Everyone In Town Thinks My Friend’s Dad Is A Monster. I Just Found Out The Real Monster Is His Mother, And Now She’s Coming For Me. How Do I Stop Her?

The Backlash and The Breakthrough

Wednesday morning the video had 2,000 views. Comments poured in. Some people called me a brat, but others shared their own stories of false accusations, of how hard it was for male abuse victims to be believed.

Then Catherine struck back. A new video appeared on the parent Facebook page. Security footage from a store showing me stalking her at the library. Another of me lurking outside her house. She’d edited them to remove context, making me look obsessed and dangerous.

“This disturbed child has been harassing my family,” her post read. “His father should be investigated for encouraging this behavior. I fear for my safety and my son’s.”

The tide turned against us immediately. Parents demanded action. Some called for Dad to be fired from his job for enabling stalking. Others wanted me institutionalized. Principal Morrison called Dad. I was suspended indefinitely pending a psychological evaluation. The therapy appointments were now mandatory, not optional.

But something unexpected happened. Brian’s dad’s lawyer saw my video. He called Dad that afternoon.

“Your son’s video is the first real help we’ve gotten,” he said. “Would he testify about what he’s witnessed?”

“He’s 12,” Dad said. “And the community has already turned against him.”

“I understand, but that video is making people outside your community ask questions. Sometimes that’s all it takes—one crack in the narrative.”

That night I couldn’t sleep. Brian was still trapped with Catherine. His dad was still in jail, and now my family was falling apart too. But that video was still up, still spreading. Maybe it would reach someone who could help.

A Voice from the Past

Thursday brought a breakthrough from an unexpected source. A woman named Sarah commented on my video:

“Katherine Davidson was my roommate in college. Everything this kid is saying tracks with what I saw. She put her ex-boyfriend in the hospital and convinced everyone he was the aggressor. I have photos.”

Sarah’s comment included pictures from 20 years ago. Catherine with bruised knuckles laughing about teaching him a lesson. Police reports where she was listed as the aggressor but talked her way out of charges. I screenshot everything before Catherine could get it removed.

But Sarah did more than comment. She called the police department where Brian’s dad was being held. She called local news stations. She called anyone who would listen.

“I stayed quiet 20 years ago,” she told a reporter. “I won’t make that mistake again.”

By Friday cracks were showing in Catherine’s story. The security footage she’d posted was being questioned. Why was she filming a child? How did she have footage from multiple locations? It seemed more like stalking than being stalked.

Brian’s dad’s lawyer used my video and Sarah’s testimony to request an emergency custody hearing. A judge agreed to review the case Monday.

Catherine’s Desperation

But Catherine wasn’t done. Friday afternoon she called Dad’s work claiming he’d threatened her. She had a recording, cleverly edited from a voicemail he’d left asking her to let Brian return to school. Dad’s boss called him in. There would be an investigation. In the meantime, Dad was suspended with pay.

“I’m sorry,” I told him that night. “I ruined everything.”

“No,” Dad said firmly. “You stood up for the truth. That’s never wrong. Even when it costs us.”

Mom still wasn’t home. She texted Dad that she wouldn’t return until I got help for my obsession. Our family was fractured, just like Brian’s.

Saturday I spent the day refreshing the video stats. 50,000 views now. News outlets were picking it up. “Local boy’s video sparks debate about believing abuse victims,” read one headline.

The comment section was a battlefield. Catherine’s supporters called me a monster. But more people were sharing their own stories. Men who’d been abused and not believed. Children who’d watched their fathers destroyed by false accusations. The narrative was shifting.

Then Sarah posted again. This time she had video. Old camcorder footage from college of Catherine admitting she’d lied about her boyfriend.

“He was going to leave me,” Catherine said in the grainy video. “So I made sure nobody would believe him when he tried.”

The smoking gun. I downloaded it immediately, backed it up everywhere I could think of. This was the proof everyone needed.