Claims about what happened during weekends at Jay Peak depended on a false timeline. The resort’s RFID lift records provided an objective account of where we actually were.
One of the most serious accusations made against me was that bruises on my ski racer son’s legs were evidence that he had been tied to a table and repeatedly sexually assaulted during weekends with me.
The explanation that he was a competitive skier who trained, raced, fell, and accumulated ordinary bruises from constant activity was replaced with an account involving duct tape, rope, restraint, and repeated abuse.
The accusations were presented as fact.
They also depended on a version of our weekends that was not true.
The Allegations Depended on an Invented Timeline
My son and I spent extensive time at Jay Peak Resort. He trained with his race team, practiced on the mountain, and skied with me.
The abuse narrative required people to believe that, during those same weekends, he was being removed from ordinary activity for prolonged periods and subjected to repeated hidden assaults.
That made our actual movements relevant.
Ordinarily, a dispute like this might have been reduced to one person’s account against another’s.
But Jay Peak had recently introduced technology that created its own record.
Jay Peak’s RFID System Recorded Our Movements
Jay Peak was an early adopter of RFID lift-pass technology.
Instead of relying only on visual inspection of a paper ticket, the resort used electronic passes that were detected when a skier entered a lift-loading area.
Each scan created a time and location record.
Lift by lift, the system documented movement around the mountain.
The records were not written by me.
They were not created for litigation.
They existed because the resort’s operating system automatically recorded the use of each pass.
We Subpoenaed the Jay Peak IT Director
Because the accusations relied on false claims about where we were and what we were doing, we subpoenaed Jay Peak’s IT Director.
He was required to testify about the RFID system and produce authenticated lift-pass data for both me and my son.
His testimony explained how the system worked and what information the records captured.
The resulting exports contained time and date stamps showing when our passes were detected throughout the resort.
The Records Showed What Our Weekends Actually Looked Like
The RFID data showed repeated lift use and movement across the mountain.
It documented a child engaged in the activity everyone already knew he participated in:
- Race practice.
- Team training.
- Ordinary recreational skiing.
- Movement throughout the resort with me.
The records accounted for our presence on the mountain across the relevant periods.
They supported the ordinary explanation for bruises on the legs of an active young ski racer.
They did not support a narrative involving repeated periods of hidden restraint and sexual assault.
The Technology Became a Neutral Witness
The significance of the RFID evidence was not simply that it supported my account.
Its importance was that the records were independent.
The resort had no stake in the dispute.
The IT Director had no reason to favor either parent.
The computer system did not know that its data would later become relevant to allegations of abuse.
It simply recorded where the passes were used and when.
That objective data contradicted the timeline required by the accusations.
The Allegation Collapsed. Nothing Else Changed.
Once the RFID evidence was introduced, there was no apology.
There was no retraction.
There was no meaningful examination of how such extreme allegations had been presented as fact without reliable evidence.
There was no accountability for the fabrication.
Instead, the process moved on.
When one accusation could no longer be sustained, another appeared.
A Pattern That Would Repeat
This became a recurring pattern:
A severe accusation was made. It depended on the assumption that no objective records existed. Neutral evidence was forced into the record. The evidence contradicted the accusation. No one was held accountable. Then a new accusation replaced the old one.
The Jay Peak records did not rely on memory, interpretation, or speculation.
They were time-stamped electronic records created in the ordinary course of business.
They showed where we were.
And they told a very different story.
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Editor’s Note: This article describes allegations, testimony, and evidence introduced during legal proceedings.
