An inspiring court story: how Ann M defended herself and won

Update added by Barbara Roberts, March, 2025. Lundy Bancroft has now been exposed as a predator. Any red lettering in the post below is part of this update. 

This post at Lundy Bancroft’s blog will inspire all our readers, especially those who are facing tough court cases themselves. Please go there and encourage Ann and Lundy.

The Truth Comes Out in Ann M’s Case

[Here is an amazing update on Ann M.’s case, written by Ann herself. The names of all of the children have been altered, but the names of professionals have not been changed.]

Hi Lundy,

I want to thank you again for blogging about my case earlier this year.

Here are the latest events: My ex took me to court saying he should have full custody of the last minor child, Emma, age 16. Ezra and Will are at college and the three oldest are out of the house. Five days before the trial my attorney told me he would need an additional fifteen thousand dollars to represent me in court saying he had already used up the other five thousand I gave him just reading up on my case.

So I represented myself, knowing God would be my defense! We did great!….

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***IMPORTANT NOTE: While we endorse used to endorse Lundy’s writings about the dynamics of domestic abuse, we do not recommend anyone attend the ‘”healing retreats” Lundy Bancroft offers or become involved in his “Peak Living Network”. See our post, ACFJ Does Not Recommend Lundy Bancroft’s Retreats or His New Peak Living Network for more about our concerns.

[March 8, 2025: Editors’ notes:

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