The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law
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With The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law， Hollywood veteran Greg Ellis delivers a gripping， unvarnished first-person account of family breakdown and the social， political， and legal forces that are fueling this national health emergency。 It further exposes and condemns a gender bias that presumes that fathers are less effective caregivers。
Family breakdown is the single greatest threat to American society。 Every day， more than 4，000 children lose a parent because of our archaic and inhumane family-court system。 Every day， ten divorced men commit suicide。 And now， one in three children in our country are without their father。
The Respondent is Ellis's personal story about a Hollywood dream razed by internal and external forces。 Part memoir， part meditation， and part manifesto， it's a timely and heartrending portrait of perhaps the most misunderstood aspect of the American legal system。 Through its candor and moral strength， The Respondent offers guidance and hope。 As such， it's an indispensable read for not only parents enduring the grief of child separation， but all interested in learning about the gross overreach and unrelenting brutality of family law。
Family breakdown is the single greatest threat to American society。 Every day， more than 4，000 children lose a parent because of our archaic and inhumane family-court system。 Every day， ten divorced men commit suicide。 And now， one in three children in our country are without their father。
The Respondent is Ellis's personal story about a Hollywood dream razed by internal and external forces。 Part memoir， part meditation， and part manifesto， it's a timely and heartrending portrait of perhaps the most misunderstood aspect of the American legal system。 Through its candor and moral strength， The Respondent offers guidance and hope。 As such， it's an indispensable read for not only parents enduring the grief of child separation， but all interested in learning about the gross overreach and unrelenting brutality of family law。
Reviews
Simon Omnes
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During my life， I have seen couples divorce for various reasons。 Family members， friends’ parents， artists that I like， and other friends whose divorces created quite an impact on relatives; alongside various behaviors from the divorcees。 From some people， civility and kindness toward the other parent， alongside attempts to not create a public war before the kids。 But on other family sides， I saw parents who refused to talk to one another and used their kid as the message transmitter using phras During my life， I have seen couples divorce for various reasons。 Family members， friends’ parents， artists that I like， and other friends whose divorces created quite an impact on relatives; alongside various behaviors from the divorcees。 From some people， civility and kindness toward the other parent， alongside attempts to not create a public war before the kids。 But on other family sides， I saw parents who refused to talk to one another and used their kid as the message transmitter using phrases like “Tell your mom that…” or “Tell your dad that！”。 Worse is when I saw parents using their public voice to attack their ex-husband or ex-wife in public。 With one artist even using its work to directly attack and insult their ex; which I found so disgusting as the kid is seeing their parent making money by insulting the other one。 So regarding divorces， I was not surprised by the content in Greg Ellis’s podcast where he spoke， among many topics， of the family court law and the troubles he endured there as he and his wife were divorcing and he endured a nightmarish procedure。A situation that he describes in full detail in The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law。 A book I read in multiple reading sessions as the content is difficult， hard， and disturbing as what the actor endured from his ex-wife and her family is nightmarish。 Starting from a police call fuelled by a horrible allegation to a sent up at a horrible psychiatric institution where he was jailed for several days， it is from this March 5 2015 moment that Greg Ellis discovers that his wife is divorcing him， doing everything she can to hurt him。 Amongst many things， taking from him their kids， using various medical and legal experts to demonize him; affecting his career， his health， his interactions within Hollywood and friends around him who are pressured and brainwashed by his ex-wife into an untrue image of himself debunked by psychological experts who defend him。 And though his kids defend their father before councilors， Greg Ellis encounters other obstacles。 From the judges， his wife’s attorney， and the many legal restrictions imposed during this terrible ordeal。 Discovering the disturbing misandrist culture within the family court system， where mothers have more voice and support from court of laws and judges than men/fathers who are treated like monsters and the unique cause of a family’s divorce。Of that misandry culture， it does not surprise me as it was presented in movies that recounted the experience of family divorce， but also denounced by artists I know who refused to embark into such war games and established proper and civil divorce procedures; with one actress （Vanessa Redgrave） expressing in her autobiography how she， her ex-husband Tony Richardson， and her eventual husband Franco Nero， despised all these career-driven mothers who use divorce procedures to demonize the father and to swindle from him money and his rights to spend equal time with his kids。So within this book， we discover the psychological and physical trials Greg Ellis went through during his divorce。 Written in a concise prose without unnecessary descriptions; everything is given as it is。 Hard to read content that is necessary as we discover his plights。 Stuff that I admit would give serious nightmares for readers who are not prepared for the book’s content。And among the most shocking details， it is disturbing how some of Greg Ellis’s friends abandoned him and treated him like a guilty man。 Though it is not as surprising as I having seen online several Hollywood celebs demonize others according to hate trends; whether these demonized celebs are accused of something without any visual/audio proofs， are villified by current media， or have expressed online a truth that displeases Hollywood’s cliques and endangers their trends。 Which I witnessed for the last few years on social media; motivating me to reduce my interactions with Hollywood artists as their behaviors exhibited something creepy that discouraged me to see their work or to interact with them。Furthermore， the book presents medical and psychological reports that examine Greg Ellis’s medical and psychological statuses and his interactions with his kids; alongside great bibliography resources as he presents serious facts about our society and court systems and how they affect men and fathers' rights。 By the way， it is much easier to access these articles if you use the e-book as it offers clickable web links。So this book is a chance for Greg Ellis to recount his experience within the family court and defend his name as it affected his career and Hollywood interactions， but it also allows him to confront the cultures of misandry and toxic femininity; two serious topics neglected by current media platforms。 With some reporters/celebs saying that they don’t exist and that anyone who dares to mention those two topics are misogynists who silence the voices of women。 Which is horrible and insulting as some of the most important victims of toxic femininity are women themselves。For as a reader， I saw various female authors doing important works denouncing misandry and toxic femininity。 Like Amélie Nothomb’s novel Antechrista who deals with a female university student who bullies and torments daily her newest friend; or Riyoko Ikeda’s manga/anime series Oniisama Ee which confronts the bullying tactics within female private schools’ classes and their sororities。 Even the comic book artist Marjane Satrapi， who was once on a French TV show， expressed her anger at this idea vehiculated by society that all women are creatures of purity and kindness incapable of hurting others。 So she recounted on TV many instances of women assaulting men; saying that when you give somebody （woman or man） the power to hurt another human being， he or she will hurt the other individual， regardless of their sex。Furthermore， human resources experts are denouncing the women who work like Queen Bees， saying that these career-driven women are high school bullies in disguise who impose their work ideas on others and torment female and male employees who disagree with them。 （https://www。hcamag。com/ca/news/genera。。。 。 https://www。entrepreneur。com/article/。。。）Even the attacks Johnny Depp experienced in 2020 from certain UK feminists/female politicians/refuges/women associations/Rita Skeeters/media are disturbing and worth denouncing as they relate to what Greg Ellis speaks in his book。 Indeed， all of these detractors’ attacks exposed their misandry toward male victims like Johnny Depp， but also their toxic femininity as they ignored the voices of all the female police officers who defend Johnny Depp， all the women who saw Amber Heard assault Johnny， and of the assistant Kate James who denounced Amber Heard as an abusive bully who tormented her and exploited her son。 Worse is the closeted misogyny several of these detractors exhibited as they insulted all the women/feminists/victims of domestic violence who defended Johnny Depp; saying that all these female activists were not real women， but instead 50-year-old cows who only do their Johnny Depp activism because they hope he will have sex with them one day。 A misogynist attack — intercepted by several female Johnny Depp activists who gave strong replies to these bullies — that also confirms what I always suspected。 Which is that several feminist groups harbor not only misandrist ideologies， but also misogynistic prejudices that they use on other women/feminists who don’t think like them。So regarding Greg Ellis’s book， I applaud what he writes here and I encourage everyone to purchase it。 For he gives a voice to men and women silenced by actual media currents that propagate the idea that women are eternal victims incapable of hurting others and that men are pathological bullies and monsters who always hurt everybody。 A media ideology I find so offensive since many years ago， I was friends online with a very toxic and abusive female celebrity who was horrible upon others， and her way of life and education upon her kids was a misandrist ideology that hurts them。So if you are interested in men's rights and father's rights， but also on the serious topics of toxic femininity and misandry， this book is a must to purchase。 。。。more
Lillie Rose
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This is a powerful book。 It has you crying at points and horrified at other points。 What is wrong with our Family court system？ Could they not see the lies and stories of a disturbed person in front of them？ How could they allow children to be raised by what is clearly a very disturbed human being？ And at the same time destroy a loving father's life？ And to think how many father's are going through this now because their partners wouldn't sit down and work things outside of a courtroom。 And the This is a powerful book。 It has you crying at points and horrified at other points。 What is wrong with our Family court system？ Could they not see the lies and stories of a disturbed person in front of them？ How could they allow children to be raised by what is clearly a very disturbed human being？ And at the same time destroy a loving father's life？ And to think how many father's are going through this now because their partners wouldn't sit down and work things outside of a courtroom。 And the most terrifying nightmare I walk away with from this book is the kids！ If their Mother was willing to lie in the courtrooom what else is she capable of and how are those children being raised？ 。。。more
Char Nokomis
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I loved this book！ It’s harrowing， but somehow inspirational and educational at the same time。 Greg’s battle to see his kids might be the rawest element of the story， the pain of his struggle etched on his soul， the length of the fight having stretched on longer than most of us can imagine。 But in the end， Greg’s search for practical answers and strength and dignity in the twilight of a fading family， makes this a special book。
Miss T
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