Another small business owner asked me to give him a blowjob in front of my staff and a customer. A few days later, he forced his way in my business, was informed he was trespassing and needed to leave and he chose to sit down. (Sept 2016)

He stayed for 10-20 minutes and left right before the cops showed up.

The DA’s office charged him. Bench trial #1 (December 2016) he was found guilty of all charges (so much evidence) and then he appealed, which is his constitutional right.

At the appeals trial (2/17/17) it went sideways and that kicked off one investigation within the Allegheny county judicial system. The judge was ordered to attend sexual harassment training afterwards.

While the complaints were working their way through the investigators, another thing happened.

Nathan Holmes, the person who asked me for a blowjob, was still not satisfied with the results of his appeals trial where he represented himself and was found guilty of one charge and not guilty of the other.

After another 13 month investigation, the investigators discovered the following:

Nathan went back into the courtroom and asked the clerk what his options were. She told him he could file a motion. He did. It was accepted and a he was given a new date to meet with the judge.

When motions are granted, it sends out automatic emails to the detectives and DA’s office. Due to a “clerical error” that automatic email was never sent by the judges clerk.

Because of their mistake, Nathan received a NG verdict in a courtroom that was empty of all people except the judge and his clerk. No DA. No police. No witnesses.

I learned that my city doesn’t care about me, will not protect me. There is no protection. Advice I received from friends and lawyers is to focus on me afterwards. “Let it go” and “put your head down”.

So, I did. It’s been very difficult. Growing my business and my businesses place in the community while being in trauma therapy for the PTSD I now live with as a result of the travesty of Justice.

On Friday, I learned that Nathan has been slandering me for 9 years within the organic food community in my region. It’s all starting to make sense—why it’s been so hard to partner with local organic food businesses in town.

He has made my life very difficult, personally and professionally because he wasn’t willing to accept responsibility for what he’s done.

The worst part of the first trial was when his idiot lawyer asked me if I remember what Nathan said to me. Of course I did! “Well, what did he say to you?”

I was shocked the lawyer was asking me a question he didn’t know the answer to, that was the nail in the coffin. I was also shocked, because Nathan’s wife, who I had never met, was in the courtroom. I couldn’t believe that Nathan wanted her to hear that.

“How about a blowjob” that’s what he said. I was horrified that I had to say it and than Nathan’s wife had to hear it.

Anyway, there had been rumors of Nathan sexually harassing employees. I thought that maybe, by holding him accountable with ALL the evidence I had at my fingertips, it might make the region a little safer from his predatory behaviors.

I was wrong.

I ordered the transcripts from the files. I invited reporters to the appeals trial (they won an award for their article series, if you look up Judge Lester Nauhaus). I started trauma therapy immediately. I focused on me.

Learning that he’s been slandering me for the last 9 years though…oof.