Exposing The Witch Hunt Of LaDonna Humphrey: Interview With Dennis McCaslin


David McClam hosts a compelling discussion with Dennis McCaslin, the editor and owner of Today at Fort Smith newspaper, as they delve into the controversial and complex case surrounding LaDonna Humphrey, Anthony Christopher, and Patty Rush. The episode exposes the intricate web of accusations and counter-accusations that have emerged from this case, highlighting how personal vendettas can morph into public smear campaigns. McLam and McCaslin dissect the motives behind Rush’s actions against Humphrey, suggesting that jealousy and a desire for recognition in the crime-writing community may be driving Rush's aggressive stance. As the conversation unfolds, McCaslin provides firsthand accounts of his interactions with both Rush and Christopher, painting a picture of a toxic environment where truth and integrity are often sidelined by sensationalism and personal agendas.
The dialogue also reveals the profound implications of the ongoing legal battles, particularly Christopher's slander and defamation lawsuit against Humphrey, which has garnered significant media attention. McCaslin articulates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the court decision that initially favored Christopher, emphasizing the troubling nature of the judicial process in this case. Both hosts express their concerns over the chilling effects that such legal actions can have on journalistic integrity and freedom of speech, particularly when individuals are targeted for speaking out against perceived injustices. This episode serves as a stark reminder of the potential consequences of standing up for the truth in a world where misinformation can spread rapidly, and the powerful can wield their influence with little regard for those they seek to silence.
Listeners are encouraged to engage critically with the narratives presented, as McClam and McCaslin navigate the murky waters of media representation, public perception, and the ethical responsibilities of journalists. The episode challenges the audience to consider the impact of their own beliefs and biases when consuming news, particularly in cases where emotions run high and stakes are significant. McClam's poignant reflections on the nature of truth-telling, alongside McCaslin's extensive knowledge of the case, offer a rich tapestry of insights that resonate well beyond the specifics of this particular conflict, making it a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of crime, media, and justice.
Takeaways:
- Dennis McCaslin discusses his complicated relationship with Patty Rush and Anthony Christopher.
- The podcast reveals ongoing allegations of slander against LaDonna Humphrey by Anthony Christopher.
- A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to the Melissa Witt case and its implications.
- The interview touches on the lengths to which Patty Rush has gone to discredit LaDonna Humphrey.
- Dennis McCaslin expresses deep concern about the ongoing harassment faced by LaDonna Humphrey.
- The episode highlights the serious consequences of public allegations in the media landscape.
Chapters:
- 00:17 - New Insights into the Case
- 02:00 - The Controversy Surrounding La Donna Humphrey
- 08:57 - The Muffin Man Conspiracy
- 18:25 - The Medicaid Fraud Case: A Deep Dive into the Allegations
- 24:55 - The Rise of Anthony Christopher
- 34:26 - Reflections on Ladonna Humphreys
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00:00 - None
00:17 - New Insights into the Case
02:00 - The Controversy Surrounding La Donna Humphrey
08:57 - The Muffin Man Conspiracy
18:25 - The Medicaid Fraud Case: A Deep Dive into the Allegations
24:55 - The Rise of Anthony Christopher
34:26 - Reflections on Ladonna Humphreys
39:32 - Confronting Accusations and the Fight for Truth
Sometimes there are other people that gets involved in these things that know more than I do.
David McLam
Today we're going to talk to a man that has covered not only the case of Donald Humphrey versus Anthony Christopher, but also has had dealings with other people like the likes of Patty Rush, and had extensive dealings with Anthony Christopher.
David McLam
What will he say?
David McLam
Well, anything he say, Crawber, anything.
David McLam
I have been telling you guys for months, but we're about to find out.
David McLam
This is We're Not Afraid, the podcast that exposes the truth among all the lies.
David McLam
I am your host, David McLam.
David McLam
You're listening to Exposing the Witch Hunt of La Donna Humphrey, episode 12, interview with Dennis McCaslin.
David McLam
What's going on, everybody?
David McLam
And welcome to another episode of We Are Not Afraid.
David McLam
All right, just to give you a slight introduction, Dennis McCaslin is the editor and owner of Today at Fort Smith newspaper.
David McLam
You will hear in this interview that he has been through some things with Anthony Christopher as well as Patty Rush.
David McLam
We talk in depth about those things.
David McLam
So I want you to pay attention to what he has to say, listen to see if it corroborates anything I have been telling you over these last several months.
David McLam
And then at the end, I will be back to sum up the episode and let you know what comes next.
David McLam
So here is the interview with Dennis McCaslin.
David McLam
Hey, Dennis, thank you for coming on the show and talking to me today.
David McLam
I do appreciate it.
Dennis McCaslin
Thank you, David.
Dennis McCaslin
I appreciate the opportunity.
David McLam
So being that you're close to some of this stuff or not all of it that's going around about ladonna, I wanted to talk to you today to see what your side of it is.
David McLam
As you know that there is a hit piece out on her right now from a podcast called Pretend Everybody, from Patty Rush so far to Anthony Christopher, who will be the next episode.
David McLam
Depending on what people's listening to, this has come out and told lies on ladonna.
David McLam
My first question for you is, what do you know of the situation when it comes to Patty Rush?
Dennis McCaslin
Now, I had to have.
Dennis McCaslin
I had to heavily every one of them, but she was providing me with good content.
Dennis McCaslin
I think at the time it hurt ladonna's figure, but ladonna stepped aside.
Dennis McCaslin
Patty wrote for me for another couple of months and I get a call from a local police department one day and this officer says, hey, Dennis, what's going on with Patty Rush?
Dennis McCaslin
Rotten for your publication?
Dennis McCaslin
And I told him, I said, well, you know, she's written some stories for me and she's done some different stuff and he said, well, she's down at police station, and she's waving all this credentials around with your name on it the Today in Portsmouth.
Dennis McCaslin
And she's demanding know about this case and that case and this case and that case.
Dennis McCaslin
And it's.
Dennis McCaslin
It was cases that she and I hadn't even discussed.
Dennis McCaslin
And at that point, I got in touch with Patty and I told her, I asked her, first of all, I never issued her any credentials.
Dennis McCaslin
And second, you know, that was the first concern.
Dennis McCaslin
The second concern was, why are you down at the police station, you know, demanding to know this stuff on cases you and I haven't even talked about?
Dennis McCaslin
Well, I'm just.
Dennis McCaslin
Her response as well.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm just trying to get information for cases that I want to write about for your publication and everything else.
Dennis McCaslin
Now, the police officer who I knew told me that she was being very aggressive and stuff.
Dennis McCaslin
And at that time, I told her, I said, look, this is not going to work for me.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm gonna have to ask.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm just not gonna use your stuff anymore.
Dennis McCaslin
We're done.
Dennis McCaslin
Period.
Dennis McCaslin
And that was, at that point was the end of that part of the relationship between me and Patty.
David McLam
I don't know if you've heard the podcast or not, but they're pretty much accusing ladonna of everything, starting with what you just said.
David McLam
But I have heard Patty Rush, with her own mouth, pretty much say that she pretty much stole Melissa.
David McLam
The Melissa Wood case, that she was working on the case first, and then Ladonna came along, and they're called.
David McLam
They're saying it's because she wants to be famous.
David McLam
Can you tell us how long you know that ladonna's been on the case?
David McLam
And what does Patty Rush have to do with the Melissa Wood case?
Dennis McCaslin
Well, I know that Patty.
Dennis McCaslin
Excuse me, I know that Ladonna.
Dennis McCaslin
I've known her for over 16, 17 years, and I know for a fact that she's very, very involved in the case that she worked on.
Dennis McCaslin
She was very involved in The Morgan Nick, Ms.
Dennis McCaslin
Parent.
Dennis McCaslin
There was another young lady that went.
Dennis McCaslin
That was murdered up in Northwest Arkansas that she'd written numerous things about for me and the Missy Witt case.
Dennis McCaslin
She has long been involved in the Missy Wick case.
Dennis McCaslin
Her only concern from the beginning, as far as I'm concerned, was to find out who killed Ms.
Dennis McCaslin
Witt and cooperate with police officers in an effort to solve the case.
David McLam
Okay, so they are using clips from my podcast, Extinguished, that I co host with ladonna.
David McLam
Ladonna and I.
David McLam
One of the episodes which was episode 9 and 10.
David McLam
We actually did discuss the Melissa Witt case, and part of what Patty Rush is saying was they did not use the whole clip.
David McLam
He cut the clip to suit his purpose.
David McLam
I will expose the whole clip.
David McLam
But.
David McLam
But she was talking about Charlie Ray Vines and she was stating that she had correspondence with him and that LaDonna was swearing that she had all these letters, but did not.
David McLam
I have found out that the Fort Smith Police Department does have these letters, but the way she was making it sound was that they had totally kicked out the idea that Charlie Ray Vines had did it because of the fact that, I guess whatever reason that she was saying that she just wanted to exclude him, she liked him, or whatever the case was.
David McLam
Do you know anything about that?
Dennis McCaslin
That she was absolutely certain that Charlie Ray Valens had killed Missy Wood or was involved in the fight.
Dennis McCaslin
She gave me some wild theory about Charlie Ray Downs dad working in a funeral home.
Dennis McCaslin
And there was some accusations of abuse, of course, corpses and all kinds of stuff.
Dennis McCaslin
But she told me from day one, when I first started talking to her, that Charlie Red Vines had killed Missy Whip and that she knew it for a fact, and nothing I could say or nothing La Donna could say could convince her otherwise.
David McLam
Well, the theories that she used for that was preponderous.
David McLam
She was basing her claim based on the fact that Charlie Ray Vines liked to play pool.
David McLam
He carried a pool cue with him.
David McLam
So they combined pool with bowling, which is where, as you know, Elizabeth was to meet her mother at the bowling alley to go play pool.
David McLam
Now, I don't know, maybe he did carry pool cue, but whenever I want to go play pool, a bowling alley is not the first place I would go.
David McLam
But that was the theory in which she was using.
David McLam
If they would have played that whole entire clip that they took from my podcast, they would have heard ladonna actually say and have me ask her, why did they exclude Charlie Ray Vines?
David McLam
The police had extensively interviewed him and said that they, based on the interviews, what they talked to him about in the whole nine, that he was excluded because nothing pointed to him as being the killer of Melissa Witt.
David McLam
Now, she tried to make herself look good by saying that her and Charlie had correspondence, but it made her look dumb, in my opinion, because the fact that the only letter that Javier labor read was one where Charlie Ray Vines pretty much said, I'm not discussing my case with you, anybody, because of the fact that people twist my words, don't contact me again.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna had been in contact with Charlie, some kind of Writing in prison or she had told me that she did.
Dennis McCaslin
I have carried several stories about the Missy whit case.
Dennis McCaslin
Some LaDonna's written, some I've written.
Dennis McCaslin
We have covered that case extensively since I have been running my.
Dennis McCaslin
My website and that we started this website in 2017.
David McLam
So I don't know if you know any of this, but I'll ask you because it came up on her episode, which sounded crazy.
David McLam
I didn't write it all down, but she went into some rant about Ladonna and her was talking one time on a text and it sounded like something a crazy person would say, but she went into something about the muffin man and twats with guns and supposedly Donna's writing all of this.
David McLam
Do you know anything about this Muffin man situation?
Dennis McCaslin
I don't know anything about the Muffin man situation.
Dennis McCaslin
I do.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna mentioned that to me.
Dennis McCaslin
But you know this.
Dennis McCaslin
After I parted ways with Patty, I started getting all these weird text messages and all these emails and everything else that were essentially dead end leads on any kind of cases.
Dennis McCaslin
I was putting cold cases that I was talking about on my Facebook page or on my website, which has Facebook page leads to it.
Dennis McCaslin
There was at least three occasions that I was sent anonymous leads and either went places or made phone calls or did this or did that, and they turned out to be nothing.
Dennis McCaslin
I actually drove over to a sister city of Port Smith, Van Buren one day because they told me that the person that knew all about this Missy Witt case lived at a certain address in Van Buren.
Dennis McCaslin
I drove over there and it was a vacant lot.
Dennis McCaslin
Okay, that was the first one.
Dennis McCaslin
I started getting emails from someone that identified themselves as Apple Annie.
Dennis McCaslin
Apple Annie was the name they identified by.
Dennis McCaslin
They said that they didn't want to give me their real name.
Dennis McCaslin
And I went through a series of messages with this Appalachian.
Dennis McCaslin
Basically, Apple Annie was saying that she was getting leads from people, homeless people who live down by the river.
Dennis McCaslin
And I caught on pretty quick that this was just another excuse my language bullshit line that I was being fed.
Dennis McCaslin
But I tried to play it out to see if I could get more information or catch it.
Dennis McCaslin
It went from Appalani had this information and wanted to help me.
Dennis McCaslin
2Appalani was getting information from the homeless people.
Dennis McCaslin
2Appalany was driving her van down to the river and having sex with the homeless people in order to get this information to Annie.
Dennis McCaslin
Appalani was paraplegic and they were taking advantage of her.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, it just got crazier and crazier.
Dennis McCaslin
I can't say this positively, but I can say that from the way the emails were written and some of the misspelled words and some of the stuff like that, I strongly suspect that I know who Apple Annie was, and I think it was someone who used to write for my publication.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, I'll come right out and say it.
Dennis McCaslin
I.
Dennis McCaslin
I felt at the time that Appalane was Patty Rush.
Dennis McCaslin
And so it doesn't surprise me that Muffin Man, Apple Annie, there's been other names that have been kicked out there, simplistic names.
Dennis McCaslin
So it wouldn't surprise me at all if Patty was involved with this Muffin man stuff.
David McLam
So I ask you this.
David McLam
In your opinion, do you feel that Patty Rush has a vendetta or something against ladonna to go after her?
David McLam
And if so, why is that?
Dennis McCaslin
I think absolutely, and I think it's just jealousy on her part.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna has been successful in doing this stuff, and Patty wanted to be successful.
Dennis McCaslin
Patty wanted to be recognized crime writer.
Dennis McCaslin
She had written some sort of online book about a murder that happened back in the 20s or 30s over in Crawford County.
Dennis McCaslin
And she stepped back, and she saw that ladonna was being successful, and it was something that really bothered her.
Dennis McCaslin
I think that it.
Dennis McCaslin
The conversations that I had with ladonna indicated to me that she was very, very, let's say, jealous.
Dennis McCaslin
I don't know if jealous is the right word, but she was very, very aware of what ladonna was doing, and she tried to play down ladonna's success to me in several phone conversations.
David McLam
Now, I know you haven't listened to it, but this is what sparked me as funny.
David McLam
If you ever listen to the Patty Rush episode, Javier Leyva is pinning her up like she is who ladonna is inspiring to be, that Patty Rush is all successful, and she's been doing this long before LaDonna, and that LaDonna is inspiring to be what Patty Rush is.
David McLam
So he's trying to make her seem like that she is the overly successful one.
Dennis McCaslin
It's exactly the opposite.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna has been successful in everything she's ever done in her life.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, she's a successful crime writer.
Dennis McCaslin
She runs this nonprofit for women in recovery up in northwest Arkansas.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna.
Dennis McCaslin
Just the fact that she adopted all these children from one family to keep them together, rather than they were going to separate all these kids out all over the place, and Ladonna and Danny stepped in and took these children in.
Dennis McCaslin
I have worked with ladonna on a lot of different things.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna is very charitable.
Dennis McCaslin
She worked with me in a nonprofit or tried to work with me in a nonprofit where things went sideways.
Dennis McCaslin
And she's been very supportive of a lot of the stuff that I do.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm very, very much into memorializing fallen police officers.
Dennis McCaslin
She's helped me with.
Dennis McCaslin
With some of that.
Dennis McCaslin
I just can't say enough about Lanada.
Dennis McCaslin
I think she's a wonderful person.
Dennis McCaslin
I've said time and time again, she's like a sister to me, and I'd take a bullet for.
Dennis McCaslin
And the fact that Patty Rush and other people are doing what they're trying or are doing what they're trying to do to ladonna, just to smear, I think it all revolves back to another person and.
Dennis McCaslin
Or I at least think that Patty and this other person may be linked up together in this campaign, basically to try to ruin ladonna's life.
David McLam
So before I switch gears, I do want to ask you.
David McLam
This question has nothing to do with Patty, but this has been something that she's been accused of.
David McLam
I haven't quite heard it yet on this podcast, but I believe it's going to come up.
David McLam
So I'm going to ask you.
David McLam
It has been said, and she's been accused that she is the orchestrator behind any piece that you have written about her or about Anthony Christopher.
David McLam
Is that true?
Dennis McCaslin
That's absolutely false.
Dennis McCaslin
The Anthony Christopher thing.
Dennis McCaslin
I saw a blurb in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm just like any other reporter.
Dennis McCaslin
I take my leads where I get them.
Dennis McCaslin
So I started following this out, and I knew ladonna and I were friends at the time, and I knew that ladonna had made these accusations about this Medicaid fraud against Anthony Christopher.
Dennis McCaslin
And I tried and tried and tried to get her to talk to me.
Dennis McCaslin
When I first wrote my pieces, she absolutely refused to talk to me at the.
Dennis McCaslin
At the advice of her attorney up in Northwest Arkansas.
Dennis McCaslin
She never really has talked to me a whole lot about any of this stuff involving Anthony Christopher and this Medicaid case.
Dennis McCaslin
She has frustrated me to no end because I have.
Dennis McCaslin
I had questions when I was writing the stuff about the Medicaid pieces, about the Medicaid fraud pieces, and I had questions, and I would call her, and she said, you know, Dennis, you know, I can't answer that.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, I'm not allowed to talk to you about that.
Dennis McCaslin
So any of the stuff that I got over the years, other than some direct quotes from before, from.
Dennis McCaslin
From when?
Dennis McCaslin
Before her attorney, you know, shut her down.
Dennis McCaslin
On the thing has been my work, my research.
Dennis McCaslin
It's stuff that I've gone out and done.
Dennis McCaslin
As far as ladonna and me being friends, absolutely, we are friends.
Dennis McCaslin
Has ladonna ever reached out to me and said, I need you to write this piece about Anthony Christopher, or I need you to write this piece about anybody defending her.
Dennis McCaslin
It's absolutely untrue.
Dennis McCaslin
I am bound and determined to write pieces to defend her on my website because she deserves to be defended.
Dennis McCaslin
But nobody tells me what to put on my website.
Dennis McCaslin
Nobody tells me what to write or not or what not to write.
Dennis McCaslin
The prosecutor attorney here in Sebastian County, Arkansas, contacted me one time and said, I need you to take that down.
Dennis McCaslin
And I'm like, no, you don't tell me what I can and can't write on my.
Dennis McCaslin
On my publication.
Dennis McCaslin
So those allegations are just ludicrous that ladonna has told me to write something or has been on something that operate.
David McLam
So speaking of Anthony Christopher, as we know he is probably the main catalyst behind this, I want to ask you to go deep into the case because I do have another witness or another person is going to come on and talk to me about that.
David McLam
But what I do want to know is, from your standpoint of writing about the case that Anthony Christopher has filed against ladonna, what is your understanding of it?
Dennis McCaslin
My understanding is that sued her for slander and defamation.
Dennis McCaslin
The case was up in Bentonville, Benton county, in the circuit court up there.
Dennis McCaslin
Okay.
Dennis McCaslin
There was a bunch of interactions.
Dennis McCaslin
She'd accuse him of this, and the state was investigating him.
Dennis McCaslin
The state confirmed to me that he was under investigation for Medicaid fraud.
Dennis McCaslin
In fact, they filed charges against him on, I think it was two counts of Medicaid fraud and one count of identity fraud or something like that.
Dennis McCaslin
Before they filed charges against him.
Dennis McCaslin
He filed this slander and defamation case against ladonna, Northwest Arkansas.
Dennis McCaslin
There was a situation where they were in court, and the judge said, I need some information that is on your phone.
Dennis McCaslin
And ladonna said, fine, absolutely.
Dennis McCaslin
I'll give you the information.
Dennis McCaslin
No problem.
Dennis McCaslin
It was that night or the next night.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna had returned home from grocery shopping, and she had left her purse in the car while she's bringing in groceries and let the car unlocked while she's bringing groceries.
Dennis McCaslin
One of the kids told her, hey, mom, somebody's out there messing around in your car.
Dennis McCaslin
By the time she got from the back of the house to the front, all she saw was a blazer leaving.
Dennis McCaslin
Her purse had been stolen.
Dennis McCaslin
Her phone was in the Purse.
Dennis McCaslin
She shows up in court for the next court date, which was, like, on Tuesday.
Dennis McCaslin
And, you know, Judge Dolly, whatever her name is, says, well, I need you to produce your phone.
Dennis McCaslin
I can't produce phone.
Dennis McCaslin
Somebody stole my phone.
Dennis McCaslin
Well, that's real convenient that somebody stole your phone.
Dennis McCaslin
Now, she had filed a police report that her phone had been stolen that night.
Dennis McCaslin
And she told the police that she suspected that it was either somebody.
Dennis McCaslin
It was either Anthony Christopher or somebody involved with Anthony Christopher that had stolen her phone.
Dennis McCaslin
This judge says, well, you didn't bring this phone back like I told you there.
Dennis McCaslin
Therefore, you're in contempt of court.
Dennis McCaslin
And I find in favor of Anthony Crispr.
Dennis McCaslin
She gives him a $3 million judgment against this woman for slander and defamation.
Dennis McCaslin
Okay?
Dennis McCaslin
Months later, they charge him with this stuff they were investigating with the exact stuff or investigating him for the exact stuff that ladonna had said they were investigating for.
Dennis McCaslin
He bought her.
Dennis McCaslin
He bought her bankruptcy appeal.
Dennis McCaslin
She's in court right now trying to get her bankruptcy appeal back because she wants to be able to appeal this thing, to appeal this judgment against her based upon the fact that they did charge him with exactly what she said he had done.
Dennis McCaslin
Now, the state, they fumbled the case.
Dennis McCaslin
They let this guy file so many continuances through different lawyers and everything else, that eventually there was turnover in the office.
Dennis McCaslin
Witnesses can be located, and they just threw their hands up and said, well, we're just going to dismiss the thing because on our end, we can't build a case based upon the evidence.
Dennis McCaslin
We now have the witnesses that we can contact.
Dennis McCaslin
So the state of Arkansas just.
Dennis McCaslin
Just fumbled the case.
Dennis McCaslin
And it doesn't surprise me because it's the state of Arkansas, and they have a tendency sometimes to do that, not only on the state level, but on the local level in the counties.
Dennis McCaslin
Justice doesn't always meet a proper end in the state of Arkansas.
Dennis McCaslin
That's what I know about that case.
Dennis McCaslin
I haven't written anything about any of those cases for several months just because of the fact that ladonna's attorney shut her down and wouldn't let me talk to.
Dennis McCaslin
Wouldn't let her talk to me about any of it.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, I can go back and rehash what I've written to this point, but.
Dennis McCaslin
And I have new information, but without confirming that information with ladonna, I.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, I don't feel comfortable putting these stories out there.
David McLam
So just to let you know, too, from the documents that I now have, as well as what they have now uploaded online, Adonna has won her appeal.
David McLam
So he was not able to buy her rights.
David McLam
The judge on one of her sentence or one of her hearings struck that.
David McLam
And she is now currently in appeal.
David McLam
And that's been the biggest thing with this Java labor podcast.
David McLam
They keep saying that he's won the $3.5 million judgment.
David McLam
Okay, yes, it was granted to him, but it's now an appeal.
David McLam
And to me, in law, appeal means no one's getting anything yet because we're going to rehear this and they keep driving that nail home.
David McLam
So.
Dennis McCaslin
Right.
Dennis McCaslin
Well, I think if anyone that has any common sense at all looks at the situation, looks at the fact that she, whoever she told that.
Dennis McCaslin
Cause that started all this, she absolutely told them the absolute truth that there was stuff going on in that office, Medicaid fraud and all this other stuff.
Dennis McCaslin
The state of Arkansas investigated him and charged him with it.
Dennis McCaslin
Okay.
Dennis McCaslin
The fact that he got a bogus kangaroo court judgment with who knows what goes on up there in, in that judge's court, but the fact that he got this bogus kangaroo court judgment in between the times she said he did it and they charged him with it is ridiculous.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, once they charged him with it, all the charges should have been dropped.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, the defamation and slander thing should have been dismissed.
Dennis McCaslin
But that's not the way things work in these, some of these backwards thinking judges in our judicial system here in Arkansas.
David McLam
So based on some dealings that you've had with Anthony Christopher, do you think he's a good person?
David McLam
What kind of person do you think that he is?
David McLam
And can you share some things with us that maybe you went through with him personally?
Dennis McCaslin
Let me, I'm trying to formulate the words that that won't get me in trouble.
Dennis McCaslin
I don't know what your podcast will or will not allow as far as what I think about.
David McLam
You can speak as freely as you need to.
Dennis McCaslin
Anthony Christopher is a piece of.
Dennis McCaslin
That's the bottom line.
Dennis McCaslin
He has done all this stuff.
Dennis McCaslin
Old Donna There are several.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, there are other cases where he has done stuff to people over and over and over.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, I contacted another lady that he defrauded on a property deal and she wouldn't talk to me about it because she was scared of him.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, Anthony Christopher has contacted me through text probably seven or eight dozen times through fake text message services.
Dennis McCaslin
And because I'm astute to.
Dennis McCaslin
Like I said, I can, I can read something that somebody wrote and then I can go back and read something else that they wrote and I can tell you from punctuation grammar, the way they structure their sentences, how they do your paragraphs.
Dennis McCaslin
I can tell you, hey, this person wrote that, and this person wrote this.
Dennis McCaslin
Anthony, Christopher has contacted me numerous times with.
Dennis McCaslin
It'll start off, hey, I've got a tip for you.
Dennis McCaslin
Then it'll turn into, well, bigfoot was spotted down national forest.
Dennis McCaslin
Then it turns into, well, this couple was down there and their tent got ripped up.
Dennis McCaslin
And then, you know, I know it's him.
Dennis McCaslin
I know it's him from, like I said, from being able to read these texts and being able to conceptualize who's sending me this stuff, and I'll play along with him.
Dennis McCaslin
Well, eventually I'll.
Dennis McCaslin
I'll tell him, okay, okay, Chrissy, what do you want?
Dennis McCaslin
All this stuff.
Dennis McCaslin
Then he gets mad and he goes off on these profane, just crazy rants and.
Dennis McCaslin
And everything else through text messages.
Dennis McCaslin
He does it through email.
Dennis McCaslin
He, you know, he has people call me with these wild accusations.
Dennis McCaslin
He has.
Dennis McCaslin
At one point, there was a guy working for him in his alternative bar up in Eureka Springs that he told the guy the guy got the COVID got Covid and was working when he had Covid, found out after.
Dennis McCaslin
Or he worked a couple of weeks and then found out he had Covid, but he'd been sick the whole time.
Dennis McCaslin
Chrissy.
Dennis McCaslin
Well, Anthony, I call him Chrissy, told this guy, said, oh, well, don't tell anybody you had the COVID We're going to hide the fact that you had the COVID because we don't want anybody that comes to the bar thinking that they were exposed to the COVID because we didn't do anything about it.
Dennis McCaslin
And all this other stuff.
Dennis McCaslin
One of the guys, a lot about the guy first reached, reached out to me.
Dennis McCaslin
I wrote a story about it, reached out to me and said, hey, he told me to not tell anybody, want me to lie.
Dennis McCaslin
And then they fired me after the fact.
Dennis McCaslin
Well, you know, I.
Dennis McCaslin
I take everything into consideration.
Dennis McCaslin
The guy was fired.
Dennis McCaslin
He was probably mad at Anthony, but.
Dennis McCaslin
But he.
Dennis McCaslin
But he sent me text messages from Anthony to him saying, you know, don't let anybody know you.
Dennis McCaslin
That you.
Dennis McCaslin
You're sick.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, Doug, we're going to take care of you.
Dennis McCaslin
We're going to.
Dennis McCaslin
We're going to take care of you while you're off.
Dennis McCaslin
We'll feed you, we'll do this and everything else, but just don't let anybody know that you were in the bar while you had Covid.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, he ended up turning on the guy.
Dennis McCaslin
Now, I think eventually the guy maybe went back into that community, you know, and got back involved.
Dennis McCaslin
But that's the kind of stuff that Anthony Christopher does.
Dennis McCaslin
He has been, you know, he's threatened to sue me numerous times.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm going to sue you for lies.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm going to sue you for slander.
Dennis McCaslin
And yet I've been going through this with him for multiple years, and not once has he reached out to my attorney.
Dennis McCaslin
I've told him on numerous occasions who my attorney is.
Dennis McCaslin
Because, you know, the best defense against libel and slander and defamation is the truth.
Dennis McCaslin
I don't post something on my website unless it's the truth, unless I can back it up with documentation, with witnesses, and all this other stuff.
Dennis McCaslin
So Anthony Christopher, I think, is an evil person who carries out vendettas against anyone that gets in his way.
David McLam
So the one thing that you brought up was that you talk to somebody who was afraid of Anthony Christopher.
David McLam
It's funny that the Pretend podcast has called their series who's Afraid of ladonna Humphrey?
David McLam
When I've talked to at least five people who's refused to talk to me because they've cited that they are afraid of Patty Rush and Anthony Christopher.
David McLam
When your opinion, besides the things you said, why do you think these people are afraid?
David McLam
Do you think that he would come back at them if he's done something before in the past?
Dennis McCaslin
Well, I think that people are aware of what Anthony's capable of, and I think they're aware of what Patty's capable of as well.
Dennis McCaslin
And nobody wants to be smeared on social media 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Dennis McCaslin
I, you know, I told you, I'm going through a similar situation myself, and it's tough.
Dennis McCaslin
But the problem with people that are willing to speak out, as long as you keep them, keep them anonymous, you know, you have them as a source, I have them as a source.
Dennis McCaslin
And, you know, what they're telling you is absolute truth.
Dennis McCaslin
But you throw it out there and say, well, this person, you know, I talked to this person, but they told me this anonymously.
Dennis McCaslin
Well, everybody thinks you're making it up.
Dennis McCaslin
Everybody thinks you're just making stuff up and attributed to anonymous source.
Dennis McCaslin
Because these people are scared to step out into the spotlight because they don't want the same treatment that everybody else has gotten if they have tried to step out and defend ladonna.
David McLam
So, yeah, that's what, that's what I'm getting to as well.
David McLam
It's kind of a shame.
David McLam
The people that I have spoken to that I can't name, yeah, they were scared, and I Believe everything that they had to tell me.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm sure that there'll be replications for me for.
Dennis McCaslin
For being on the podcast.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, absolutely.
Dennis McCaslin
They'll come after me, you know, just like they've gone after other people.
Dennis McCaslin
But I'm used to it.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, I've endured, you know, several years of it from.
Dennis McCaslin
From Anthony.
Dennis McCaslin
You know, Patty hasn't come after me as much, other than the fact that Patty has made some statements about me that I'm not comfortable with.
Dennis McCaslin
Patty hasn't come after me, you know, as much as on social media or stuff like that.
Dennis McCaslin
Anthony has come after me personally.
Dennis McCaslin
He is, you know, with these phone calls, with telling other people that I've done this, that I've done that, trying to, you know, tell me he's going to get my publication shut down, telling me, you know, and.
Dennis McCaslin
And hey, there has been case after case after case of people contacting me about Anthony Christopher.
Dennis McCaslin
I've reached out to some people, you know, like the lady, you know, you can.
Dennis McCaslin
It's public record these lawsuits he's been involved with over the.
Dennis McCaslin
The property situation.
Dennis McCaslin
I reached out to that lady because I researched and found out her name, and I reached out to her.
Dennis McCaslin
But there had been numerous people that have reached out to me that I didn't even know existed and said, anthony Christopher did this.
Dennis McCaslin
Anthony Christopher did that.
Dennis McCaslin
Anthony Christopher is involved in this.
Dennis McCaslin
Anthony Christopher is involved in that.
Dennis McCaslin
I've never reached out to those people.
Dennis McCaslin
They've reached out to me because of my publication, seeing stories that I've written about Anthony.
Dennis McCaslin
I kind of get it.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, I kind of get people not wanting to be attacked on social media, not wanting to be attacked personally, not having lawsuits filed against them and everything else.
Dennis McCaslin
I get it.
Dennis McCaslin
Like I said, I'm going through a similar situation myself.
Dennis McCaslin
But you've got to stand up for the truth.
Dennis McCaslin
Somebody has got to stand up for the truth.
Dennis McCaslin
And if we don't, then these people win.
Dennis McCaslin
And I'm not.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm 66 years old.
Dennis McCaslin
I'm not about letting people ruin other people's lives.
Dennis McCaslin
And that's all this is.
Dennis McCaslin
It's just a orchestrated campaign to ruin this woman's life, and she doesn't deserve it.
David McLam
So, Dennis, in closing, what would you like to say about this entire situation to the audience and anything you would like to say about or to Ladonna at this point?
Dennis McCaslin
Well, once again, I love Ladonna like a sister.
Dennis McCaslin
Ladonna has been absolutely amazing to me.
Dennis McCaslin
And for me, I lost my wife in 2022 and Ladonna is one of the reasons that I was able to cope with that.
Dennis McCaslin
Talking to ladonna, her giving me advice, her talking to me.
Dennis McCaslin
I know ladonna is devoted to her children and loves her children, and she's always been concerned about my grandchildren, my relationship with my grandchildren.
Dennis McCaslin
It just sickens me.
Dennis McCaslin
It sickens me that these people, these psychopathic narcissistic lunatics, are using these weapons of social media and of.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, at one point, I had heard that Anthony Christopher was organizing some sort of a parade in connection with this podcast.
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, how delusional do you have to be to think that a parade against a woman that has done as much for her community and for other people as ladonna Humphries is a viable thing?
Dennis McCaslin
I mean, to me, like I said, psychopaths, lunatics, narcissistic people who have agendas, and they just need to go away and leave ladonna Humphreys alone.
David McLam
Well, Dennis, I thank you for coming on the show today.
David McLam
You've been a wealth of information.
David McLam
Thank you for helping me put the Truth out against his other podcast.
David McLam
You know, as podcasters or as journalists, I've always taken the stance that we can't control what people say or what people lie about, but we can't control we put on our platforms.
David McLam
And it does, sticking me as a podcaster, that this show is allowing these people to come on and to say these things that are not true to destroy somebody's life.
David McLam
So I thank you for coming on and giving me some more insight into the case.
Dennis McCaslin
Not a problem.
Dennis McCaslin
Anytime.
David McLam
All right, so that was the interview with Dennis McCaslin.
David McLam
I'm not going to hold you here too long.
David McLam
I think Dennis said all needed to be said, but I do want to point out a few things.
David McLam
The first thing I want to point out is that this interview was shot a while ago, early summer, so you probably heard some things that has already come to pass.
David McLam
Episodes of Pretend Podcast has already taken place, but this interview is still very relevant because of the topics that we talked about.
David McLam
As you heard, we talked about Patty Rush at length, as well as Anthony Christopher and the things in which he has done the Disney McCastle in the past, as well as some other people.
David McLam
Let me fast forward to now.
David McLam
See, everything that Dennis said came true.
David McLam
He said he knew there would be repercussions for coming on my podcast.
David McLam
They would go after him.
David McLam
Well, that happened before he came on my podcast, as you guys know.
David McLam
They went profusely after me.
David McLam
Again, I'll point out a Person they do not know, but someone that stood in opposition of them.
David McLam
They tried to destroy and take down my life.
David McLam
It has not happened, but they've certainly tried.
David McLam
Since then with Dennis McCaslin, they have done exactly the same thing.
David McLam
They have called him from numbers, they have texted him.
David McLam
Javier Laver himself directly has called him, trying to get him to say things against ladonna Humphrey or trip him up, whatever he wants to do.
David McLam
Several times Dennis McCastlin has told them to kick rocks.
David McLam
I'll just put it blankly.
David McLam
He's told him to kiss his ass, but they still try.
David McLam
Recently they even tried to spoof as one of the local newscasters there in Arkansas by saying who she was and she wanted to talk to Dennis about what he's been writing about the case with Pretend podcast.
David McLam
All that was quickly debunked.
David McLam
These people has went after him hard, I guess.
David McLam
They've written some episodes and they released about them.
David McLam
They've accused him and ladonna Humphrey of stealing Little Debbie snack cakes.
David McLam
Now people who's listening to this is laughing.
David McLam
I can't make this stuff up.
David McLam
It's a whole episode about they stole some snack cakes.
David McLam
Really.
David McLam
And I will say that when it comes to the snack cakes and the person they called that plant was really upset.
David McLam
It's never happened.
David McLam
I have confirmation of that.
David McLam
But this is just the stupidity in which we are going through.
David McLam
So once again go back and listen to everything he said because everything he said is still relevant.
David McLam
Like I said, because there's things that is still happening now.
David McLam
Still getting accused of having ladonna Humphrey write my episodes.
David McLam
Still being accused of having done a Humphrey write for his paper.
David McLam
I've told him profusely and when I say him, I mean Anthony Christopher, if you think it's true and you got a case, take me to court.
David McLam
As you see, I have not been to court yet because they know it's not true.
David McLam
All right, so that is the end of that.
David McLam
I will be back one more time.
David McLam
I did tell you that I will come back if there was breaking news.
David McLam
And I will be back one more time with that episode.
David McLam
And I will tell you, people on that Reddit thread are.
David McLam
I should call them Javier and Anthony's cult does not know how to listen.
David McLam
But I will cover that as well as my police report.
David McLam
Since I'm going to jail, I'm going to tell you exactly what it said and why Anthony Christopher hasn't said anything more about it since he's been saying I'm going to jail.
David McLam
It's been over a couple of months.
David McLam
I'm still sitting here, by the way.
David McLam
So we will go over that and I will answer a couple of emails in which I have received.
David McLam
And yes, prepare yourself.
David McLam
One of them is political.
David McLam
So you're now going to hear what I think of politics, what I think of Trump winning, what I think is going on in the world and what will happen and how I do.
David McLam
Like in the pretend podcast who's afraid of Donald Humphrey's season to the whole entire political thing in which we just went through.
David McLam
I don't talk politics very much.
David McLam
I don't run a political channel.
David McLam
But when somebody from there wants to bring it into my world, well, now you get to hear me talk about it.
David McLam
Whether you like it or whether you don't, I'm not really gonna care because anything I've said in this podcast anyway they don't like.
David McLam
So why should I start now?
David McLam
All right, so I hope you guys are all having a good day.
David McLam
Like I said, I'll be back One more episode because it is kind of breaking news that I need to tell you about a couple of things and then once again, if anybody's listening after this one, I will be done until sometime in the beginning of the year.
David McLam
This one is taking me a while because, well, unlike the people over there, I do actually have a full time job and this time of the year my schedule changes and I'm working overtime from now until January.
David McLam
Also, my computer had went on the fritz to where I had to totally reformat it.
David McLam
So that slowed me down a little bit too as well.
David McLam
But once again, one more episode where I'm going to talk to you about a couple of themes which includes my police report as the Christopher is not talking about that anymore and why I'm not and never will go to jail as well as a couple of other things that we will discuss.
David McLam
All right guys, so until then, hope you guys are all having a good day.
David McLam
And always remember, it may not seem like it now, but I promise you, love will always conquer hate.
David McLam
I'll catch you guys on the next one to contact us and to see all of the evidence presented in today's show, make sure you click on the link tree link in the show Notes We Are Not Afraid is hosted and Produced by David McClam Photography is done by the talented Connie Baylock of Science SLB Photography Intro and outro music Missing Evidence by Mark Fabian.
David McLam
Thank you for tuning in and we'll catch you on the next one.