Menace, stalker, blackmailer, thief, fantasist, compulsive liar. These are words that come to mind when I think of the sociopath who has tried to bully and intimidate me and who succeeded in putting me in hospital by putting so much stress on me.
I was commissioned to take the diverse chapters he had written and turn them into a book. At first, he was planning to publish a conspiracy theory book that claimed he knew better than the professional instructors in his sport and the whole industry was like cancer research, in which "major drug companies would go out of business if a cure were to be found."
Think, Conspiracy Theory, the movie with Mel Gibson, but somebody more crazy. I suggested he make the book much more upbeat, to which he responded positively. I developed a detailed chapter plan and wrote the introduction, which he approved.
He was so happy that he was recommending my services to his friends. However, suddenly he was flooding my inbox with materials I had never seen before, and he was back to wanting the Loony Tunes version of his book. That was his right, but he did not have the right to use threats and intimidation to demand that I start his whole book from scratch without compensation.
Here's somebody who created a fantasy life that has no bearing on reality. He claims he was so successful at his sport that he made $1000 per hour and retired at 50, as did all his family. It turns out his idea of success is bankruptcy, foreclosure, moving in with relatives, trouble with the law and a name change to hide his shady past. His father, who he claimed was living near a sporting celebrity worth hundreds of millions of dollars, is actually living in a two-bedroom house worth $75,000 and was caught shoplifting!
This client sent me nearly 200 emails and hundreds of text messages. That's more than I would normally get from a dozen clients combined. He has sent emails with the sole intention to intimidate me. He expects me to work for him without pay. He has sent selfies and describes me as his "close friend" even though I have only met him twice. He will not leave me alone. I am sick of him.
He says he does not know anything about his change of name, so you would think he should not have a problem if I share the name he had. I am not one to judge. He can tinker around with his name, but it will not change his manipulative personality at all. I am not ashamed of anything I have done or anything I have written, although I am sure he is, and I am sharing this story to protect others. I have one thing to say to him when he reads this: "Go, f*** yourself."