Suspects should not be allowed to question their own children or any other child. If a child needs to be put on the stand, the suspect on trial needs to allow a court appointed attorney or one of their choice for the questioning. Have we learned NOTHING from CPS interviewing kids in front of their parents?? The terror of the possibility of being forced to to back with the abuser is enough for any child to say whatever the suspect wants them to.
I think they have to have her point out whom it is, but after that I’m not sure why he can’t be asked to leave. Like seriously these children are so brave, I couldn’t do it as adult let alone being that small. Just Wow.
It’s our constitutional right to self-represent if we don’t want to hire or have a court-appointed attorney. It’s fucked up what he was doing, but it’s everyone’s right to do so.
The daughter driving her siblings and making them breakfast in the morning... She's so sweet, and her monster of a father preyed on her young age and naiveness. I hope those kids do well in life and remain as close and loving towards each other.
Gaslighting at its finest in a custody battle….those who get the kids heart gets the kids that would betray the other parent 9/10 times! Seen it over and over in real life and online😢😢
Alisa here. Thank you Unseen for a great video. I find it interesting how the story is covered from different views as it is summarized. The question asked a lot in the comments was about the all male jury. I was able to sit in on jury selection and witnessed it happen. When the judge read all 11 charges and asked if there was reason someone could not sit on this jury, almost every hand that went up was a woman. SA victims, DV victims, or having experience with a narcissist, made women not able to sit on this jury. Arden being manipulated…you must remember this man manipulated the police and the courts. Those grown adult professionals trained to protect us. Arden didn’t have a chance. For 16 years, he manipulated me and twisted my reality. I could never blame her. Anyway, thanks again for great coverage of the case. And the supportive comments from your community. ❤
You're so strong, I'm so thankful you are happy and thriving. I appreciate you advocating for victims of DV and abuse. Please know that you are definitely making a difference and saving lives. You're an inspiration and a blessing, thank you (ps I hope Arden knows she is a beast of a woman to have been able to get her siblings home safe and care for them as she did).
Alisa, I am so profoundly grateful that you and your precious children are alive and together. I cannot imagine the intense and continual fear & frustration that each of you had to suffer through for so long ... truly unimaginable torture. Thank you for your determination & bravery through those horrific years .. and thank you for your current advocacy on behalf of other women. You & your children, along with your new devoted husband, deserve all the peace & happiness in the world. I pray for the freedom and the joys of healing for all of you. God Bless!❤️
@@Alisamathewson narcissistic abuse is something people just dont understand. The term has been diluted and bastardized in the media and people have a completely incorrect idea of the torture involved. Its a trap. So glad you got away with the babies.
@@Simplecity-g5o a 14 year old doesn’t understand that mommy doesn’t want daddy should be enough of a reason to leave her father? You’re coddling the kid too much which is why the next generation is so entitled. What did she have to do, physically tie up her own mom for you to admit she played a part? Fuck sake the coddling is annoying
@@Nerdbookworm If you do have children in the future, I feel really bad for them. Imagine having a grown ass adult who gets mad at a teenager for being manipulated by someone she trusted as your parent, I'd rather be raised by the devil
@@Nerdbookwormthe kid understood that tho. She didn’t even want to be with her father did you not hear? The courts forced her to spend time with him, and when you have courts and everyone else telling you that your mom is crazy and your dad is a victim it’s hard to believe the mom even if she was older than 14 she literally had the court system gaslighting her into thinking her father was a decent man like get outa her w ur bs
I saw Matt Orchard cover this case a while ago. To quote his video: “if a life well-lived is the best revenge, then it’s Alisa Mathewson who truly gets the last f**k you.”
@@phantasmicmasque Ignore him, it's a troll account trying to be misogynistic for funsies...he will answer with the dumbest twisted response you can think off just to be contrarian and hate women. Manosphere is one hell of a drug 🙄
He is the definition of EVIL! The fact that he was allowed to mentally torture his victims (ex-wife + children) for HOURS in a courtroom is insane. I hope the family, excluding that monster, is healing the best they could.
Exactly what i came here to say!! after everything they had gone through they had to endure the monster examining then omg!!!! This is horrible!!!!!! And sick on every level!
@@StephaniePagador I really don't understand how something like this allowed. It's like that case where this man murdered his girlfriend and kids but the son survived. Which means, sadly, the dad was able to manipulate his young son during the trial!
The Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to represent one's self. (Not saying I agree with this, but not sure how the Constitution should be amended to protect potential victims.)
I watched this trial and that woman is so strong and despite what he said and did she had the upper hand in that courtroom. She refused to look at him and answered with such strength - she did an interview with an attorney afterwards and was so generous with her time so others could learn from her.
@@c_me_now yes and it was with John Obrien a Florida lawyer. He was so good with the case and the start of him on YT on LTWM - many folk started with help from Mike 👍
If they did, that would give guys like this man a loophole to abuse by stating their rights were violated and he would be a free man. It's called constitutional rights and we keep most trials fair to everyone involved in the USA, hence why only biased yet wealthy politicians are often abusing the system.
To be fair, it's just makes them look more stupid. Just look. Hurting his own children again and in court on camera. The guy seems to be insane obviously, his behaviour? I thought even though I was horrified of course as this is a horrendous human terrifying his own children again, at least the kids stood tall and told the truth. Mostly that their mother is still alive. How sick is that. Enough said. Xx
No, it wouldn't. There are countries where as a suspect you have to be represented by a lawyer and not represent yourself. It's a gross miscarriage of justice to let a rapist and attempted murdered further traumatize their victim.
@@v_doll This case takes place in the USA, where everyone is given more rights than most other countries. The man in question is allowed to represent himself and actually have a defense, not merely be silenced and considered guilty from the very beginning. It's called giving everyone a fair trial and allowing the victims to face their perpetrators in a safe court of law. Sure it could potentially add more trauma, but it could also help them face their trauma and help lock up their tormentor. I'd rather have everyone be given a fair trial, than to be given judgement by the biased emotional minority, where you can get put in jail for merely disagreeing with someone. The UK is a prime example of how severely abused that mentality can be and how it's perpetuated by emotionally fragile people in power.
I'm so happy it wasn't a murder case.. i can't imagine the trauma the eldest daughter would've gone through if it had been one since she already regretted helping her evil father, so happy she got her justice.❤
Same here. Her mother being killed would’ve likely destroyed her and her siblings lives, luckily that monstrous excuse for a father was no match for Elisa’s will to survive for her kids 🩷
The deserves the trauma. She was wayyy told old to be helping her dad with that. Imagine the trauma she had given her mom and younger siblings. She’s f-ed for that
@@thankyounext365she was a child. it’s not like she let some stranger into her home, it was her father who she was supposed to be able to trust. of course we know it’s shady because we have context and are grown ups, but it’s so weird for you to say that child deserved to be traumatized for being a victim of manipulation
He could have just accepted the divorce and go on with his life, but that was too hard for this monster. He had to have control. Now he isn’t controlling shit (for the rest of his life) and she is happy again. She’s having the last laugh!
The judge summarized it perfectly, monster in all the sense of the word. How could he be so low by manipulating his own children into helping him to that to their mother... He almost killed her... At least the judge saw through his lies and delusions and put him in his rightfull place.
@louloubelle1330 if the world were so misogynistic, don't you think he would have been found not guilty? The jury was full of men who saw through his manipulative ways.
@@retaliationeffort2864 ignore women who are misandrists. They're fully hypocritical. Her statement is basically "this man did it so all men are the same"
@@sheronclarke331 I'm sorry! My friend was as dating a narcissist for 5ish yrs and only after they broke up did she even realize how bad he was. She's been married to a lovely guy for about 10 yrs now and to this day, she will periodically get sucked into reading about narcissism,analysis his behavior and how it affects her still. I hope you are able to get out of your situation too.
@@sheronclarke331 Get out. You aren't married so there's even less stopping you from leaving. When he's gone move your stuff to a storage facility and get out.
How many times has this happened?! Some clueless judge with no real insight into a case, allows a father access who then commits horrific crimes against children, wife etc. Poor woman was ignored, made out to be a liar, forced to send her kids to him, forced to watch him manipulate the children against her. Then using his daughter to try & kill her mother, shockingly disgusting. Judge should feel shamed. All his delay tactics, narcissist behaviours etc to hols up the trial...who allowed this to happen??? So lucky it didn't turn out with all of them dead, he obviously was on that path.
Unfortunately it does happen, I was cross examined by my abusive ex and it was a horrible 2 weeks but just about everything that man said made him look like a monster. I can't even count how many times the jury gasped in horror.
It's to ensure a fair trial; but the flip side is he dug himself even deeper. Remember the decision isn't determined by the defendent, it's determined by the jury. And he showed the jury the kind of man he is.
Unfortunately it’s in the defendants constitutional rights but honestly it’s terrifying to see him questioning his daughter when he’s the reason why she’s gone
It's called constitutional rights, which our justice system follows for fair trials and to ensure everyone's rights aren't violated. If they didn't allow him to be his own attorney and defend himself, he could easily have the case dismissed and be a free man.
@@bluebell1717 its really shocks me how Americans write this over and over and seem to not see how INSANE it is. The only thing you stating is that your constitution is barbaric
He sure thought he appeared "smart" and "reasonably" acting like an attorney in the court. But I'm sure everyone in the room was thinking how horrifying and evil he looks. I can't believe Alisa was dealing with THAT. I hope the victims feel better since they are free of him.
I just thank the Lord that she could survive to be a loving mother to her kids and see them grow up. Yes that monster will never see the light of day again .
@@morganablackwater2017 picture this: you're falsely accused of a crime, but you're not allowed to plead your case during trial (and by extension, get an attorney to represent you appointed and provided by the court). You just have to sit there and accept whatever sentence you're handed with a legal gag over your mouth. You want the right to an attorney and cross-examination? He gets it too, that's how rights work. I'm not disturbed. I don't like it either, and I wonder if the prosecution at any time could have called objection for "badgering/Intimidating the witness"; but we have the right to face our accusers and testimony against us to be cross-examined. Reinforces the integrity of the testimony and weeds out perjury.
When my mother left her first husband, my brother's mother, she moved in with my grandpa. One day when everyone was out of the house, he showed up and kidnapped her. He took her into the woods and tied her up with pieces of his T-shirt. The only way she survived is that a helicopter was flying overhead and she convinced them that they were looking for her. He then let her go but she has never forgotten that in over 50 years.
It should not be possible to postpone a court case for five years. And it should not be possible to question your own kids in court and doing so, continue to manipulate them…. This man manipulated his environment for years and he is even given the opportunity to continue with it in court…..😢!
It is so screwed up that defendants are allowed to interrogate the people they're accused of abusing or raping. It's strictly a power move to scare them into submission. It's sick.
@@morganablackwater2017 It reinforces when testimony is truthful and weeds out perjury. Tone your emotional knee-jerk reaction back and think of the big picture; if the defense is denied the opportunity to question witness testimony, that's unfair to anyone facing trial and makes a tyrannical system. System is screwed up, but this is not one of the issues.
To have a cross examination is 1 thing but to have your attacker who raped & tried to kill you etc etc be the 1 who is questioning you is an absolute disgrace!!!
@@purplevelvet69 At the moment of the questioning he's not a monster, but a defendant. The same status that one of your innocent relative would have if accused and trialed.
@@sauce1232 I understand that, but we've not been through what she has allegedly or not. I never call the accused a monster, because we don't know do we
@@purplevelvet69 We should not even having this discussion. Everyone is innocent during a trial and has the right to defend themselves. Period. Trials are about laws and evidences. Not emotions.
When the judge spoke to that young lady, saying that it was not her fault. I just cried, what a beautiful, loving-human moment. Hearing this story and one's similar, make encourage me to be single for the rest of my life. What a badass of a mother♡🤘🏻
It's so nice to have a happy ending, & for Alisa to finally receive the love every person with a good heart deserves. I truly hope all the kids recover from the trauma they were forced to endure, & live happy & successful lives
Parents, mother or father, who use their children as pawns against their partner/ex partner disgust me. My father was not a physically abusive man, but he & my step mother tried SO hard to convince me that my mom was a bad parent and constantly asked me, as an 8-11 year old, to spill secrets they could use against her in court. All while my mother tried her best to shield me from the grown up issues. I cut my father off at 15, I told him to get his shit together and then we could talk but I’m 25 on Monday and still haven’t heard from him. He lives 10 minutes from me. I am so glad this family got justice and that the REAL bad guy is in prison. Bless this family and bless you Unseen for always telling victim stories in such a compassionate way.
Arden should not feel bad about what happened. What a wonderful daughter and sister she is.❤ You can tell she has a caring heart and just wanted to do what was best for her family.
This woman is incredibly strong. With all the odds, even her own children stacked against her she kept on fighting. Even when staring into the face of the monster who kidnapped and r*ped she stood her ground and made sure she would finally be heard!
Am I the only one thinking if this monster had good intentions to bring the family together, would he go through the window in the middle of the night or through a door in broad daylight? Also would a good father get his 14 yr old to illegally drive all the kids to his place? There's no way out of this one buddy!
At age of 10 I had to testify in my parents divorce court, which included me having to tell the abuse I witnessed at home. It was horrible. Both parents were disappointed with me. One for saying too much, the other for not saying enough. Loving them both, I couldn't please either. Both parents were watching my testimony, staring at me - I was horrified !!! Children should never testify like this. Statements can be taken with child psychologists present and attorneys, and what not, but to be forced to speak while the perp is watching you is most horrific. Laws need to change.
What an INCREDIBLY strong woman. Speaking so forcefully and clearly while being interrogated by her r*pist. Full respect. Same with her daughter, who has an amazing role model.
Wow! I'm glad that monster is behind bar, this woman was lucky to be alive and fought back. So happy that she has found a good husband again who truly loves her and her children. God bless this family.
Oh my goodness! What an amazing story! I’ve never heard about this case before so I thank you for bringing a story to light that has a happy ending, including the demon being placed where he belongs, for as long as he belongs there! What an awesome jury to see right through this man’s lies and manipulations! Kudos to the real men (including the Judge and Mom’s new husband)! God bless you all! 🕊️✌️🫶🏻😎😊
He has the Ronnie Oneal, Ted Bundy, Darrell Brooks mentality. In their mind, they've won every argument they've ever had, why would this time be any different?
Somebody else just did this same case but didn't have the footage you did. That daughter needs a therapist! Its insane how far this guy went, and how much he got away with. Some people just need to be stopped.
Alisa, I am so profoundly grateful that you and your precious children are alive and together. I cannot imagine the intense and continual fear & frustration that each of you had to suffer through for so long ... truly unimaginable torture. Thank you for your determination & bravery through those horrific years .. and thank you for your current advocacy on behalf of other women. You & your children, along with your new devoted husband, deserve all the peace & happiness in the world. I pray for the freedom and the joys of healing for all of you. God Bless!❤️
what a strong woman and i feel so bad for her children because even though they shouldn't feel guilty for being used by the man who should've loved them more than anything, it's impossible to make the brain believe that and it will take them all their lives to heal from that trauma. i only wish them health and peace and that jeff gives them the healthy love their deserve
Ya every time I see something like this I think how the F is it ever allowed for a attacker EVER allowed to question a victim? It is wrong just WRONG ,brave woman she did amazing.
We must be glad.. Even though the system failed this mother and family, one time.. they didnt again and justice was served. A family gets to have their mother, and grow old and be destined to become great. So happy to hear this happy ending. For the mom to also acknowledge her daughters role and understand that children will be children and still love and describe her daughter as the most sweetest human being.. that is the utter most MOM thing she couldve said. Stay Blessed guys. Your family is beautiful !!
I’m so glad they got away from this monster and got the happy family they deserve in the end! I cannot believe these monsters are allowed to question their victims in court- should not be allowed to happen ever.
I just want you to know I appreciate how hard it must have been to do a sponsorship, I'm so happy it's audible, the work you do is outstanding. At 53 I have learnt things from you on teaching family especially grandchildren various ways to protect themselves. Myself too. A lot of these stories I usually don't make it past 1 to 3 minutes before I have to turn it off. There are also times I want to know what survivors go through, I'm able to know here because of how gentle you are. Well done, and knowing how you research makes me feel I know you all a little better and how passionate you all are. 🙏 truly, thank you ❤❤❤.
Can’t I,anyone the misplaced but monumental guilt Arden must feel. It’s EVIL to use a child like that. Arden did nothing wrong. That girl literally just loved her parents. That’s her “crime”. Loving her parents, and trusting her father. Something every child should be able to do. And he used that trust to use her as a pawn in his game. Arden… you are guilt free in this. You hold zero blame. You literally just loved your family and trusted your father. That is literally all you did. Your father CHOSE to use you. He chose to put you and your siblings lives in danger so you couldn’t interrupt his plans to assault your mother. I just feel awful that along with all this also comes the mental health issues associated with being so betrayed by your own parent like that… I hope therapy is a constant in your life as long as you need it. I hope you have a great therapist.
I think it would be cathartic to be in her place. She gets to look him in the eye and say unequivocally that he hurt her. He did this, and he deserves punishment. In a courtroom, full of people who will see the truth, and have the capability to actually punish him? Damn, that must have been an amazing moment for her soul.
@unseen IMHO.. You have the most engaging crime documentaries on YT! Thank you so much for continuing to upload these well made videos. I enjoy them very much
There needs to be a law put in place so that this never happens again. The fact that a victim has to have the actual perpetrator interrogate her is beyond belief.
I was so happy to see this since I actually watched this trial. Many of these trials are older. I’m so glad to hear from the Mom and daughter and know that they’re moving past this. And that the mom survived and was so brave. Glad she’s helping other DV victims. Great ending to something so tragic.
As a woman, I will NEVER understand what part of "I dont want you, I dont like you," turns a psychopath on. "Ooo you hate me?? Tell me more!! That does it for me!"
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It boggles my mind how this guy was allowed to interrogate the family he terrorized,, manipulated, and in Alisa's case, tortured. How in the world is this legal? That judge was right: Trevor is indeed a monster. My utmost respect to Alisa for her courage. I pray she and all her children are continuing to find the healing they deserve.
Wow… imagine using your kids as a way to get into the house so that you could do horrific things to their mother….. that has to be the lowest thing a person could do.
Jury pools are often randomly selected, and each party has a set of "preremptory challenges" which allow them to strike a juror for any reason. It's likely that the (un)luck of the draw resulted in a jury pool with very few women, and then the rest were stricken by the defendant.
@@totallytubular618 Weird since in trials surrounding racial issues they magically have no problem making half the jury black when they're only 13% of the country. Women are half the population and not ONE out of the 12 they figured should be a woman...in a case of a man using the court system to try to screw over a woman. Pretty strange coincidence...
And THIS IS WHYY you always involve your kids. You tell them details about dangers and why you do what you do. Keeping secrets from them doesn’t protect their innocence and childhood, it keeps them dumb.
What on earth leads a man to behave this way? 🤯 He had a lovely family and he destroyed it. I hope someone is conducting research into how and why this occurs.
I can relate to Arden so much. My father was extremely abusive towards my mum and when we went to a women's refuge my mum was ordered to let my dad see me ( court ordered) and my dad told me that we were going to play a game of hide and seek and if I showed him where my mum was I would win a prize. Being a kid I didn't know what he was doing but I felt so guilty and I still have moments where I blame myself. As an adult now I know realistically that my father was the only one to blame and the stupid court system we have in my country. And after all of that I didn't even get my prize😅
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Suspects should not be allowed to question their own children or any other child. If a child needs to be put on the stand, the suspect on trial needs to allow a court appointed attorney or one of their choice for the questioning. Have we learned NOTHING from CPS interviewing kids in front of their parents?? The terror of the possibility of being forced to to back with the abuser is enough for any child to say whatever the suspect wants them to.
That would be unconstitutional
To be questioned by your aggressor is so WRONG on too many levels…backwards and re traumatising!! Shameless! 🫤
Exactly, how can the poor kid be expected to tell the truth against her own father???
LoL shut up
It infuriates me every time this happens! Intimidation tactics! Unfair even for adults!
Stop abusing children by allowing their abusers interrogate them in court. Wtf?
I think they have to have her point out whom it is, but after that I’m not sure why he can’t be asked to leave. Like seriously these children are so brave, I couldn’t do it as adult let alone being that small. Just Wow.
Courts love handing children to their abusers. During court and after court.
It’s our constitutional right to self-represent if we don’t want to hire or have a court-appointed attorney. It’s fucked up what he was doing, but it’s everyone’s right to do so.
It would be unconstitutional if they didn't allow him to do it
Shut up karen
The daughter driving her siblings and making them breakfast in the morning... She's so sweet, and her monster of a father preyed on her young age and naiveness. I hope those kids do well in life and remain as close and loving towards each other.
Only the older daughter survived…
Gaslighting at its finest in a custody battle….those who get the kids heart gets the kids that would betray the other parent 9/10 times! Seen it over and over in real life and online😢😢
Alisa here. Thank you Unseen for a great video. I find it interesting how the story is covered from different views as it is summarized.
The question asked a lot in the comments was about the all male jury. I was able to sit in on jury selection and witnessed it happen. When the judge read all 11 charges and asked if there was reason someone could not sit on this jury, almost every hand that went up was a woman. SA victims, DV victims, or having experience with a narcissist, made women not able to sit on this jury.
Arden being manipulated…you must remember this man manipulated the police and the courts. Those grown adult professionals trained to protect us. Arden didn’t have a chance. For 16 years, he manipulated me and twisted my reality. I could never blame her.
Anyway, thanks again for great coverage of the case. And the supportive comments from your community. ❤
You're so strong, I'm so thankful you are happy and thriving. I appreciate you advocating for victims of DV and abuse. Please know that you are definitely making a difference and saving lives. You're an inspiration and a blessing, thank you (ps I hope Arden knows she is a beast of a woman to have been able to get her siblings home safe and care for them as she did).
Alisa, I am so profoundly grateful that you and your precious children are alive and together. I cannot imagine the intense and continual fear & frustration that each of you had to suffer through for so long ... truly unimaginable torture. Thank you for your determination & bravery through those horrific years .. and thank you for your current advocacy on behalf of other women. You & your children, along with your new devoted husband, deserve all the peace & happiness in the world. I pray for the freedom and the joys of healing for all of you. God Bless!❤️
❤ thank God you survived this mess. Im sure it was incredibly hard. Women like you are who should be models for others, not celebrities. Stay strong!
@@Alisamathewson narcissistic abuse is something people just dont understand. The term has been diluted and bastardized in the media and people have a completely incorrect idea of the torture involved. Its a trap.
So glad you got away with the babies.
I don't know how anybody could blame Arden. She thought that she was putting her family back together
I can't imagine how helpless (and hopeless) this woman felt. Nobody is listening. Nobody cares. I'm so glad she finally got the justice she deserves.
Especially finding out her stupid kid was an accomplice to her assault.
@@Nerdbookworm dude he manipulated her have a heart she was a child
@@Simplecity-g5o a 14 year old doesn’t understand that mommy doesn’t want daddy should be enough of a reason to leave her father? You’re coddling the kid too much which is why the next generation is so entitled. What did she have to do, physically tie up her own mom for you to admit she played a part? Fuck sake the coddling is annoying
@@Nerdbookworm If you do have children in the future, I feel really bad for them. Imagine having a grown ass adult who gets mad at a teenager for being manipulated by someone she trusted as your parent, I'd rather be raised by the devil
@@Nerdbookwormthe kid understood that tho. She didn’t even want to be with her father did you not hear? The courts forced her to spend time with him, and when you have courts and everyone else telling you that your mom is crazy and your dad is a victim it’s hard to believe the mom even if she was older than 14 she literally had the court system gaslighting her into thinking her father was a decent man like get outa her w ur bs
I saw Matt Orchard cover this case a while ago. To quote his video: “if a life well-lived is the best revenge, then it’s Alisa Mathewson who truly gets the last f**k you.”
That’s beautiful
I love his channel
Evil, evil women, both of them.
@@tambam124 what in the world are you talking about?
@@phantasmicmasque Ignore him, it's a troll account trying to be misogynistic for funsies...he will answer with the dumbest twisted response you can think off just to be contrarian and hate women.
Manosphere is one hell of a drug 🙄
As a sexual trauma survivor myself, I give Alisa Matthewson all the credit in the world for her courage in exposing the evil that she experienced!
Same❤
Allowing a perpetrator to question a victim is condoning retraumatization. The criminal system needs to change that. This is horrible!!!
Don't you people understand that a defendant is still considered innocent during his trial?
6th amendment, we have the right to face our accuser. As much as it sucks, that is his right.
@llamapajamas4823 thats NOT what the 6th amendment means
@sauce1232 don't you understand that he raped her?
He is the definition of EVIL! The fact that he was allowed to mentally torture his victims (ex-wife + children) for HOURS in a courtroom is insane. I hope the family, excluding that monster, is healing the best they could.
Exactly what i came here to say!! after everything they had gone through they had to endure the monster examining then omg!!!! This is horrible!!!!!! And sick on every level!
@@StephaniePagador I really don't understand how something like this allowed. It's like that case where this man murdered his girlfriend and kids but the son survived. Which means, sadly, the dad was able to manipulate his young son during the trial!
The Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to represent one's self.
(Not saying I agree with this, but not sure how the Constitution should be amended to protect potential victims.)
I couldn't finish watching, it was so angering. Very glad Alisa is alive.
@@MerylMccify Yes, that's true. It's more like a "I can't believe this" how than a "what makes this possible" how if that makes sense haha
I watched this trial and that woman is so strong and despite what he said and did she had the upper hand in that courtroom. She refused to look at him and answered with such strength - she did an interview with an attorney afterwards and was so generous with her time so others could learn from her.
I give her a standing ovation. Thank you for this. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
You can find the interview on "Law Talk with Mike".
@@c_me_now yes and it was with John Obrien a Florida lawyer. He was so good with the case and the start of him on YT on LTWM - many folk started with help from Mike 👍
That’s horrific. There should be a law that victims should never have to be questioned by their assailants.
If they did, that would give guys like this man a loophole to abuse by stating their rights were violated and he would be a free man. It's called constitutional rights and we keep most trials fair to everyone involved in the USA, hence why only biased yet wealthy politicians are often abusing the system.
To be fair, it's just makes them look more stupid. Just look. Hurting his own children again and in court on camera. The guy seems to be insane obviously, his behaviour? I thought even though I was horrified of course as this is a horrendous human terrifying his own children again, at least the kids stood tall and told the truth. Mostly that their mother is still alive. How sick is that. Enough said. Xx
@@MikeFireheart no to hell with entitlement of criminals.
There should be a law against that and if there is not then its barbaric country.
No, it wouldn't. There are countries where as a suspect you have to be represented by a lawyer and not represent yourself. It's a gross miscarriage of justice to let a rapist and attempted murdered further traumatize their victim.
@@v_doll This case takes place in the USA, where everyone is given more rights than most other countries. The man in question is allowed to represent himself and actually have a defense, not merely be silenced and considered guilty from the very beginning. It's called giving everyone a fair trial and allowing the victims to face their perpetrators in a safe court of law. Sure it could potentially add more trauma, but it could also help them face their trauma and help lock up their tormentor. I'd rather have everyone be given a fair trial, than to be given judgement by the biased emotional minority, where you can get put in jail for merely disagreeing with someone. The UK is a prime example of how severely abused that mentality can be and how it's perpetuated by emotionally fragile people in power.
I'm so happy it wasn't a murder case.. i can't imagine the trauma the eldest daughter would've gone through if it had been one since she already regretted helping her evil father, so happy she got her justice.❤
Same here. Her mother being killed would’ve likely destroyed her and her siblings lives, luckily that monstrous excuse for a father was no match for Elisa’s will to survive for her kids 🩷
The deserves the trauma. She was wayyy told old to be helping her dad with that. Imagine the trauma she had given her mom and younger siblings. She’s f-ed for that
@@thankyounext365she was 14 and the guy was obviously very abusive and manipulative. She doesn’t deserve the trauma. She was just a manipulated child
@@thankyounext365she was a child. it’s not like she let some stranger into her home, it was her father who she was supposed to be able to trust. of course we know it’s shady because we have context and are grown ups, but it’s so weird for you to say that child deserved to be traumatized for being a victim of manipulation
@@thankyounext365 you're horrible.
3 life sentences + 224 years in prison is crazy. But he absolutely deserves it! Good on momma!
He could have just accepted the divorce and go on with his life, but that was too hard for this monster. He had to have control. Now he isn’t controlling shit (for the rest of his life) and she is happy again. She’s having the last laugh!
The judge summarized it perfectly, monster in all the sense of the word. How could he be so low by manipulating his own children into helping him to that to their mother... He almost killed her... At least the judge saw through his lies and delusions and put him in his rightfull place.
I applaud the judge for asserting Arden she should not feel guilty and telling this man he’s a monster ….! Good job, judge…😊!
Another narcissist claiming everything is biased against him trying to manipulate everyone and everything around him? I am SHOCKED!
I'm not it were accepted in a ultimate misogynistic world
Sound familiar?
@@louloubelle1330 "cOuRtS aRe RiGgEd aGaInSt meN tHo!!"
@louloubelle1330 if the world were so misogynistic, don't you think he would have been found not guilty? The jury was full of men who saw through his manipulative ways.
@@retaliationeffort2864 ignore women who are misandrists. They're fully hypocritical. Her statement is basically "this man did it so all men are the same"
He recorded his confession, in her home and still didn't plead guilty? Jesus, he's peak narcissist.
Try being in a relationship with one. Not even married. I can't go anywhere coz the control
Been together almost 10 years
Saying this tic
@@sheronclarke331 I'm sorry! My friend was as dating a narcissist for 5ish yrs and only after they broke up did she even realize how bad he was. She's been married to a lovely guy for about 10 yrs now and to this day, she will periodically get sucked into reading about narcissism,analysis his behavior and how it affects her still. I hope you are able to get out of your situation too.
@@sheronclarke331 Get out. You aren't married so there's even less stopping you from leaving. When he's gone move your stuff to a storage facility and get out.
How many times has this happened?! Some clueless judge with no real insight into a case, allows a father access who then commits horrific crimes against children, wife etc. Poor woman was ignored, made out to be a liar, forced to send her kids to him, forced to watch him manipulate the children against her. Then using his daughter to try & kill her mother, shockingly disgusting. Judge should feel shamed. All his delay tactics, narcissist behaviours etc to hols up the trial...who allowed this to happen??? So lucky it didn't turn out with all of them dead, he obviously was on that path.
How could a victim being interviewed by their own abuser ever be allowed. That is so wrong.
Unfortunately it does happen, I was cross examined by my abusive ex and it was a horrible 2 weeks but just about everything that man said made him look like a monster. I can't even count how many times the jury gasped in horror.
It's to ensure a fair trial; but the flip side is he dug himself even deeper.
Remember the decision isn't determined by the defendent, it's determined by the jury. And he showed the jury the kind of man he is.
Murica... They crazy - and if you look through comments they seem to be deluded thats normal
Don't you people understand that a defendant is still considered innocent during his trial?
I’ll never understand how a defendant representing themselves in court and questioning victims/witnesses/etc isn’t witness intimidation.
Average constitution hater 😂 shut your dirty mouth
Unfortunately it’s in the defendants constitutional rights but honestly it’s terrifying to see him questioning his daughter when he’s the reason why she’s gone
It's called constitutional rights, which our justice system follows for fair trials and to ensure everyone's rights aren't violated. If they didn't allow him to be his own attorney and defend himself, he could easily have the case dismissed and be a free man.
The mother survived thankfully@@bluebell1717
@@bluebell1717 its really shocks me how Americans write this over and over and seem to not see how INSANE it is.
The only thing you stating is that your constitution is barbaric
Bless her for passionately standing up to that monster! I hope all are healing (except Trevor).
The daughter is a hero. Driving home with probably little experience, taking care of then all day, and with no sleep. Best sister.
He sure thought he appeared "smart" and "reasonably" acting like an attorney in the court. But I'm sure everyone in the room was thinking how horrifying and evil he looks. I can't believe Alisa was dealing with THAT. I hope the victims feel better since they are free of him.
I watched this whole trial when it happened. She was so incredibly strong. This video covers this case in a new way, which I really appreciate.
"I was able to sit in front of an all-male jury, knowing that real men would never tolerate you."
👌👏👏👏👌 Queen.
I'm so happy for Alisa and her children that they have a happy life now and this story didn't end tragically...
I just thank the Lord that she could survive to be a loving mother to her kids and see them grow up. Yes that monster will never see the light of day again .
how the hell is asking a rape victim to respond to questioning from her attacker in front of a jury of 12 men and 0 women a fair trial?
It'd be denying a cross-examination of testimony.
That's what makes this a fair trial.
@@littlegiantj8761 dude this is just abuse toward victims and its NOTHING FAIR about it.
You are seriously disturbed if you think its okay
@@morganablackwater2017 picture this: you're falsely accused of a crime, but you're not allowed to plead your case during trial (and by extension, get an attorney to represent you appointed and provided by the court). You just have to sit there and accept whatever sentence you're handed with a legal gag over your mouth. You want the right to an attorney and cross-examination? He gets it too, that's how rights work.
I'm not disturbed. I don't like it either, and I wonder if the prosecution at any time could have called objection for "badgering/Intimidating the witness"; but we have the right to face our accusers and testimony against us to be cross-examined. Reinforces the integrity of the testimony and weeds out perjury.
Gross yes but its a right. Even monster get rights. Also the 0 women thing is kinda redundant... Men take rape as seriously as women
@@littlegiantj8761 and the fact that there were NO women on the jury?
When my mother left her first husband, my brother's mother, she moved in with my grandpa. One day when everyone was out of the house, he showed up and kidnapped her. He took her into the woods and tied her up with pieces of his T-shirt. The only way she survived is that a helicopter was flying overhead and she convinced them that they were looking for her. He then let her go but she has never forgotten that in over 50 years.
Wow! I'm so sorry that happened to her. I'm so glad she was able to outsmart him and get away ❤
I love hearing others talk about what happened. It's refreshing to hear it from someone else's eyes!
"Calm down, its just me." YOU are her nightmare. Narcissist.
Disgusting this man was allowed to interrogate and question his kids and ex
Don't you people understand that a defendant is still considered innocent during his trial?
It should not be possible to postpone a court case for five years. And it should not be possible to question your own kids in court and doing so, continue to manipulate them…. This man manipulated his environment for years and he is even given the opportunity to continue with it in court…..😢!
It is so screwed up that defendants are allowed to interrogate the people they're accused of abusing or raping. It's strictly a power move to scare them into submission. It's sick.
He needed to be allowed to do a cross-examination in order for it to be a fair trial. Courts procedures are designed this way for a reason.
@@littlegiantj8761 he needs nothing. His wellbeing isn't a priority.
Your "justice" system is sick
@@morganablackwater2017 It reinforces when testimony is truthful and weeds out perjury. Tone your emotional knee-jerk reaction back and think of the big picture; if the defense is denied the opportunity to question witness testimony, that's unfair to anyone facing trial and makes a tyrannical system. System is screwed up, but this is not one of the issues.
To have a cross examination is 1 thing but to have your attacker who raped & tried to kill you etc etc be the 1 who is questioning you is an absolute disgrace!!!
@@tuffy40 seems like he represented himself in this matter; which you have a right to do
Good for that judge, good for Arden, and good for Alisa for making that brave run at Wal-Greens. Hugs to those folks.
How many times does this family have to be punished and abused. Being questioned by that monster😡
Don't you people understand that a defendant is still considered innocent during his trial?
@@sauce1232I think most people understand that, it doesn't mean it's not difficult to watch. Or feel for her
@@purplevelvet69 At the moment of the questioning he's not a monster, but a defendant. The same status that one of your innocent relative would have if accused and trialed.
@@sauce1232 I understand that, but we've not been through what she has allegedly or not. I never call the accused a monster, because we don't know do we
@@purplevelvet69 We should not even having this discussion. Everyone is innocent during a trial and has the right to defend themselves. Period. Trials are about laws and evidences. Not emotions.
I watched the wife testify while this dirt bag questioned her. She is a complete rockstar! She didn't let him rattle her at all.
When the judge spoke to that young lady, saying that it was not her fault. I just cried, what a beautiful, loving-human moment. Hearing this story and one's similar, make encourage me to be single for the rest of my life. What a badass of a mother♡🤘🏻
It's so nice to have a happy ending, & for Alisa to finally receive the love every person with a good heart deserves. I truly hope all the kids recover from the trauma they were forced to endure, & live happy & successful lives
Parents, mother or father, who use their children as pawns against their partner/ex partner disgust me. My father was not a physically abusive man, but he & my step mother tried SO hard to convince me that my mom was a bad parent and constantly asked me, as an 8-11 year old, to spill secrets they could use against her in court. All while my mother tried her best to shield me from the grown up issues. I cut my father off at 15, I told him to get his shit together and then we could talk but I’m 25 on Monday and still haven’t heard from him. He lives 10 minutes from me. I am so glad this family got justice and that the REAL bad guy is in prison. Bless this family and bless you Unseen for always telling victim stories in such a compassionate way.
Arden should not feel bad about what happened. What a wonderful daughter and sister she is.❤ You can tell she has a caring heart and just wanted to do what was best for her family.
This woman is incredibly strong. With all the odds, even her own children stacked against her she kept on fighting. Even when staring into the face of the monster who kidnapped and r*ped she stood her ground and made sure she would finally be heard!
Elisa and Arden are such beautiful women. I’m SOOOO glad those kids still have their mama!
I just want to hug her, what a strong amazing woman ❤
STAY STRONG END THE ABUSE
Am I the only one thinking if this monster had good intentions to bring the family together, would he go through the window in the middle of the night or through a door in broad daylight? Also would a good father get his 14 yr old to illegally drive all the kids to his place?
There's no way out of this one buddy!
At age of 10 I had to testify in my parents divorce court, which included me having to tell the abuse I witnessed at home.
It was horrible.
Both parents were disappointed with me.
One for saying too much, the other for not saying enough.
Loving them both, I couldn't please either.
Both parents were watching my testimony, staring at me - I was horrified !!!
Children should never testify like this.
Statements can be taken with child psychologists present and attorneys, and what not, but to be forced to speak while the perp is watching you is most horrific.
Laws need to change.
“I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten…” Joel 2:25. Such a frightening story. I’m so very happy for their happiness today.
Alisa shown an amazing amount of strength. Those poor kids, the level of trauma he perpetrated on them is unforgivable.
The fact that he was allowed to act as a lawyer and question his victim in court is wild. Should never be allowed!
What an INCREDIBLY strong woman. Speaking so forcefully and clearly while being interrogated by her r*pist. Full respect. Same with her daughter, who has an amazing role model.
What a sicko. 😡
I remember watching the trial.
I have nothing but respect for her & her fight to live.
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Wow! I'm glad that monster is behind bar, this woman was lucky to be alive and fought back. So happy that she has found a good husband again who truly loves her and her children. God bless this family.
Oh my goodness! What an amazing story! I’ve never heard about this case before so I thank you for bringing a story to light that has a happy ending, including the demon being placed where he belongs, for as long as he belongs there! What an awesome jury to see right through this man’s lies and manipulations! Kudos to the real men (including the Judge and Mom’s new husband)! God bless you all! 🕊️✌️🫶🏻😎😊
He has the Ronnie Oneal, Ted Bundy, Darrell Brooks mentality. In their mind, they've won every argument they've ever had, why would this time be any different?
Somebody else just did this same case but didn't have the footage you did. That daughter needs a therapist! Its insane how far this guy went, and how much he got away with. Some people just need to be stopped.
Arden’s testimony, ‘….stronger than I was before’….judge nods affectionately and affirmatively. ❤
Alisa, I am so profoundly grateful that you and your precious children are alive and together. I cannot imagine the intense and continual fear & frustration that each of you had to suffer through for so long ... truly unimaginable torture. Thank you for your determination & bravery through those horrific years .. and thank you for your current advocacy on behalf of other women. You & your children, along with your new devoted husband, deserve all the peace & happiness in the world. I pray for the freedom and the joys of healing for all of you. God Bless!❤️
what a strong woman and i feel so bad for her children because even though they shouldn't feel guilty for being used by the man who should've loved them more than anything, it's impossible to make the brain believe that and it will take them all their lives to heal from that trauma. i only wish them health and peace and that jeff gives them the healthy love their deserve
Thats bizzare he was allowed to question hes wife in court..
WOW SUCH BIZARRE
Someone posted it was his constitutional rights
Ya every time I see something like this I think how the F is it ever allowed for a attacker EVER allowed to question a victim? It is wrong just WRONG ,brave woman she did amazing.
We must be glad.. Even though the system failed this mother and family, one time.. they didnt again and justice was served. A family gets to have their mother, and grow old and be destined to become great. So happy to hear this happy ending. For the mom to also acknowledge her daughters role and understand that children will be children and still love and describe her daughter as the most sweetest human being.. that is the utter most MOM thing she couldve said. Stay Blessed guys. Your family is beautiful !!
I’m so glad they got away from this monster and got the happy family they deserve in the end! I cannot believe these monsters are allowed to question their victims in court- should not be allowed to happen ever.
Finally a sentence worth giving! I disagree with letting him cross examine his wife in court. That's just wrong.
Oh there was something so cathartic about hearing him smugly admit in video that everything Alisa said about him being manipulative was true.
I just want you to know I appreciate how hard it must have been to do a sponsorship, I'm so happy it's audible, the work you do is outstanding. At 53 I have learnt things from you on teaching family especially grandchildren various ways to protect themselves. Myself too. A lot of these stories I usually don't make it past 1 to 3 minutes before I have to turn it off. There are also times I want to know what survivors go through, I'm able to know here because of how gentle you are. Well done, and knowing how you research makes me feel I know you all a little better and how passionate you all are. 🙏 truly, thank you ❤❤❤.
Florida always has a satisfying verdict.
What a strong woman and her children, as well! ❤
Can’t I,anyone the misplaced but monumental guilt Arden must feel. It’s EVIL to use a child like that. Arden did nothing wrong. That girl literally just loved her parents. That’s her “crime”. Loving her parents, and trusting her father. Something every child should be able to do. And he used that trust to use her as a pawn in his game. Arden… you are guilt free in this. You hold zero blame. You literally just loved your family and trusted your father. That is literally all you did. Your father CHOSE to use you. He chose to put you and your siblings lives in danger so you couldn’t interrupt his plans to assault your mother. I just feel awful that along with all this also comes the mental health issues associated with being so betrayed by your own parent like that… I hope therapy is a constant in your life as long as you need it. I hope you have a great therapist.
4 hours of questioning her tormentor 😮 how traumatic
So glad that this one has a relatively happy ending. Wish you all the best❤️❤️❤️
I love watching these videos while drawing or even falling asleep
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I think it would be cathartic to be in her place. She gets to look him in the eye and say unequivocally that he hurt her. He did this, and he deserves punishment. In a courtroom, full of people who will see the truth, and have the capability to actually punish him? Damn, that must have been an amazing moment for her soul.
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Great video! Your narration is captivating, and the storytelling is top-notch. Keep up the good work!!♥️👌
Some judges throw the book at monsters like Trevor…
This judge threw a whole library 🙌
There needs to be a law put in place so that this never happens again. The fact that a victim has to have the actual perpetrator interrogate her is beyond belief.
She’s alive shes a survivor
What a CURRRREEEEP!
SO happy the family was able to heal and move on❤
How will they allow the abuser to interview the victim it’s like opening the trauma all over again 😢
Don't you people understand that a defendant is still considered innocent during his trial?
I was so happy to see this since I actually watched this trial. Many of these trials are older. I’m so glad to hear from the Mom and daughter and know that they’re moving past this. And that the mom survived and was so brave. Glad she’s helping other DV victims. Great ending to something so tragic.
That's possibly the strongest woman I've ever seen ❤
Good for her, she found power on the stand within herself. You could hear it
As a woman, I will NEVER understand what part of "I dont want you, I dont like you," turns a psychopath on. "Ooo you hate me?? Tell me more!! That does it for me!"
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You know what they say about a person who represents themself in court; their client is a fool.
It boggles my mind how this guy was allowed to interrogate the family he terrorized,, manipulated, and in Alisa's case, tortured. How in the world is this legal? That judge was right: Trevor is indeed a monster. My utmost respect to Alisa for her courage. I pray she and all her children are continuing to find the healing they deserve.
Wow… imagine using your kids as a way to get into the house so that you could do horrific things to their mother….. that has to be the lowest thing a person could do.
How the hell did the jury end up being exclusively men?
I was thinking the same thing tbh
Jury pools are often randomly selected, and each party has a set of "preremptory challenges" which allow them to strike a juror for any reason. It's likely that the (un)luck of the draw resulted in a jury pool with very few women, and then the rest were stricken by the defendant.
"Jury of your peers" my a$$...
@@totallytubular618 Weird since in trials surrounding racial issues they magically have no problem making half the jury black when they're only 13% of the country. Women are half the population and not ONE out of the 12 they figured should be a woman...in a case of a man using the court system to try to screw over a woman. Pretty strange coincidence...
That monster loved NO ONE but himself!
And THIS IS WHYY you always involve your kids. You tell them details about dangers and why you do what you do. Keeping secrets from them doesn’t protect their innocence and childhood, it keeps them dumb.
What on earth leads a man to behave this way? 🤯 He had a lovely family and he destroyed it. I hope someone is conducting research into how and why this occurs.
these videos always terrify and intrigue me at the same time.
I can't understand why the judge got away with this without being fired * or in jail *
I can relate to Arden so much. My father was extremely abusive towards my mum and when we went to a women's refuge my mum was ordered to let my dad see me ( court ordered) and my dad told me that we were going to play a game of hide and seek and if I showed him where my mum was I would win a prize. Being a kid I didn't know what he was doing but I felt so guilty and I still have moments where I blame myself. As an adult now I know realistically that my father was the only one to blame and the stupid court system we have in my country. And after all of that I didn't even get my prize😅
This man is pure evil. Allowing the child to be interogated by the father is appalling.
Dude, not only was he allowed to question her and their kids but also the jury was all male, wtf is wrong with them?!!
Don't you people understand that a defendant is still considered innocent during his trial?
She ate with that “knowing real men would never tolerate you” line