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Jan 27, 20111 min read

Betrayal Trauma Theory and the Daubert Test

In U.S. v. Chatman (CR 07-178-RE), the state moved to allow Dr. Freyd’s testimony. Here is the government’s memorandum in support of...

Dec 31, 20102 min read

Remembering the Case of Wayne B. Sargent, Jr.

Pamela Freyd, FMSF Executive Director One purpose of the new blog format of this site, launched four months ago, is to make sure that...

Dec 22, 20102 min read

Curiouser and Curiouser

Meredith Maran Meredith Maran, author of a new book called My Lie: A True Story of False Memory, was quoted in an interview last month...

Dec 5, 20101 min read

Is Meredith Maran a Reliable Narrator?

So, is Meredith Maran a reliable narrator? Her recent interview with Douglas Mesner indicates that she is not. In that interview, which...

Dec 2, 20101 min read

Jury Faults Delaware Parish in Repressed Memory Case

Francis DeLuca admitted that he sexually abused John Vai (and others) Yesterday, a jury in Dover, Delaware found that St. Elizabeth Roman...

Nov 7, 20101 min read

What the New York Times Missed

Jesse Friedman’s recent loss in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals was based on the statute of limitations. Accordingly, there is a good...

Nov 2, 20101 min read

“False Memory” Advocate Loses AG Election in Minnesota

Barden, who lived in Utah for years, moved to Minnesota recently and obtained the Republican nomination for Attorney General as a virtual...

Oct 31, 20103 min read

The Misrepresentation of the Case of Billy Banks

The False Memory Syndrome Foundation claims to condemn the sexual abuse of children. In their words, “Child sexual abuse is a...

Sep 27, 20102 min read

Harrison Pope’s Phony Repression Challenge

Dr. Harrison Pope got a lot of publicity in 2007 for his “repression challenge,” which offered $1,000 to anyone who could find an example...

Sep 22, 20101 min read

Another Criminal Conviction from a Recovered Memory

Calvin Huss, of Port Deposit, Delaware, pleaded guilty yesterday to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl during a seven-month period in...

Sep 16, 20101 min read

Cold Cases Solved by Recovered Memory

report, the woman’s “recollection 12 years later was so vivid it led police to both a location and a suspect.” The suspect was...

Sep 7, 20101 min read

Critiquing “Capturing the Friedmans”

A federal appellate court recently upheld Jesse Friedman’s conviction in connection with a sexual-abuse case that was popularized in the...