Cassiopaea Cult

Comments on “Reader’s Comments”

by Vincent Bridges

Since the Cassiopaeanists allow no such thing as dialog, or even the simple courtesy of allowing those they attack to respond, I thought I would comment here on several of the “Reader’s Comments” to Laura’s Tallahassee revelations. Laura, Ark, please fell free to comment on this. I won’t take your response down, I promise…

Here’s Laura’s story, and my comments, just in case anyone joined us late:
“As I noted, my mother was a bookkeeper who had contracted with several local businesses to do their books. One of these businesses was owned by a man who was also something of a local politician. He ran for a State office and was elected so spent much of his time in Tallahassee, the State Capitol. Mother ran his business for him.

“He was sort of like a local “big wig” who had a home in the county, and an apartment in Tallahassee. When he was in residence here, he would come to the house and discuss the business with mother and drop off and pick up the accounting and checks and deposits and so forth.

“During this time, I was spending many hours a day practicing the piano. I would practice in one room while they would spread out papers on the table in the other room.

“One day mother announced that this man had expressed an interest in me and wanted to send me to school in Tallahassee where he could oversee my care. She thought this was wonderful and a great opportunity!”

< This is very curious, but most bizarre is the third paragraph. This is an image taken directly from Doctor Zhivago, a movie that was popular a few years earlier whose main character was another "Laura.">

“It was agreed that this plan would be put into action, but I had to finish school first. So, I attended locally from September 1969 to December 1969. At that point, the plan was that I would go to Tallahassee and finish high school there in an accelerated class, and then be enrolled at the University. So, in January I went.

“An apartment had been reserved for me in the same building this man lived in when he was there doing his legislative duties, whatever they were. Everything had been arranged. So, I went to school, met new people, and things were fine for a few months - through April. The apartment building had a nice pool, and I enjoyed studying by the pool… or, for me, at least reading. A friend of mine came to stay with me because I was lonely and her mother knew this man also and thought this would be fine for her as well.”

< This is the spring of 1970, and two high school girls are living alone in an apartment hundreds of miles from home under the care of an older man and no one notices anything unusual? I just don't believe it as presented. There must be more to the story than that. >
“One night he came to our apartment and asked me to come down so he could talk to me privately since he had something very special to tell me and it was a surprise.

“So, in an hour, when I was done with my homework, I walked down the outside walkway and knocked on the door. He answered wearing a robe and smoking a cigar and with a glass of liquor in his hand.

“To make a long story short, it became clear that the man expected “payment” for his help. I was so dumb that I actually thought that he was just being a nice guy with a “fatherly” interest in me. But that wasn’t the case.”

< This scenario is at least possible. But - and here we must try to remember back 30 years - well brought up young ladies, who have just finished their homework upstairs, didn't enter a gentlemen's apartment if he was drinking and only partially clothed. However, such things do happen…>

“When I said “no,” he got rough. When he got rough, I fought back. When I fought back, he became enraged and started choking me. Since we happened to be standing in the kitchen, and I was being pressed back against the counter and was starting to lose consciousness, I threw my hands back to grab the counter to keep from falling. When I did, my hand landed on a heavy object with a handle. I grabbed it and hit him with it. He loosened his hold momentarily, but then started squeezing again and I hit him again, only harder this time since I had been able to get a breath. I hit him again in the head, and it was sort of a nightmare where he was totally enraged and I was totally determined to hit him until he let go of me.”

“At this point, he was bleeding on me, still refusing to let go, so I hit him again. I think I must have landed about 4 or five good ones before he let go to try to protect his head from another, and when he did I ran like hell. I was sure that he was after me, and I made it to my apartment, banged wildly on the door for my friend to let me in. She did and was utterly horrified. We were both just hysterical.”

< That makes seven or eight good solid shots, hard enough to lacerate the scalp, with a heavy object. He let go because he was probably unconscious. Note however what happened next: >

“She was hysterical at the blood all over me and we didn’t know what to do… so she made me take off my clothes and go take a shower… then, while I was in the shower, still shaking with the thought that the man could force his way into the apartment, she told me that police cars and an ambulance were in the parking lot outside. Apparently the man had gone out to the balcony and yelled “rape” or some such nonsense, and someone heard him and called the police. I was dressed and shaking violently when the knock came at the door. He had made a statement to the emergency crew that I had attacked him for no reason after coming on to him sexually!!”

< Now, Laura has left the guy for dead, run to her apartment, taken a shower and changed clothes, all before the cops track her down. And of course, her roommate made her do it… Never once, although she has been attacked, almost raped perhaps, and has almost killed her attacker, does she make that 911 call. The police have to come to her door to question her. Note also that in her original version of this paragraph, the man "crawled to the balcony and called 'help,' " not rape, and the last sentence is missing. This changes the tone of the paragraph. >

“I told them what really happened, and they were satisfied but told me not to go anywhere for a while until they investigated further.”

“And, seemingly the incident was closed. But, three days later, I was called out of my English class to find a message that the police department wished to ask me a few more questions. So, after school, I took the bus to the police headquarters. When I walked in, expecting to answer questions, handcuffs were immediately place on me and I was arrested for “Assault with a Deadly Weapon With Intent to Commit Murder.” The guy had created a fantastic story in which he was the “innocent” victim of a crazed teenager.”

“And I was taken and locked in a cell.

“There is no way to describe such a transition. None. If a person is of a nature that they deliberately break laws, there is some idea in their mind that this could be a result. But, for a person who has, essentially, done nothing wrong but be stupid and naive, someone who has been betrayed by someone she trusted, who has been viciously attacked, and then, instead of anyone realizing that I was the VICTIM, I was put in jail on the word of a psychopath and charged with trying to murder him! All women who have suffered this way understand that such an event is in a class by itself especially when the realization comes that grandfather cannot fix it, mother cannot fix it, no one can fix it. And, when the realization came that this was a “capital crime” and just having someone come and pay money to get one out of jail was not possible, well… just imagine it.”

“A week later I was taken, in handcuffs, to court and stood before a judge who read the formal charges. I was just 18 years old, and I had to walk down a public street, between two policmen, in chains.

“The judge asked me if I had legal counsel. I started to cry and said no. But, a man sitting in the row of attorneys jumped to his feet and came forward and said: “Yes she does, your honor! I am offering my services!” He then asked me if I would accept him as my attorney and I said yes. So that was settled. I had an attorney. His name was Brian T. Hayes. He was assisted by a cracker jack Private Investigator, Joseph Aloi, and both of them were literally Knights in Shining Armor.”

< Mr. Haynes was hired by Laura's maternal grandfather, according to my original sources, and was well paid for his services. >

“What they discovered about my “benefactor” was shocking. It seems that I had been the prey of a very sharp operator who had been trying to gradually draw me into a very ugly operation.[Sounds a lot like the situation with Vincent Bridges, eh?] And only my instinctive refusal to be used had saved me. Indeed, my resistance had plunged me into a somewhat serious problem, as it has repeatedly in my life. The Powers of Darkness don’t like it when you resist their attempts to control you or draw you into their plans. It is the same now as it was then.”
< She reveals just a glimpse of her pathology here, as she confuses me with the Komerovsky figure in her past. >

“You see, as a minor government official, my “benefactor” had a little side-line: he made home movies used for blackmail. Apparently, he had plans for me. He wanted to use me as the “star” in movies that would be filmed by a secret camera set up in an A/C vent. These movies would then be used to extort money, favors, and probably even for a special brand of “lobbying.”

“All of the evidence of this little “business” was discovered while the guy was in the hospital, desperately trying to lie his way out of the mess he was in. He even tried to change his claims that I had assaulted him for no reason, he was so desperate to avoid scrutiny. But it was no go. Once the State decides to prosecute, it doesn’t matter if someone who formerly claimed to be a victim has now changed his mind. The State is a juggernaut, and the trial DID take place.

“Well, the bloodbath in the courtroom was actually worse than the one at the time of the incident. The guy, like all true psychopaths, lied himself black in the face, even when confronted with hard evidence of his intentions, his actions, his perfidy - in his own writing - and the end result was a resounding return of the verdict of “Not Guilty By Reason of Self Defense.” And the only reason he wasn’t proscuted (sic) for his own crimes was that he was so pitiful and swore he had learned his lesson, and also because he still had a few people in government offices who would go to bat for him (probably because he was blackmailing them.)”

< A verdict of not guilty by reason of self-defence means that the charge is true, she did try to kill her attacker, but that the person was justified in that action. In other words, she got away with it. Her attacker was not prosecuted because she did not, ever it seems, file any charges against him. This, in and of itself, is very curious.>

This new article was advertised on their egroups and almost as soon as it went up, the Greek Chorus of cult members began. Of course, no negative comments allowed.

First, someone called KK commented: “It’s indicative of a legal double standard that exists to this day: women (victims) are not as likely to be believed about sexual assault as men (perpetrators).”

Perhaps this was true, but the charge, well founded in fact, was assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. The double standard prevailing in that 1970 jury was that good girls didn’t get into that kind of situation, and therefore were more inclined to believe Laura’s story of a near lethal defence of her honour then anything else.

Then someone from California called Chelle commented: “So now it becomes very clear why this drama had to be acted out to the very end, because Freddie needed to reveal his true alignment. Now that Freddie’s alignment has been revealed, Laura can reposition her own stance as a channel and cast off the burden of all those who have opposed her since Day One.”

So, if Fred’s material is so tainted by his “personality” then why not “cast off the burden” and start over with the new improved Not Cs? Seems like a good idea to me…

Next, Julie B. comments: “dreamt that dead bodies had been discovered in your yard there in Florida, and you all were stunned by the fact that they were there and couldn’t imagine where they had come from. You were fighting authorities and others who were claiming that you all were murderers.”

This was her husband’s dream, and is quite prophetic when you get right down to it. Who knows what else lurks in her background?
And then good old Barry Tarr jumps in with: “Why are women ashamed when someone tries to hurt them and they fight back? And, even even more ashamed if they do it successfully?”

OK Barry, do you really think it was just fighting back to beat a person unconscious, leave them for dead, go back to your apartment and destroy the evidence while waiting for the Police to show up? Perhaps she is ashamed of this for more reasons than just embarrassment…

Someone called DH chimes in next: “I had a very similar situation when I was in my first year of college and I know the panic and fear in trying to extricate and just get the hell out of the situation.”

Most young women face unwanted advances and some even face outright date rape, without bludgeoning their attacker into the hospital. For most, it is enough simply to resist and, if required, prosecute.

Next Sara from North Carolina adds her story of attempted rape. As you read her story, it is possible to understand why Laura’s story is so unconvincing. In the interest of brevity, here’s the important point: “I was on the floor fighting him and managed to move close enough to an iron candelabra to grasp it. I hit him in the face and the rest is history.” Note that Sara, in a much more serious situation, does not bludgeon her attacker half to death with seven or eight hard shots with a blunt object. She didn’t charge him with assault, as she probably should have, but keep in mind that she wasn’t charged with attempted murder either.

The next comment, from Peggy in Florida, actually is a close description of Laura, Ark and the Cassiopaea Cult: “Predators don’t understand the concept of love, or loyalty, or compassion, they only understand that they can get energy/money/material goods/control/sex/attention (you name it) from other people that they manage to manipulate.” She also has some good advice for anyone connected with Laura and Ark or thinking of becoming involved: “The method I use for self defense is that when I see them coming, I change my path to go around ‘em when possible.” But it is hard to see them coming if they are clever at deception, hence the need for cult awareness websites.

The comments go on and on, all comforting and positive, full of support and encouragement. The most interesting of them is this one: “For every 16 year old that sleeps with a knife to protect themself from being molested again. For every 16 year old whose parents kicked her out of the house for speaking out about her abuse. For every man woman or child that have been preyed upon by disgusting predators and still brave enough to attempt to protect themselves from it, what would Vincent Bridges have done to them? Why get them arrested and thrown in jail and if that doesn’t work blackmail them about the details of such abuse. Only a criminal would want to punish the innocent for the crimes of the guilty. Shame on you Vincent Bridges, you have shown yourself to be a worse criminal than the rapist because you attempted to gain from his act.
Interested Reader <...@yahoo.com>
USA - Monday, January 14, 2002 at 13:08:47 (MST)

I’ve included the address on this one because it is a sideways acknowledgement of another reader who posted under “Interested Reader.” Don’t bother looking for the post, it was taken down almost immediately. However I read it, even though I didn’t get a copy. The real Reader wanted to know how come she never called the cops, and other embarrassing questions. The above is Laura’s faked response to that post. Note how she takes the opportunity to attack me directly, if anonymously.

And also note that the only even remotely negative post allowed is cordoned off on its own separate webpage.

What we have here is an orchestrated attempt at propaganda designed to reinforce the perspective of the cult and its leaders, Laura and Ark. Any objective reader should be able to see that immediately…