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- March 6, 2024 – The IRS and the U.S. Department of Justice File Civil Lawsuit against Raymond and Marilynn Knutsen (et al)
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Raymond Knutsen participated in a series of fraudulent property transfers designed to hinder the collection of more than $1 million in unpaid federal taxes.
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- February 17, 2022 – Vermont Files Professional Misconduct Charges Against Veterinarian Raymond Knutsen
The State of Vermont opened disciplinary proceedings against veterinarian Raymond Knutsen, alleging a pattern of deficient recordkeeping and professional misconduct across multiple patient complaints.
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- September 24, 2019 – Greenwich Probate Court Declares Marilynn Fogarty Knutsen’s Estate Filings Delinquent
Nearly nine years after probate began, the Greenwich Probate Court notified Marilynn Fogarty that required estate filings were overdue and ordered her to bring the estate into compliance.
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- June 25, 2018 – Massachusetts Board Disciplines Psychologist Bambi Rattner Following Ethics Investigation
The Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists publicly disciplined Bambi Rattner after concluding she violated multiple APA ethical standards while treating my child in a court-ordered custody matter.
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- June 26, 2018 – Massachusetts Board Disciplines Ricky Greenwald Following Ethics Investigation
After an ethics investigation into his role in my child's custody matter, the Massachusetts Board disciplined psychologist Ricky Greenwald, placing his license on probation and requiring years of professional supervision.
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- June 18, 2018 – Vermont Supreme Court Affirms Judgment Against Raymond Knutsen
The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed the judgment against Raymond Knutsen in full, upholding the trial court's findings that he breached his contractual obligations and maliciously used a police complaint in an attempt to pressure Nancy Kotsull into abandoning her lawsuit.
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- August 31, 2017: Court Awards More Than $208,000 Against Raymond Knutsen
A Vermont judge found that Raymond Knutsen breached his business agreement with Nancy Kotsull and maliciously filed a police report to pressure her into abandoning her lawsuit, resulting in a judgment of more than $208,000.
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- July 14, 2017 – Dr. Ricky Greenwald Refuses to Apply the Court’s Legal Findings
Dr. Ricky Greenwald testified under oath that he never interviewed me before forming opinions about my relationship with my son. Later in the same hearing, he refused to answer the court's central hypothetical, stating that he "couldn't ethically" entertain the legal findings the court was required to apply.
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- June 7, 2017 – Bambi Rattner Testifies as a Paid Fact Witness in my Civil Trial
During my 2017 civil trial against Raymond and Marilynn Knutsen, psychologist Bambi Rattner testified as a paid fact witness. Under cross-examination, she made a series of admissions about her role, methodology, and the opinions she offered regarding reunification.
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- February 28, 2016 – VTDigger Publishes a 24 Page Story Built on Rejected Allegations
VTDigger's 2016 "investigative" feature recounting a custody dispute after multiple law enforcement agencies, child protection authorities, prosecutors, and the family court had already rejected the allegations central to the case. Although my claims against VTDigger were ultimately unsuccessful, the article was later removed from its website without any public correction or explanation.
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- June 26, 2015 – Dr. Ricky Greenwald Excludes me from my own Reunification program
Despite a family court order directing that therapeutic reunification move forward under defined conditions, I was excluded from participating in the very therapy intended to reunify me with my son. After learning that Raymond Knutsen had prohibited communication with the therapist, I contacted Dr. Ricky Greenwald directly, provided the court order and signed releases, and asked to participate. Despite having those documents, he still excluded me from the therapeutic process.
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- August 24, 2012 – Ray and Marilynn Knutsen Demanded the Least Reliable Lie Detector and Rejected the Better One
In August 2012, I agreed to undergo a functional MRI deception assessment at no cost instead of a traditional polygraph. Peter Langrock rejected the offer, claiming unfamiliarity with the technology while continuing to insist on a polygraph, a test that measures stress rather than deception. After months of false allegations and extraordinary emotional pressure, I was willing to be tested. The examination I accepted was rejected, while the less reliable alternative remained their only acceptable option.
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- June 27, 2012 – Under Oath, Raymond Knutsen Turned My Entire Family Into Accomplices
In his June 27, 2012 sworn deposition, Raymond Knutsen described discussing the allegations against me with numerous members of my family and others. His testimony documents how the accusations quickly spread beyond investigators and the courtroom, becoming a shared narrative that drew relatives into the events that followed.
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- June 27, 2012 – Marilyn Knutsen Gives Sworn Deposition
Marilyn Knutsen testified under oath that I abused my son in increasingly bizarre ways, expanding her allegations to include costumes, duct tape, tea parties, diapers, drugging, thumb sucking, and numerous supposed witnesses. Those extraordinary claims became part of the permanent court record, even though they were as false as they were grotesque.
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- May 21, 2012 – Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations (CUSI) Executes Search Warrant Seeking Highly Specific Items
In May 2012, CUSI executed a search warrant at my home seeking an extraordinary list of alleged evidence, including duct tape, rope, candy with faces printed on it, gummy worms and sharks, costumes and tails, and sausage. None of those items was found.
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- May 17, 2012 – When the Family Court Filing Wasn’t Enough, Raymond Took the Same False Allegations to Police
After taking his false allegations to family court, Raymond Knutsen brought the same fabricated, grotesque story to police, asking investigators to treat Karen Cegalis and her boyfriend as child predators.
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- May 10, 2012 – How a Nurse Tried to Escalate False Allegations to the U.S. Attorney’s Office
Within days of the first accusations, nurse Kimberlee A. Moyer produced an incomplete report recommending that my child be kept from me and my boyfriend, which was then transmitted through the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont. The allegations were false, but the document attempted give unverified claims the appearance of professional and legal authority. The effort failed. Federal prosecutors took no action.
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- May 9, 2012 – False Allegations Reach the Emergency Room
Five days after Raymond Knutsen repeated his false allegations to police, he and Marilynn Knutsen brought the same story to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The examination found no evidence of abuse, unsurprisingly, but the medical record documented something else entirely: extraordinary false claims, contradictions, and another step in a campaign that would later culminate in the court finding that my son had been coached to make false allegations.
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- May 4, 2012 – The Court Denied the First Petition. Then Came Grotesque Allegations
The court rejected Raymond Knutsen's first attempt to obtain emergency relief. Raymond and Marilynn Knutsen responded by filing pages of grotesque false allegations accusing of an astonishing series of acts involving duct tape, costumes, drugged gummy worms, and the repeated sexual abuse of her own child. These allegations would fuel almost a decade of investigations and litigation. Every single bizarre and grotesque allegation was thoroughly investigated and PROVEN FALSE.
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- August 23, 2011 – A $500,000 Mortgage Is Released from the Fogarty Marital Property
While administering Thomas Fogarty’s estate, Marilynn Fogarty was named in a recorded release showing that a $500,000 mortgage on Greenwich property had been paid and discharged.
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- March 8, 2011 – Marilynn Fogarty Reports a $2.18 Million Estate
Marilynn Fogarty filed a sworn estate inventory reporting more than $2.18 million in real estate, investments, cash, and personal property.
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- January 10, 2011 – Raymond Knutsen Sends Email Containing Extensive Allegations
On January 10, 2011, Raymond Knutsen sent me a two-page email containing an astonishing barrage of accusations, ranging from child abuse and mental illness to alcoholism and inappropriate sexual behavior. I never responded, and nothing ever came of his threats.
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- November 17, 2010 – Marilynn (Fogarty) Knutsen Takes Control of a Multimillion-Dollar Estate
Nearly two years after Thomas Fogarty’s death, Marilynn Fogarty was appointed executrix of an estate valued at more than $1 million, beginning a probate proceeding that would remain unresolved for years.