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Exposing The Witch Hunt Of LaDonna Humphrey: Interview With Dennis McCaslin
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Nov. 20, 2024

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

Exposing The Witch Hunt Of LaDonna Humphrey: Interview With Dennis McCaslin
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We Are Not Afraid

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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Chapters

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

Transcript
David McLam

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.