Everything I say below is protected under qualified privilege and is found in the Public Pleadings. In other words, everything on this website is documented in Court.
This is a real life story of how an innocent person’s life was turned upside down and inside out by a single baseless report to authorities of false allegations of “attempted murder”. My lifestyle, my family, home, career, security, my community, even my dog and everything I’ve ever loved, valued and lived for, was taken away from me on Christmas Day, 2012, because of false allegations against me of “attempted murder” by my husband at the time, Miguel Martinez, and my then 17 yr old niece, Alexandra Ryken. Our 20 year marriage had finally come to an end three months earlier when I informed Martinez that I was divorcing him.
I am totally innocent of these unfounded accusations. I have never engaged in any form of aggression and always have been opposed to violence of any kind. I have never been charged with a crime in my life.
Due to these false accusations, I feel the need to tell my side of the story and I am suing my former spouse Miguel Martinez for Libel, Slander and Defamation.
Can you ever imagine yourself in a situation where your protectors and your loved ones betray you and rise up against you for unfathomable reasons?
My website tagline
“Protect Yourself From Your Protectors”
was created when I came to the shocking realization that the people I had grown to love, to trust and to rely on my entire life were the ones that betrayed me most.
I would also like to recognize and acknowledge those people whom I call my earth angels… those people who did honour this role of protector and who supported me unconditionally.
The “attempted murder” story, which Miguel created, was supposed to have taken place on the high seas between the Bahamas and Florida on Christmas Eve 2012. At that time, we were sailing our catamaran (Waterworld) back to our home port in the Florida Keys. Miguel falsely claimed that I tried to kill him with a 4-inch flashlight, which is the most ludicrous thought anyone could ever have conceived, since Miguel is not exactly a “helpless” kind of guy.
In fact here are a few major details about Miguel that would make his story implausible:
- Miguel is over 6 feet tall with a strong build.
- He has 4 black belts.
- He trains Police and Special Troops.
- He was a bodyguard for Fidel Castro’s Family and is well known in the martial arts world in his home country of Cuba.
Miguel reported this totally fabricated story to the police a few hours after our arrival in Florida. We lived at the marina and while I was at a Christmas Day party, authorities ambushed me. During an unfair, inhumane, cruel interrogation, I felt terrorized and demonized. I was thrown out of my home, left on the street, homeless and penniless. An all-encompassing, life-altering nightmare was set in motion. MM always said “go after what they love most”. His words still sends chills to this day, as what I loved more than anything was my family. He was the Puppet Master and destroyed what was once harmonious and beautiful.
The surreal, unbelievable and nightmarish horror story I was experiencing has been likened to a Hollywood thriller. The shocking way the police and authorities handled this “over the top” scheme by Miguel was in an incredibly unjust manner. His intention was to destroy me emotionally, psychologically, mentally, physically, financially, and furthermore to ruin my family, career and reputation, because I was ending our marital relationship.
Since that fateful day my side of the story has never been revealed. No one has ever tried to reach me to ask ME what really happened… no person in authority, not the newspaper who published an Internet libel publication of the false allegations, not even my two brothers. People bought into Miguel’s fabrications “hook, line, and sinker”.
The notion of “innocent until proven guilty” was thrown out the window.
I must restate this point just to be clear… in over three years I have never been charged with any crime in relation to these false accusations. In the ensuing legal nightmare, I’ve been existing in a state of despair, dysfunction and deep sorrow, I grieved 24/7 at the loss of the life I knew, the life I loved with a passion. The tears flowed morning, noon and night….
I often wondered, “How can the people I love most be so cruel? How can they betray me for no reason? Why would my own two brothers, who have always been very close, abandon me in my time of greatest need? Why would these two brothers abandon their own parents, their only sister and extended family? What was in it for them? What were they hiding? What were they afraid of? Who were they protecting? Who benefits from this devastation? How did this harmonious loving family fall to pieces, all because of a scheme to destroy me, a farce of a story?!
The emotional pain and suffering over the loss of these relationships is impossible for words to describe.
Now, I’d like to explain some of the reasons why I am creating this website with the help of a vast group of supporters.
- Finally, to be able to tell my side of the story.
- To correct false information on the Internet, in the public and with my brothers.
- Assert my innocence.
- To share the full version of my side of the story, which will be my version of a “Victim Impact Statement” once it is completed and published on this website.
- Accountability.
- Honor my beloved Father’s spirit.
- With my lawyer, Mr. Ernest G. Tannis, initiate a social justice cause using my legal case and website that is named “Injustice in the Legal System” [trademarked by the ADR Centre (Canada Inc.)] The social justice website will be launched on October 31st, 2016.
- Achieve a feeling of fairness and peace in my life by sharing details of what happened to me, with others who may experience similar situations, especially the vulnerable, who are often the abused women and children of this world.
- Bring closure to this devastating chapter of my life and open a new one. After three years of continually trying to get people to the table to talk, to hear my side of the story, the time has come to share it with them and with the world.
Thank you for your interest in my side of the story through this website.
Jeanette Ryken's Side of the Story 