The slander scheme supports the defense of Article 13 Subsection B of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction because the abductor's defense will be able to demonstrates the Chasing Parent is in fact detrimental to the child's safety.

So, in my case, my former spouse and her lawyers (who were now feeling the pressure that we uncovered substantial evidence that they had falsified documents, perjured themselves in court, and committed the act of assisting in the planning, aiding, and abetting of an international child abduction) fell back on Article 13 Subsection B in a desperate attempt to keep the court action in New Zealand and away from North America.

Prudently, and with a significant and mountainous amount of evidence, my lawyers and I presented to the courts that demonstrated their illicit actions, their efforts failed. Completely. The international courts fully ruled in my and my son's favor.

Unfortunately, I needed to act prudently in sharing the circumstances of my son's abduction due to grave concerns regarding his safety.

I essentially dropped everything I was doing and concentrated on my child.

What many individuals who do not face a child's abduction do not understand is that there is a real danger to the child's life when she or he is abducted. There have been too many deaths associated with a child's disappearance.

I was not willing to openly publicize my son's abduction due to my concerns for his safety.

Prior to my child's abduction, I was in the process of producing a television show evolving around storytelling and writers, and I was also in pre-production on the theological film, Cloning Christ. Then my son was stolen and I was advised not to say much, if anything at all, to anyone but to my most trusted of friends and family members due to real concerns about his safety.

On top of trying to find out where he was taken to, and what legal recourse, if any, I had, I literally had to begin a search for my child. I acted with one goal - to find and safely bring home my son. I informed individuals and key parties that the productions I was working on would be delayed. At the time, I could not put a timetable on when we would begin to revamp back up: I was running into unknown storms, trying desperately to find my son.

Who knew what to do? There was no road map.

Some individuals I shared why, others I did not due to concern of my son's safety. The majority of these individuals I spoke to accepted what I had the misfortune of telling them.

The fear and concern for my child's life and safety was overwhelming. But who wouldn't be overwhelmed when your child is snatched and taken overseas?

Fortunately, I did have the massive desire and resources needed in order to bring my little boy home. Sadly, reunion success in most international child abductions is limited. I know I am in the small minority of those who have achieved success. There is never a day that passes that I am not reminded of my many blessings, nor of the wonderful friends that assisted me in my search for my son.

Unfortunately, at the time that I was literally on an airplane crossing the Pacific Ocean in search for my son, I was contacted via email by a blog writer inquiring about the show I, along with a dozen other individuals were working on. This individual was informed that there would be a public statement in the near future, and that until this time, we were not in a position to comment on the show. After all, how could we? My son had disappeared, I was the show's creator, and I was advised due to concerns of his safety, to say nothing.

This same individual then read the slanderous posts made against me that were written by my ex-spouse and her lawyers, and then participated in attempting to defame my name further, due to my inability to communicate with that person (I was searching for my son in a foreign country). Unwarranted and untruthful things were said about an important television show great resources had been expended on that was intended to increase literacy. I filed a lawsuit and was awarded for the site she blogged on to be removed.

Simultaneously, two former business associates realized there were several online slanderous posts being made against me, and decided to jump into the fray. These individuals used aliases including Mason Fox and John Burns, etc., or posted their comments anonymously.

Several years prior, I had begun writing Cloning Christ. I had met Geis, who professed to me that he had a Ph.D in Theology. So I hired and paid him to act as my content editor with respect to the theological content of this book. Along the way, he informed me that his 'cousin' Weller, an Australian who had been living in the U.S., was an aspiring screenwriter, and asked me if I would consider putting him on my payroll, and employ him to begin scene breakdowns for a feature film I was intending on producing.

For nearly two years, I worked with these two reputed 'cousins' who were living together. Often, I found myself having to play the role of referee between the two men, who were separated in age by about 25 years.

Then, one day Weller, who was an openly gay man (I could hardly care; I have many friends who are gay and many friends who are not) came to me and said that he had no family other than Geis, and that he would like my help in trying to find his own father, who he believed abandoned him twenty-seven years earlier. So, I spent a great deal of money and hired an investigator to try and help Weller locate his own father. And after a month, these efforts were successful: Weller's father was living in, of all places, New Zealand (this all occurred before my son was taken there).

Immediately after the conversation Weller had with his father, I purchased him a round-trip airline ticket and gave him nearly $10,000.00 in cash and American Express traveler checks so that he could go for a full month and visit his father and the family he never met.

After the month visit in New Zealand, Weller contacted me asking for more money so he could travel to Australia for one week before returning to New York, and to his 'cousin'. So, having the money, and believing it was important, I sent him what he requested.

On the fourth day, while Weller was in Australia, he called and shared some very personal things, including the fact that he and Geis were not 'cousins'. You get the picture. He also said that he did not want to return to Geis' house, but instead wanted to live in my home.

I wanted no part of any of this.

Now, I was very upset about the fact that for nearly two years these two guys lied to me about who they were, and, despite my repeated requests to not ask me to interfere in their disputes, they continued to do so.  I had great concerns and so I wanted to speak with Geis about this.

So, I drove over to Geis' house and rang his doorbell. Confused to see me, he immediately came outside (the man had over 20 cats living with him inside of his house). I informed him of the phone call and conversation I had with Weller. Geis instantly became hostile, and said "I am going to break you", before running into his cat-infested house.

Upon my return home, I wrote out a check to Geis and formally terminated his services. And that was the last time I ever saw or directly heard from either guy.

However, a few weeks later, and unbeknownst to me, a series of book signings were scheduled around the country that I was not aware of. In addition, unauthorized and false statements were made by these two fellows regarding the film I was working on. What I also did not know was that the two 'cousins' were back together and behind these scheduled book signings that were being planned. One person in particular who stated he spoke with me about scheduling is a fellow by the name of Tom who owns a bookstore in Ohio. I have never talked to or communicated with him. Sadly, I have no doubt that he was spoken to by one of the 'cousins'.

Now, moving forward, both individuals came to realize that my name was being slandered. In fact, they even reached out to my former spouse and had contact with her. So, in an act of revenge, each of them decided to participate under alias names or anonymously, and slander my name as well.

The truth of my conduct with these fellows is demonstrated in the two letters I have now chosen to reveal. One is notarized, the other is witnessed. They are insightful. Letters of Geis and Weller.

In short, I have not brought this to light until now (and in Chasing The Cyclone, where this is also fully disclosed) to share this information because I wanted to protect the Cloning Christ film project that I own and have worked hard on. In hindsight, this was a big mistake on my part. I should have acted earlier. However, once my son was taken, everything other than his safety was not of my immediate concern.

Additionally, there has been one new recent attack made by another individual. He is a British citizen who claims that his own child was abducted to the United States, and professes to be an activist in the area of children's rights. He has been permanently deported from the United States, while his child remains. I will leave him alone: he has enough to deal with on his own accord, and, regardless of the decisions that he has made that have led him to have limited contact with his children, I want to believe that he does love his children. In the end, I do hope that things work out for him and his children. So parent to parent - I will not participate in any mudslinging.

On a final note, I would like to thank my many friends and family for always demonstrating unbowed support of me. As those directly in my life know, life is very good these days. My son is growing up to be an amazing little boy. He is happy and acts joyfully. And fortunately, the projects I was initially involved with are carefully being revamped. Along the way, I have become committed to raising awareness on the issues surrounding international parental child abduction, and in my way, trying to help other victimized children and their parents in any way I can.

But most of all, I continue to be a father who loves his son. And that is the most important part of my life.