Private investigator sets men up for DUI's so that their wives can get a better deal in divorce court.

topherotica · 2011-10-17T15:10:45+00:00

She insisted she did not authorize Butler to have him arrested because she did not want to imperil his job and his ability to pay child support

That's my favorite part.

notcaptainkirk · 2011-10-17T13:16:48+00:00

Her lawyer's paralegal, who had recommended Butler, "made this all seem completely legal and as though it was standard practice" in divorce cases, she said.

WTF is wrong with people that this didn't set off alarms in her head? "Oh, don't worry, setting your husband up is a normal thing to do. Everyone's doing it!"

serius · 2011-10-17T11:29:14+00:00

that makes it a felony to conspire to subject another person to arrest. The female decoys have not been charged.

Of course they haven't. Only men can be charged with felony's.

Amunium · 2011-10-17T12:42:21+00:00

This is a fucked up method of incriminating men in such cases, not least because DUI'ing is dangerous, so this lawyer is willingly endangering people by encouraging these men to drive intoxicated - and for something as petty as that. Oh yeah, and also because why the fuck does this have any weight in a divorce case? It's completely unrelated.

That said, I feel no sympathy for the men in the story. Nobody forced them to drive under the influence, and while they should have smelt the trap, they would obviously have done the same thing if a real, well-meaning woman did the same. They got in a car while drunk, they deserve the punishment for that, no matter if they were set up.

dbe · 2011-10-17T11:51:52+00:00

Having a DUI on your record should have nothing to do with the terms of your divorce.

Khariq · 2011-10-17T19:02:20+00:00

The PI in this case, Chris Butler, did oh so much more. There is a really good episode of This American Life about Chris Butler and the P.I. Moms:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/447/the-incredible-case-of-the-pi-moms

s73v3r · 2011-10-17T11:56:13+00:00

I know I'll get downvoted for suggesting this, but as the guy himself admitted, he should have known that something was up when a very attractive woman was hitting on him. Using attraction as bait is not a new tactic at all - get a few older men who have seen the world drunk enough for them to tell embarrassing stories and you're sure bound to find someone who was robbed using a woman/women.

royboh · 2011-10-17T22:45:51+00:00

Look up divorce contractors. An interesting yet troubling industry in Japan that involves ending marriages through a third party.

TheDongerNeedsFood · 2011-10-18T18:21:08+00:00

The lawyer that set these stings up for these women, as well as the women themselves who authorized them, are every bit as guilty as the P.I. and his band of goons who carried them out, and they need to be prosecuted just the same.

And for those making the argument that these men are the ones who are ultimately at fault for making the decision to drive, they were the victims of con-artists. The entire performance that these show-girls and actors put on was one big con-job, and the people who fall victim to them are just that: victims. Your argument that these men are the ones at fault is basically like saying that the people who Bernie Madoff stole from are not the victims because they made the conscious decision to give them the money themselves, he didn't hold a gun to their head to make them do it.

There is a reason that con-games and fraud-schemes like this are classified as crimes, and likewise, the people who fall for them are victims.

Pinworm45 · 2011-10-18T20:10:47+00:00

Fucked up, but ultimately it's the mans choice to get or not to get into a car while impaired.

Offensive_Brute · 2011-10-17T12:29:38+00:00

She insisted she did not authorize Butler to have him arrested because she did not want to imperil his job and his ability to pay child support.

I'm gonna have to watch some really nasty aggressive porn to get over this gem.

Title	Private investigator sets men up for DUI's so that their wives can get a better deal in divorce court.
Author	ArturoBadfinger
Upvotes	227
Comments	37
Date	October 17, 2011 7:46 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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