead with their story, they edited it to show the truth: That although Ms de Freitas had considerable mental health issues and committed suicide after being prosecuted for lying, there was in fact a substantial body of evidence that showed I was innocent.
To Ms Avalos, if she is indeed reading this as often as my logs suggest, I say this: Please stop. It is time to move on. To persist in this campaign is not only unjust to me but corrosive to the truth itself.
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| Professor Lisa Avalos from the United States. |
I would be surprised if this comment is actually posted, but I came across this site a few weeks ago doing some research for a topic unrelated. This popped out to me because I know Ms. Avalos in real life. I laughed my ass off when you wrote “she is a nobody who has a chip on the shoulder, so why would I want to write about such a person?” There’s no need I defend her credentials, but the actual truth of the matter appears to be quite the opposite. A degree from Northwestern and then NYU law is nothing to scoff that. Her resume doesn’t need me to defend it.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote because you’re upset that Avalos has researched and written about your case. Here’s why it appears as though you’re a liar in this blog post. If someone was actually doing what you state she is doing, then you can fully come here to the USA and bring a lawsuit against her. Hire a firm and prove your case in a court of law. You will never do that, and you won’t succeed in your case, because it appears you are the one pushing and stretching reality. You try to state Avalos coming to view your trial in person is her “stalking” you. That is a joke. Someone writing about something that happened publicly is not “stalking.” It’s also a joke how you state she’s obsessed with you, like a dog that won’t let go of a bone. Somehow after years of knowing her, she’s never once spoken about you in real life. Interesting. Perhaps you also felt this way about the rape accusation, you didn’t “feel” you did anything wrong...just as you wrongly feel Avalos is “stalking” you when that also isn’t reality? Again, you can bring the case, but you won’t. That says it all!
Thankfully the Attorney General and Director of Public Prosections concur that EdF was indeed a liar.
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