Burnaby man creates revenge site

[Presto]

This guy takes smh to a new level.

CBC.ca - Patrick Fox says he wants "to destroy" his ex-wife with an online campaign from his Burnaby, B.C., home.

He created a website in her name full of vulgar content and demeaning images and purporting to describe details of her sex life. He also posted about her partners, friends and mother — updating the site dozens of times since 2014.

Desiree Capuano, who lives near Tucson, Ariz., with the couple's son, told CBC News a co-worker first alerted her to the site, after the URL was emailed to all of her contacts on the business social network LinkedIn.

The site calls her a drug addict, a child abuser and a white supremacist. She says it has harmed her ability to find work.

A "completely enraged and mortified" Capuano has fought to get the site shut down, appealing to U.S. and Canadian police and the internet provider to help and asking Fox to let go of what she calls his "sick fixation."

"There has got to be a way to take that down," Capuano said. "He told me once that his ultimate goal was to make me commit suicide. I won't let him win."

Fox is defiant. He told CBC News nothing short of Capuano's death or "when she is destitute and homeless" will prompt him to take down the site.

"She ruined both of our lives," said Fox, who blames Capuano for taking his son and having him deported to Canada.

Fox arrested in July, no charges laid

Capuano took her complaints to local sheriffs in Arizona, the FBI, the hosts of the website and several lawyers, but says she could not afford the legal fees to fight her case in civil court.

In December 2015, an Arizona judge issued a protective order that stopped Fox from sending her emails — but did not order the website be taken down.

Fox's site and the couple's email exchanges were also investigated by Burnaby RCMP. In July 2015, Fox was arrested and the RCMP recommended a charge of criminal harassment. The Crown did not approve the charge and Fox was released.

"The actual comments used by the perpetrator in this case, we couldn't conclude that that would cause the complainant to have an objective fear for their personal safety," said Dan McLaughlin, communications counsel for the Criminal Justice Branch.

"In this case, the fact the people live in different countries played a part in that assessment."

Lawyer questions Crown's decision

CBC News provided the emails and documents Capuano says she gave police to a lawyer who has experience as a prosecutor and defence counsel in cases of criminal harassment. After reviewing the files, Kevin Westell disagrees with the Crown's assessment of this case.

"The fear of personal safety can include psychological safety. If psychological harm is being inflicted by actions that are communicated over a distance, it just simply doesn't matter that this person is far away."

"I don't know what it would take other than him actually physically shooting me for them to think that I was at risk," said Capuanao, furious that Canadian authorities don't understand how much she fears for her safety and that of her son.

Westell told CBC that Canadian police and prosecutors need more resources to deal with a growing number of online attacks.

"To hide behind your desk and your computer and stalk is just so easy now, because technology is just so easy to use by anyone."

Seeks to 'ruin her life and destroy her'

Fox and Capuano split up in 2001, when their son was 18 months old, back when Fox went by his birth name, Richard Riess.

Capuano said Fox hid the child from her for years in Arizona. Mother and son were reunited in 2011 when Fox served a two-year sentence for perjury, after he falsely claimed he was American.

Fox told CBC that Capuano abandoned their son for years.

Whatever the truth of their beginnings, the end result was an ultimatum.

After Fox was deported to B.C., he demanded Capuano return their son to him, he told CBC, or he would "devote the rest of my life to doing everything I could, legally of course, to ruin her life and destroy her."

Fox posted intimate images and derogatory editorials about Capuano, including snaps of her in bed with a partner, images of her bedroom and a 2012 mug shot from a marijuana possession charge that did not result in a conviction.

Fox has 'no qualms'

One of the posts on Fox's website details an email exchange between him and the couple's son, in which the teen asked if Fox would ever shoot his mother.

Fox wrote back that he'd have "no qualms" about killing Capuano if that was legal — and then he posted about it online.

"No qualms right … means no moral dilemma. That doesn't mean that I would actually do it," Fox told CBC.

"There is nothing illegal about wanting to harm someone as long as you don't act on it," Fox said.

Seeking revenge porn

Fox admits he often copies his son on emails to Capuano, including about his plan to hire somebody to obtain sexually explicit photos to post on the website.

"I'd have to hire someone to get close to you, pretend to be interested in you … gain your trust, then eventually sleep with you," he said in an email January 2015.

"I fully admit it doesn't look good," Fox told CBC. "It would make me look like a very nasty person I'm sure. But when people then consider the things that she has done and the reasons why I am so mean to her, I think that mitigates some of the nastiness."

The Crown told CBC the case is not closed, and it would look at it again if police obtained new evidence.

[murd0c]

And here's the website!!

Desiree Capuano: Drug Addict, Narcissist, and Downright Bad Person

[6o4__boi]

jesus h christ

talk about grudges

[pastarocket]

The worst part about this revenge scheme is the son who will face the psychological harm, childhood trauma. It sucks to be that kid that is caught in the middle of these messed up parents.

What kind of fucked up father posts some intimate details of his ex wife for the world to see?
Isn't the Internet dirty enough?

The mother would not get votes for "best Mom" either.

I hope that somehow Crown counsel recommends some sort of measures to protect the boy.

[Mancini]

That is a disturbed person.

[smoothie.]

he mad bro

[GLOW]

can't help but think the following:

this dude admittedly creates revenge site to cause her harm and ruin her, not charged/arrested yet, website still works.

where the dude beefing with the feminist sends nasty tweets to said feminist and he gets banned from the internet for years and gets to defend himself in front of the supreme court.

yes i realize dude #1's days are probably numbered and something will happen...i just think it's a sad state of affairs

[murd0c]

Originally Posted by GLOW

can't help but think the following:

this dude admittedly creates revenge site to cause her harm and ruin her, not charged/arrested yet, website still works.

where the dude beefing with the feminist sends nasty tweets to said feminist and he gets banned from the internet for years and gets to defend himself in front of the supreme court.

yes i realize dude #1's days are probably numbered and something will happen...i just think it's a sad state of affairs

So what you are saying to solve her issue is she needs to turn into a feminist then the ex will go off talking smack about that and then the RCMP will arrest and charge him...

[StylinRed]

Originally Posted by murd0c

And here's the website!!

Desiree Capuano: Drug Addict, Narcissist, and Downright Bad Person

Can't lie, was expecting nudes :/ that's probably why the site is still up though, because he didn't post them

[Reeyal]

Wow, that's a lot of hate on that site.

[Spoon]

Did he really expect people to read through all of that? This is 2016 and the man can't even be bothered to to make a sex video.

[entrax]

email exchanges

hmm...this is very interesting. i wouldn't quite blame the father yet. she could very well be playing the victim card here without reason.

[mikemhg]

That guy is a fucking loser, I would hope his friends or family call him out on that.

We aren't evolved or smart enough to handle the technology the internet has provided us. We definitely need laws that punish individuals who do this stuff, it's too easy to mess with a person's life online over a break up, beef, you name it.

[SkinnyPupp]

what a loser

[MG1]

I refuse to visit the site. Like many have said, the son doesn't deserve to be caught up in this childish action.

I'm glad I don't know this loser. Another destroyer, not a builder.

[Mr.C]

What surprised me is that she left him 15 years ago. 15 years! Dude's fucking crazy. Also note the 'white pride' thing at the bottom of the page, if you weren't sure about his craziness.

[Harvey Specter]

From one of the e-mails he sent his ex...

I have considered whether publishing the address of an openly racist,
anti-Latino, who happens to be physically present at the same house
which my son is also physically present at and, after careful
consideration, have concluded if such an event as angry Mexicans showing
up to express their discontent with you and your white supremest beliefs
were to occur, the focus of their attention would be you - not Gabriel.
The Latino people are, generally, honorable and would not harm an
innocent child if they had issues with the child's misguided mother.
So, no, I don't believe Gabriel would be put in any danger by publishing
your address.

[Gumby]

Does the father not realize the trauma he is putting his son through? What a selfish bastard.

[Vansterdam]

[Manic!]

And he is in jail.

Patrick Fox charged after revenge website created to 'destroy' ex-wife - British Columbia - CBC News

Website is still up. I would take anybody with a little bit of knowledge less than 5 minutes to take the site down.

[Mancini]

Had he merely insulted her religion or sexual orientation he would have been arrested much sooner.

[The_AK]

Can only imagine all the potential ad revenue going to that today