Finally tired of the continuing lies told by Alex, Laura, and Morgan, we provide this narrative, documented by emails from the period of 2007 - 2008 from Alex to Wendy, plus others.
On January 5th, 2007, Alex lied to
obtain a stay away order against Wendy, claiming she had threatened
him with a knife. The stay away order was lifted on January 10th,
only five days later, after a hearing which determined the charges
had no merit.
He had served her with divorce papers
on the 6th of December, 2006, and Wendy had decided to wait until
after the holiday to obtain counsel herself. Always, Wendy's first
concern was the stability of her children over the Christmas season.
Charges to the contrary are slander and
libel. Laura well knows this. Her own friends urged her not to
marry Alex, and then to leave him. Today, she has no contact with
her former friends or her family, these facts conveyed to Wendy
when, in October – December of 2008, she was living with Wendy and
the children and being supported by Wendy.
After January 10th, 2007,
mutual restraining orders were in force until April. Alex was
arrested because he, not Wendy, violated the order. This also did
not stop Alex from attempting to gain an advantage by enticing Wendy
to violate the order using the children. Alex took it upon himself
to have the children baptized on Sunday, February 25th.
Wendy could not legally attend, a cause of anguish to her, but Alex
did what he could to persuade her to do so. A normal parent would
not plan such an event when the other parent could not attend, or
during such a time.
In the emails below you see Alex's
attempts to gain advantage over Wendy during the divorce, even as he
attempts to persuade her to come back to him, for the sake of the
children, he says. Over the next months Alex continued to attack
Wendy with the legal system, claiming she was an alcoholic, violent,
a bad mother, among other lies, while he worked to alienate the
children from her.
Wendy uniformly complied with every
order of the court, never missed a court date, still working full
time. Alex stalled, lied about his health, and asked for more time
because his attorneys uniformly found him impossible to work with.
His first attorneys, to whom he paid a retainer of $100,000, returned
fees just to be rid of him. He was never without funds, but still
claimed poverty to his church and the court.
Alex's motive was to get control of
the children because most of his own income was tied to support
received from the Manchester Trusts for their benefit.
Alex also attempted to get Wendy to pay
him support for the kids, do grocery shopping, and other chores while
pointing out how expensive the divorce would be – for her. Since
Alex never paid the costs ordered by the court, and certainly knew,
because of his past experiences with evading payment, he could not be
forced to pay because he had no accessible source of income, he was
not constrained to act in accordance with the law. Note that
Manchester's income from the Trusts cannot be garnisheed, as many
unhappy creditors have discovered.
In parallel, he continued to contact
Wendy, in violation of the mutual restraining order. Wendy had a job
and regular income. The woman who would replace her, Laura Smith,
was not employed, a consideration which seems to have grown in his
consciousness until soon before the final divorce hearing.
When Wendy was awarded sole custody on
August 23th, 2007 Alex was not in the hospital. He was
sitting in the court room in Orange County. Later that day he handed
the kids over in only their pajamas. Neither child was allowed to
have any of their clothing, precious childhood mementos, or toys,
those disappeared until a box of too-small clothing was dumped at the
church several years later.
The letters below also document the
theft of Wendy's wedding ring from her apartment by Alex, who also
admitted having sold it. Alex gained access to Wendy's apartment by
lying about appointments for the kids, taking them out of school
early and demanding the key Alex, Jr., had to the apartment.
This violation of trust is only another
in a chain of actions which have, together, destroyed Alex's
relationship with his children, neither of whom, now 13 and 19, speak
to him today.
The letters below document this
narrative.
2007
FW: PLEASE PLEASE READ
From: Montagu; lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Tuesday,
January 09, 2007 1:59 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC); xxxxxxxxxx@cingular.com; wendy.buford@xxxx.xx
Subject: PLEASE PLEASE READ
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC); xxxxxxxxxx@cingular.com; wendy.buford@xxxx.xx
Subject: PLEASE PLEASE READ
My Darling Wendy I feel dead in side that you have let this go on as long as you have with out wanting to admit some sort of fault or wanting to get some sort of help My Darling if you are 100% that you went to completely end this relationship and move on without are family please let me Know and if you really really mean this prove it to me by returning the ring
and phones and all the love I have ever given you I find it hard to see that you do not see that everything the kids and I want for you by stopping the drinking is because we love you and want to be with you
We Love you eternally especially me you are all I want in life I just need for you to tell me from your mouth without being angry or having any frustration in your mind as I know your so called friends are filling your head with negativity about me
We really love you and I am so afraid that you do not believe this
I will except whatever you say as hard as it might be I will except I just want us to have another chance to get her
Manchester
______________________________
From: Montagu; lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:12 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC); wendy.buford@xxx.xxx
Subject: I DO UNDERSTAND IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HELP THIS IS ABOUT THE KIDS OT ME
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:12 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC); wendy.buford@xxx.xxx
Subject: I DO UNDERSTAND IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HELP THIS IS ABOUT THE KIDS OT ME
I do understand if you do not want to help also Alexander has something he wants to give you something he wrote he will not show it to me and he is pretty much carrying it with him so if you have time can you drop by and pick it up from him he is very consist ant about this
This is not about me its about the kids
Just let me know what you want to do
I am sorry to bother you
Love Alex
PS do you need any silver ware or plates pots etc if so just let me know so I can help in any way
Love eternally Alex
Manchester
__________________________________________
From: Montagu; lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:01
PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: (no subject)
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: (no subject)
The person is a 51 year old women called Laura Smith
I only get enough money each month to pay the rent car payment insurance utility's groceries etc small things the kids need etc and this will give me some extra money to do things with the kids We are far from starving but every little bit extra helps with the cost of all this the lawyers and my self have signed a contingency things with the law suit against the cops etc so thank god that is not going to cost me
It would be good if you could call the kids tonight if you are free please call about 6:30 if you are available and do not call with other people around you
Manchester
Manchester persuaded
Wendy to go by the house and pick up her cat. He then insisted she
take two of them, which she did. He then tried to prevent her from
leaving as she drove away.
___________________________________________________________________
From: Montagu;
lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 3:29 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: re you trying to kill me
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 3:29 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: re you trying to kill me
Dear Wendy I cannot believe that you ran me over yesterday and you did not even stop to see If I was ok you just kept on going as I said in my message I left on your phone you have to reimburse me for this I do not even know if the insurance will cover this as I am the policy holder and you ran me over on purpose and if I file a claim they will want to file a report with the police and if they do that you will be charged with vehicular hit and run I do not want you to go to jail even though everybody is telling me to do this even Alexander who saw the whole incident from his balcony he is saying that you have to be thought a lesson and the nab our's carpenter saw the whole thing also and came to see if I was ok and has said that if I wanted a witness he would speak to the police you broke the restraining order by coming over to the house I told you I would bring the cats to you at a grocery store or something.
You had me arrested on a lie and beaten up on a lie and now you expect me to ignore all of this why cant you just call and see if I am ok this just shows to everybody that you did this with malice you said you were going to kill me a few weeks back is this what I have to be scared of what you are going to do to my self or the children
We love you so much and just want you to get help please do this and come home to us
And stop being so angry your parents did this to you not us so please stop blaming us for what your parents did to you
We care for you and will always be there for you no mater what
Manchester
From: Montagu;
lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:12
PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Cc: ; SVEN@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: RE KID'S A OPEN INVITATION
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Cc: ; SVEN@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: RE KID'S A OPEN INVITATION
Dear Wendy the kids and I would love to invite you to the kids baptism on Sunday, if you would like to come. Let me know and I will give you the address if you would like to come
I spoke to Pastor Doug tonight and he said this would be great for you and the kids in a positive way there will be about 100 people there Tony and his family to friends of Normans and Parks.
I hope that this might be a step in a positive direction better than the exchange with the cat's H HA HA HA HA
My Lawyer was sending your lawyer a letter I hope that you got this.
God Bless
Manchester
From: Montagu;
lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:41 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE KIDS THESE THINGS ARE FROM KIDS AND ME DO NOT DESTROY RETURN THEM TO ME FIRST
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:41 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE KIDS THESE THINGS ARE FROM KIDS AND ME DO NOT DESTROY RETURN THEM TO ME FIRST
Dear Wendy my Lawyer was having some stuff delivered to you they were supposed to be a valentine day gift from me and the kids please I beg you do not through them out if you do not want them please I beg you just return them to me some how
The Kids did pick these things out and help write the kids also with the cards please read them and if you do not want them return them to me and the kids they helped write them and pick them out
Manchester
_____________________________________________________
From: Montagu;
lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:14
PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: WENDY YOU MUST READ ALL OF THIS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WILL BE LAST COMMUNICAT
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: WENDY YOU MUST READ ALL OF THIS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WILL BE LAST COMMUNICAT
WENDY THIS WILL BE THE LAST COMMUNICATION FROM US UNTILL YOU ARE READY TO COMUNICATE WE ARE HERE FOR YOU THE SECOND YOU ARE READY YOU HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT
WE LOVE YOU WITH ALL ARE HEARTS AND ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON YOU AS YOU ARE, ARE FAMILY AND WE LOVE YOU AND NEED YOU
Dear Wendy
I know that you owe your Lawyer a lot of money and he is not really working on your Divorce until he gets paid
My offer still stands But I stress for this offer to be valid you need to commit to counseling and to work on seeing if we can fix is marriage and this would mean 100% commitment and after you feel comfortable DATING AND I MEAN JUST DATEING and see if we can start this marriage probably not how we did it before I will work with you 1 million % I do not have any money but I will do everything possible to help work things with you. You know you make at least 75% more money than I do but lets try to work this out as a team and after a couple of years we cannot do it lets at least do things probably
Also now it has been explained to me why your lawyers are not working as fast as they could because they have not received any money from you since your first amount and if tings go as they are now this divorce will cost you at a min 65,000.00 and once again then if you have this lets proceed but I also need from you desperately financial assistance from you and from my lawyers calculation this should be between 850 and a 1000 a month.
I will send to you a copy of my taxes as soon as I can get them back from my lawyers and this will prove I have nothing
WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU WITH ALL ARE HEARTS WE WANT TO WORK AND HELP
WE WANT YOU BACK AS A FAMILY OF FOUR AND WE PRAY TO GOD THAT THIS MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN
PLEASE READ
Dear Wendy
If you and or your family can affords this divorce now and if you do not want to wait and see if things can be resolved great lets proceed but I am just getting by with bills food utility's car payments food and so on The church is helping me and the kids with some things but if you can afford and want to still proceed right now lets do it or we can suspend everything for now and save each other some money by working as a team and councilors and just see how things go for now and then if we still want to get divorced down the line try and do it cheaper than we are doing it at the moment we should be sensible about this I do not think your lawyer has been straight up with you on the communications between my lawyer and him self but the decision is your but I have the proof in writing and signed documents from the British courts as of 2 months back I HAVE NOTHING AND I CANT MY ALL OF MY LAWYER BILLS LET ALONE YOURS AND I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THE FINANCIAL THINGS WITH THE KIDS YOU NEED TO START HELPING ME
I am not yelling at you I just want you to see what I am witting
God bless and we love and miss you
Manchester
Lord Alexander Montagu Manchester
His Grace the 13th Duke of Manchester
537 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach
California 92660
United States of America
_____________________________________________From:
Shuff Law Firm
[mailto:LAW@xxxxxx.xxx]Sent:
Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:16
PMTo:
Montagu; lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Cc:
Montagu, Wendy (OC)Subject:
Marriage of Montagu/Manchester
Dear Mr. Montagu-Manchester:
Our office has contacted Mr. John
DeHart and advised Mr. DeHart that it is his legal and ethical
obligation to return to you all of your files regardless if you have
paid for your attorney's fees.
Further, and most
importantly, our office has served you with a Notice to Appear and
Produce Documents at the time of the hearing on August 27, 2007, at
1:30 p.m. in Department C65. I expect at a minimum that you bring all
of your documents from January 1, 2007 to present, including your
account with CitiGold, Account Number XXXXXXXXXXX, in its entirety,
as well as the source and nature of transfers from IMMA for the same
period of time. Your statement and representations to the Court that
you simply have "no funds" is clearly false.
As I have advised you previously, our office will no longer tolerate
your conduct and your continued deception to the Court.
Lastly, please provide our office
with an accounting of all funds received on and after April 16, 2007,
pursuant to the Findings and Order After Hearing filed on May 10,
2007, which provides as follows:
"SPOUSAL
SUPPORT AND EXPERT COSTS:
The first $1,500.00 that
Petitioner receives from any source whatsoever shall be paid to Saeed
Soltani, Ph.D., MFCC, located at
1551 North Tustin Avenue, #540,
Santa Ana, California 92705.
The next $6,000.00 that Petitioner
receives from any source whatsoever shall be retained by Petitioner.
Thereafter, a sum of 20% of funds
that Petitioner receives from any source whatsoever shall be paid to
Respondent, until further order of Court.
Petitioner shall provide an
accounting of all sums received on or before the 15th
day of May and June, 2007, or
until further order of Court."
As provided above, you were
ordered to provide an accounting of all sums received on or before
May 15 and June 15, 2007, or until further order of Court, which
means each month thereafter. You have utterly failed to provide any
accounting to our office and, again, our office will not tolerate
this conduct.
Finally, a copy of the Minute
Order dated August 23, 2007, is attached for your information.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH A. SHUFF, III
JAS:bb
Attachments:
S3059279.PDF
(386245 Bytes)From: Montagu; lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:54 AMTo: Montagu, Wendy (OC); LAW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxSubject: (no subject)
Dear Wendy
This morning when Laura came over here to be with me until it was time to leave she let me listen to the conversation that she had with you when you called her.
I am demanding that you stop this harassment and you constant calling of my wife and YES WIFE WE WERE MARRIED LAST WEEK AS ZANDA AND ASH.
Laura is also having her mums lawyer file a restraining order against you from calling her threatening her harassing her etc etc etc.
We have 2 beautiful children and you can be a good mother but you are not you do not even want the kids to be with you full time as both the kids have heard you say in your conversations while on the phone that the kids were pain in the ass but by taking money from makes it all worth wile.
I also want it known that the BBC INTERVIEW THAT STATES THAT I AM THE PORREST DUKE EVER WILL BE GIVEN TO THE JUDGE WITH A COPY OF THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD WHEN YOU CALLED LAURA HARASING HER
Manchester
_____________________________________________________________
Alex married Laura Anne Smith on
Friday, September 21, 2007, ignoring the advice of the court.
_____________________________________________________________
From:
Shuff Law Firm
[mailto:LAW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Sent:
Friday, September 21, 2007 10:59 AMTo:
Montagu; lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Cc:
Montagu, Wendy
(OC)Subject:
Marriage of Montagu
Dear Mr. Manchester:
You contacted our office several times yesterday advising our office that you did not intend to obey the Court Order. Our office has advised our client to strictly follow the Court Order and there shall be no deviation with you in the Court Order.
Also, do not call our office and advise our office that you are going to "put a bullet through her head." If I receive another call similar to that through my office, I will not hesitate to contact the local police agency.
Furthermore, in response to you picking up the children at church at 6:00 p.m. today, again, you must follow the Court Order, as I am advising our client not to capitulate to your demands.
Finally, not surprisingly, you have failed to pay our client the child support due and our office intends to remedy your disobedience to the Court Order. I trust you will govern yourself accordingly.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH
A. SHUFF, III
_________________________________________________________________
Alex had a butt lift and did not
properly care for the surgical incision. This was the probable cause
of his hospitalization.
____________________________________________________________
From: Montagu;
lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 9:56
PM
To: law@xxxxxxx.xxx; LAW@xxx.xxxxxx; Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE 1ST OF NOVEMBER COURT DATE SUSPENSION BECAUSE I WILL BE IN HOSPITAL
To: law@xxxxxxx.xxx; LAW@xxx.xxxxxx; Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE 1ST OF NOVEMBER COURT DATE SUSPENSION BECAUSE I WILL BE IN HOSPITAL
Mr Shuff
I have advised you by fax and am advising you by e-mail that I am currently in hospital and have been since the 22nd of October 2007 from when my ex wife ran me over and from when she lied to the police and she had them beat me up were I have had to have surgery on my back I have been advised by My Dr that I will need to be in hospital for at least 2 or 3 more days and then over the next 8 to 12 months I will need to a have a majority of and NO work or repedative strain on my back and constant rest and no strenuous work at all for possibly the rest of my life these injurys were caused from when My ex wife ran me over and from when she lied to the police. And I was severly beaton because of these lies and just to refresh your memory the charges were droped.
But apart from remanising history with you this is to advise you that I will not be in court on NOVEMBER 1ST AS I WILL BE IN HOSPITAL AND WILL NEED TO HAVE TO HAVE THE COURT DATE POSTPONED FOR ABOUT S WEEKS AFTER THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER
Respectfully
Manchester
From: Montagu:
lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
10:05 AM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: Re: (no subject)
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: Re: (no subject)
NO IT IS CONVIENIENT FOR ME MY KIDS ARE ALWAYS MY NUMBER 1 PRIORITY I WOUNDER WHAT THEY WILL HAVE FOR ME TODAY I LOVE SURPPRISES
IT MUST REALLY SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THEY HATE YOU WHEN THEY TAKE STUFF TO HELP ME TO GET THEM BACK TO BE LIVING WITH ME
AND IF YOUR FRIEND COLEMAN EVER LAYES ONE MORE FINGNGER OR ANOTHER MEAN WORD ON EITHER OF MY KIDS AGAIN HE WILL HAVE A LOT TO WORRY ABOUT NO BODY HURTS MY KIDS OR SPEAKS IN A THREATNING MANNOR AT MY KIDS NOT LAURA NOT COLEMAN NO BODY YOU ARE PUTTING MY KIDS IN DANGER I WANT A CRIMONAL CHECK ON COL,EMAN THE SAME AS I HAD DONE ON LAURA AND BY PUTTING MY KIDS IN DANGER PUTTING THEM AROUND TRACY THAT IS A DOOZY I CAN NOT BELEIVE THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS
THIS IS NOT A THREAT IT IS A PROMISE
Manchester
_____________________________________________From:
Montagu: lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent:
Wednesday,
November 14, 2007 10:25 AMTo:
Montagu, Wendy
(OC)Subject:
Re: (no subject)
NO
YOUR BOYFRIEND THREATENS MY KIDS ASK THEM
Manchester
In a message dated 11/14/2007 10:20:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Wendy.Montagu@xxx.xxx writes:
PERFECT,
you should be on one of those shows "worlds dumbest
criminals"....This is exactly what Gerri, the Sheriff's
department, Joe Shuff and the judge will need. All gift
wrapped from you!!
- Wendy
D. Montagu
Reception Supervisor
On December 29th,
2007, Wendy managed to move with her children into a house, which
they still occupy today as a rental, from the one bedroom she rented
in February, after being forced out of the family home.
2008
From Montagu: lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:01
AM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: (no subject)
Wendy
I know that you have received my e-mails I sent yesterday and today I
am going to give them to the courtTo: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: (no subject)
You are now refusing to let me see or have my kids
Manchester
In
a message dated 2/15/2008 11:13:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Wendy.Montagu@xxx.xxx
writes:
Alex, you haven't had room for the children in your life since the weekend of the 7th of December. You tell the children that you live too far away to bother with "after-school to 8:00pm" Wednesday visits, and once I discovered that you were illegally pulling them from classes prior to the end of the school day?, You quit all together. And this past Wednesday there wasn't even a call to say you wouldn't be visiting with them. We've all made our plans for the weekend, as we've become used to you not taking them for weekend visits, because you don't have room for the children. Also, I'm concerned about the welfare of the children, you have claimed to everyone that you were stabbed. And the police picked you up in Laguna, you were held on a 51/50. There is still the issue of:
1. would need proof of residency, lease agreement
2. proof of a valid drivers license
3. proof of drivers insurance
4. children's passports
Verified by someone from the sheriff's department. In addition, not responding immediately to your demands does not constitute refusal of visitation.
Wendy D. Montagu
Alex had arranged a visit with the
kids. Alexander, Jr., then old enough to decide whether or not he
wanted to visit, declined. Ashley wanted to see her Dad. The
arrangement was for the children to be transferred at the police
station. Alex was to show proof of a valid driver's license and
insurance and was also to let Wendy know where he was living, which
he refused to do. The letters below show the ugly, violent and
defiant attitude presented by Alex along with his inappropriate
behavior, behavior so questionable, a police presence was needed. In
addition, Alex threatened to drop Ashley off in downtown Los Angeles
when he was required to return her, then only eight, to her mother at
the police station where he picked her up.
_________________________________________________________From:
Montagu: lmontymont@xxx.xxx
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 12:21 PMTo: Montagu, Wendy (OC); ; david.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxSubject: Re: Ashley's visit weekend of Aug.1
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 12:21 PMTo: Montagu, Wendy (OC); ; david.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxSubject: Re: Ashley's visit weekend of Aug.1
Wendy
you are a lyer you exadurate you are like a cheap whore smiles on the
out side and hatred on the inside you have destroyed my marriage and
you know it and you did it on purpose Laura emailed all of your text
and voice messages to I think everybody in Los Angles so keep up with
your lies as I have everything on tape and video
Manchester
In
a message dated 8/4/2008 11:39:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Wendy
Montagu writes:
-
I
will try to give you details of the events of the weekend as best I
can.
- August
1,
I received phone calls at work from Alex most of my day at work. I was told if I did not produce both of his children that I was going to be arrested on the spot. I was told in voicemail that Alex would be coming with his attorney and paralegal.
At 6:02 we arrived at the sheriff's department in Aliso Viejo.
Prior to this I had been told by Alex that he had contacted Lt. Paddock and had had his drivers license and proof of insurance verified.
On my way to pick up the children I phoned our Pastor, knowing that he has relationship with Lt. Paddock. Pastor Doug verified for me that Alex had indeed spoken to Lt. Paddock and checked out. I was also told that Lt. Paddock would make sure he had a sergeant there at the station for the exchange.
When we arrived it was only Alex there. I called dispatch and requested back up to keep the peace. We waited in the car until officers arrived. While inside my car I asked Alex if he intended on providing me with the address where he would be taking Ashley, he then got mad because he said he was taking both children and that now HE wanted the officers there to arrest me. I brought Alexander with me so that he could speak directly to a officer regarding his wishes.
Alex then went to say that he'd be staying at the Hilton in San Diego, that his friend El Kidd reserved them a room. Alex has claimed for over 6 months now that he resides in San Diego.
Ashley and I got out of the car when we saw a officer approach, the officer as we found out was not for us…he stayed in his patrol car by us. At this time of night there seems to be a shift change and there are officers present though.
Oh, when we first arrived Alex told us he had been in the office and showed them his license, insurance and that he has the right to carry a concealed weapon! How is this possible? We continued to wait for a officer so that we could make the custody exchange.
At this point, maybe 20-25 minutes of being there all of a sudden Alex started yelling obscenities my direction, and the next thing I know there are about 5 officers standing with Alex. Alex had his hands in the air, he was calling them crooks, idiots and the like. He was accusing me of not letting him have Ashley, meanwhile Ashley is standing there with her duffle bag ready to go with him. She began to cry because Alex was threatening to leave her there.
The officers asked to see some identification, they went across the street where his car was. I could see him showing them paperwork, the next thing I know Alex is getting in his car, and the officers are coming back in my direction, I asked what had happened and was told he refused to show them any documentation.
Then before he left he called Ashley over to him to give her a hug, she began to run across the street, and I yelled for her to be careful, Alex in turn took this to mean I was attempting to prevent her from coming to him, again the officers quickly approached him due to his aggression. As Ashley got to him he shuttled her into the car. And they left. He had only just left when my cell phone began to ring with his calls. I had to stay behind and give my report.
Alexander at this point got out of the car, now that his father was gone. I answered Alex's first call around 7:00 that evening, at that point he was screaming at me telling me if I wanted Ashley I was going to have to pick her up in Los Angeles, I indicated to him that he had told us he'd be in San Diego, I was then called a "stupid bitch" for being that stupid to believe him. He went on to call me a lot of vile names, all the while Ashley is at the beginning of her visit with her father since April.
After this call from Alex I played my voicemail. I have a recording of Alex telling me "Just so you know, if you want Ashley you can pick her up Wednesday or Thursday, in Downtown L.A, 'good luck finding me' " He called a few more times that night screaming at me. I kept trying to get him to stop, that his daughter had been excited to see him and he was doing all of this in front of her.
I called the police to notify them, it was verified to me that there was nothing I could do until after his scheduled visitation, that if he failed to return her as specified in the orders, then I could act. I left him a message before going to bed that he had better deliver her at 7:00 on Sunday evening or I would be issuing a Amber Alert.
Aug.
2 I heard from Ashley that morning much to my relief.
She indicated to me that she was in Malibu. She was happy as
daddy had been buying her things. She called later that
afternoon to let me know she was playing with a little girl on the
girls computer. I was relieved as she called me from the
Childs telephone, and if I needed to somehow reach Ashley I had
another telephone number to use. I didn't hear from her again
that day.
Aug.
3 While at church I noticed I had received a text message, it
said "Wendy, this is the telephone number for Joe at the
security guard where Alex lives. I had no idea from whom it
came from. I called the number and got voicemail for a ?
Harbor or Harmony courts apartments. I have found out now that
Alex lives in Redondo Beach.
On
my first call from Alex he told me I could pick up Ashley at the
Claim Jumper in Fountain Valley, I told him that is not where we
live he has to drop her off in Aliso Viejo, he told me that wasn't
going to happen. The next series of calls where to pick her up
at the Costa Mesa police station, that he would be "leaving"
her there at 4:00. I again said no, and that if he did that it
would be abandonment.
Then
he called me saying he had made arrangements with someone to drop
her off to me, I asked who? "a homeless man".
Meanwhile, Ashley is hearing all of this in the front seat. He
was HORRIBLE, the things he was saying about me where horrific, and
NO nine year old should be hearing that. I was told how I had
tricked him in getting pregnant, that I had Syphilis and VD!!
That he was going to get all of my medical records. He also
told me that I had caused trouble in his marriage with Laura.
That it was all my fault she had left him.
At
5:00 I got a call from him to come get Ashley, I asked where, he
said he was at my complex's gate. I told him to tell her to
walk through and come home. He said "no, it will be one
on one". I told him I was going to call the police,
I was concerned for my safety and that of Ashley's and Alexander's.
He pulled up to my door before a officer could arrive and dropped
her off. She was safe and sound. His calls continued.
On one of the calls he told me I could have whatever I wanted if I
would just fix his marriage to Laura.
- At
this point I have no intention of allowing another visit until after
we go to court. Alex displays such aggression, I don't think
he's safe around Ashley. He seems to have a lot going on
personally. He's menacing and seems disturbed.
And with the added knowledge that he has firearms, and a license to carry? I'm fearful of my life and that of my children. I am unable to get a restraining order on him because I don't have his exact address. I did however speak to the security guard where he lives, I have been told he's been called out to Laura and Alex's residence quite a bit, do to their fighting.
This was exactly what I was afraid of. He refuses to say where he will be with his child. If something were to happen?? He was also driving a car that had no plates on it, that he claims he "borrowed". I was fearful all weekend of my Childs safety and well fair. I realize this was a lengthy email, and I hope you all take the time to read it. It's much shorter than my weekend was. Tony, I apologize for my rant on your voicemail on Friday night, I was frustrated to say the least. The "hoops" you referenced? What Alex did was exactly what I thought would and could happen.
Wendy D.
Montagu
From:
[mailto:Wendy.Montagu@xxxx.xxx]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:23 AM
To: Shirley xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx
Subject: Probably too late...
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:23 AM
To: Shirley xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx
Subject: Probably too late...
Hope all is well with you. Wish me luck today! Hope this is it!
Wendy D. Montagu
Guest Services Reception Coordinator
_____________________________________________From:
Shirley xxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:49 AM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE: Probably too late...
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:49 AM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE: Probably too late...
Dear Wendy,
Thanks for the email. I’ll make
sure to print it for Mr. LaFlamme.
What time are you back in court today?
Shirley
-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy.montagu@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:52 AM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Subject: It's over!!
From: Wendy.montagu@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:52 AM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Subject: It's over!!
I was awarded sole custody!! His visitations have been modified a bit. Support stayed pretty much the same, increased a smidgeon. Joe has been in contact with his trust today and has asked them AGAIN to pay the full amount to me that had been ordered a year ago. I'm so happy to have it all behind me. I hate going to court! I just want the 3 of us to start living a normal life now. Structure, no more moving every year! Thank you again for everything.
I did take a loan
from my 401K, it's in the bank but not available yet! Very
frustrating. I had NO idea they would hold this long. As
soon as the hold is lifted I will send payment to you. Can you
please provide me with your billing address?
Wendy D.
MontaguGuest Services Reception Coordinator
________________________________________
From: Shirley
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:57 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE: It's over!!
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:57 PM
To: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: RE: It's over!!
Hi
Wendy …!
WOW!
Great news! Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner. I
was out of town for a couple of days.
Big
Congratulations to you!
Our
Mailing Address is:
Law Offices of Harold LaFlamme
2140
W. Chapman Ave., Suite #109
Orange,
CA 92868
And
by the way, now that the case is settled, I’d be putting together a
final bill – so you might want to wait until you get that final
amount.
Thank
you and congrats again!
Shirley
xxxxxxxxx
______________________________
From: Shuff Law Firm
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:21
PM
To: Lmontymont@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: Marriage of Montagu-Manchester
To: Lmontymont@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: Montagu, Wendy (OC)
Subject: Marriage of Montagu-Manchester
Dear Mr. Montagu-Manchester:
Please be advised that our office no longer will convey any further messages that you have for our client, Ms. Wendy Montagu. As I have previously advised you, our office will not act as your "messenger."
Furthermore, our client can take the children on vacation outside of the United States at any time that she so desires and there is no Court Order retraining her from doing so. Quite frankly, I have no idea how you possibly construe any of the Court Orders. However, I would strongly suggest that you review all the Court Orders with legal counsel, so that you have a thorough knowledge of those Orders.
Lastly, our client does not have any plans to take the children on a Mexico cruise nor intends to take the children on a Mexico cruise. Again, quite frankly, it is a mystery why you continually make false allegations. Nevertheless, please do not further involve our office.
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH A. SHUFF, III
From:
Lmontymont@xxx.xxxSent:
Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:56 AMTo:
Montagu, Wendy (OC)Cc:
david.mitson@xxxxxxxx.xxx;
Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxSubject:
(no subject)
Dear Wendy
I want to write a brief note to you.
want to apologies to you for the anger and hurt I might have caused you with this divorce.
I want it understood I am not saying I have said any untruths at all but I want to say I am sorry you got hurt and that we could not do this divorce amicably
Manchester
From:
Lmontymont@xxx.xxx[mailto:Lmontymont@xxxx.xxx]
Sent:
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:41 PMTo:
Montagu, Wendy (OC)Subject:
Re: Thanksgiving
Thank you for this but I have no family you have destroyed ANY CHANCE OF FAMILY BY WHAT YOU DID TO Laura TO NT WANT TO BE WITH ME
but ON A WARMER NOTE I DO HOPE THAT YOU HAVE WONDERFUL DAY YOU WILL ALL BE IN MY PRAYERS YOU ALSO ARE ONE HELL OF A COOK
Manchester
In a message dated 11/26/2008 11:40:54 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Wendy.Montagu@xxxxxxx.xxx writes:
In this time of Thanksgiving you should be grateful that you have any family at all. And realize that Alexander and Ashley are the only legacies you'll leave behind.
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