"Everybody Knows": New Book by Doctor Who's on Trial for Hiding Kids from Rapist Fathers
An Australian doctor is going on trial in a few weeks, charged with serious felonies, facing 30 years in prison—all because he helped hide children after Family Court judges gave custody to the rapist fathers.
Dr. W. Russell Pridgeon, in anticipation of the rigged trial against both him and his friend, Patrick O’Dea, has just published his aptly titled book “Everybody Knows: Hiding Crimes of Incest by Prosecuting Protectors”. It tells the true story of how everybody knows that the children whom many people had helped hide were (and likely still are) being sexually abused by their fathers; but instead of protecting the children and prosecuting the perpetrators, they are persecuting and prosecuting the protectors.
Dr. Pridgeon published his book because he wants to get the truth out to as many people as possible as to what is really going on. MSM is only reporting the lies and misinformation being put out by the various agencies under the thumb of the OBN [Old Boy Network].
“Everybody Knows” is already listed as the top parenting book; let’s everybody make it the top overall by getting a copy! It helps our cause by shining light on the Custody Crisis. And maybe it will cause a change of course in the case. It will hold the evil enablers of child sexual abuse publicly accountable, including family and criminal court judges, children’s attorneys, mothers’ attorneys, child protective services, police, prosecutors, and psychologists.
[Dr. Pridgeon says his friends call him Russ, so that’s what we’ll call him going forward.]
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
Australian Federal Police hunted down Dr. Pridgeon and the other protectors with a vengeance. They named the investigation “Operation Noetic”, which is a term creepily associated with freemasonry. It became one of the largest investigations in its history. On the other hand, they did zero investigation of the child rapists.
In 2018, they arrested many people involved in helping hide multiple children from multiple Family Court cases. Women’s Coalition covered the story extensively [see below for links] and started a petition for the charges to be dismissed that garnered >14K signatures.
Federal Prosecutors conducted a long and winding, five-year malicious prosecution designed to bankrupt and psychologically devastate the defendants, an age-old trick of the power elite. Russ and Patrick are now broke and representing themselves.
There are 7 defendants: Russ, Patrick, Cassie—a mother, Ann—a grandmother, and three others. Cassie & Ann to be tried together May 22nd, Russ and Patrick to be tried together June 5th and the others individually but unclear when. It appears to be a strategic move to separate Ann from Russ’ case as she was able to get some evidence of abuse admitted which Russ’ jury will not now be able to see.
Also, it appears that Cassie has been flipped into a hostile witness. If true, this is terrible because Russ was so kind and helpful to her and the twins. He literally risked his life and freedom for them. Let’s hope she changes her mind when she reads his book and is reminded of all he did for them.
Prosecutors started out with heaps of false charges, including “child stealing”, and labeled the protectors a child trafficking ring. [Project much?] In the end, they are only charging “defeating the course of justice” (going against a judge’s order), but three counts, each of which carries a max 10 year sentence. They are using this as a way to exclude the evidence of sexual abuse by saying it is irrelevant to that charge. Which it clearly is not. So much smoke and mirrors…
Prosecutors will be bringing in the corrupt police who helped cover up the sexual abuse and the rapist fathers to testify against the child protectors. Can you imagine evil child rapists and their enablers on the stand testifying against honorable, heroic child protectors? Surreal and disgusting.
CRIMINAL COURT COVER UP
Judge Leanne Clare has excluded all evidence of sexual abuse, the crux of the prosecutorial cover up, and is not allowing Russ to have his computer back, where much of his evidence is. She is obviously colluding with the prosecution on all matters. Due to her apparent bias, they will be trying to recuse her next week.
Knowing the defendants have a lot of supporters, Clare is excluding the public and advocates from the courtroom, along with other transparent moves that spin the case against the defendants.
I am still not able to comprehend the depravity of persons in authority who are paid to uphold our laws and protect our children and refuse to do so.
FAMILY COURT COVER UP
Two Family Court cases underlie this pernicious prosecution. Cassie was trying to protect her twin daughters and Ann her grandson by going into hiding.
There were over 40 reports made of Cassie’s twins’ disclosures of sexual abuse; some were substantiated. There is evidence the girls had been raped since infancy. They had genital sores and anal bleeding. After going into hiding, one of the girls bled for 8 weeks until she healed.
The judge disregarded the children’s disclosures and kept feeding the kids to the repeatedly reported, serially rapist father. Eventually, he gave the father sole custody and placed Cassie on supervised visitation, where the twins continued to disclose ongoing sexual abuse.
Finally, Cassie could bear her girls’ pain no more. She went to their school, got them out, and took them into hiding. And Russ and Pat supported her.
They were safe in hiding for four years—until they were 11 years old. Then “Operation Noetic” raided their home and returned the twins to their (patriarchally) rightful owner, the rapist father. Unfortunately, they are said to be doing very badly: suicidal, self-harming and running away.
Ann’s grandson bravely, continually disclosed physical and sexual abuse by his father in detail, but the judge ordered unsupervised visits anyway. Disclosures by the little boy included the father “inserting a finger into his anus and wiggling it around” and “putting his penis inside his mouth for a long time…and white stuff coming out”. He also disclosed sexual abuse by the grandfather. The boy was very reluctant to go to bed at night, saying that he didn’t feel safe and that when he wakes up his “bum is very sore”.
Ann realized the only way to protect him was to go into hiding. So she fled. And Russ and Pat supported her.
Ann has not been allowed to speak with her grandson since they were found five years ago. Nobody knows what has happened to him.
RUSS’ STORY
Russ was introduced to the Custody Crisis through trying to help protect his stepson from sexual abuse by the biological father. He discusses this long, agonizing journey in detail in his book. His stepson was eventually protected, but not without major negative effects on all three of them.
During this battle, Russ had been approached by an icon in Australian child protection, the late Dr. Freda Briggs. She asked him to help in cases she had taken on, prescribing meds for the kids and such. Being the respectable, noble guy he is, he readily agreed.
Russ was shocked to see the mountains of evidence of horrific child sexual assault that were being routinely disregarded in Family Court. He hated the fact that these children were being forced into the custody of rapists and abusers.
The courts were a focus of such evil that I can barely write about it without physical sensations of horror.
He was still reeling from having to allow his stepson to be sent to his rapist father. He wanted to give back. This led to him helping mothers in hiding.
Patrick, his good friend, also helped hide children who were being sexually abused. He is facing an even longer sentence as they added two more charges for him: “using a carriage service (social media) to menace and harass”—10 more years and “exposing details” (violating a gag order)—an additional year.
CUI BONO?
Throughout his book, Russ asks, “Cui bono?” Who benefits from this cover up and persecution of people who help protect children from sexual abuse?
Russ asks perplexedly why so many people all the way up to the highest echelons of power would collude in enabling such horrific abuse of children. He muses about the possibility of a worldwide pedophile agenda.
While there likely exist interconnected, international pedophile networks with lots of money and power, the many enabling officials in Custody Crisis cases are more likely being pressured by the Old Boy Network. Of course, there is likely some overlap between the two, but since the widespread and coordinated complicity in custody crisis cases exist almost exclusively to enable fathers, it is better explained as simply a part of the age-old agenda to maintain paternal power over children—to do with them as they please.
Considering the incredible, sophisticated efforts by so many in the highest positions of power to protect men’s sexual access to their own children, it does seem to be one of the OBN’s most strongly coveted prerogatives. Remember Freud, who the OBN of the day threatened with loss of career and status if he did not retract his finding that paternal sexual abuse causes serious mental illness.
The omnipotent OBN has the power to pressure all Custody Crisis actors: judges, prosecutors, law enforcement, attorneys, child protective services, psychologists, et. al., just as with all of these same professionals in the cases Russ took on. If these folks want to keep their jobs and march up the career ladder, they, like Freud, have to get with the program.
Thus, the scum rises to the top.
MEDIA
MSM [Mainstream media] has glommed onto all the lies fed them by the prosecutors and courts and spewed them out to the public. They’ve been led to believe Russ and his co-defendants are part of an evil child stealing ring or at best, misguided crusaders.
In no other types of cases does the media assiduously avoid reporting both sides of the story. Only Custody Crisis cases.
But some Independent Media is covering it along with Women’s Coalition International.
Journalist and filmmaker Dee McLachlin has been reporting on this case for many years through her publication: Gumshoe Media.
New to the story is podcaster Julia Starr. She has been covering it more recently on her podcast: Insight Truth Media.
ACTIVISM
BUY THE BOOK: The more people who purchase “Everybody Knows”—on Kindle ($7 US) (there’s a free Kindle app) or in paperback ($12 US)—the more support there will be for Russ and Patrick and more accountability for all the bad actors named in the book. And it shines much needed light on the international Custody Crisis.
GO TO THE TRIAL: Cassie and Ann’s trial will begin on May 22nd, Russ and Pat’s on June 5th, both in Brisbane federal court, on the Gold Coast of Australia. It will likely go on for weeks, so any day any advocates can be there, the better. The address is: 415 George St., Brisbane QLD 4000.
PLACE TO STAY: If you or anyone you know in the Brisbane area of Queensland has a place Russ or Patrick or other advocates can stay during the trial, please email: womenscoalitionintl@gmail.com.
GET MEDIA ON THE CASE: Hopefully some advocates will convince MSM journalists to report what’s really going on. It would not only be doing their job telling the other side, it would be a great story. The problem, of course, is the OBN controls most MSM—but their ratings would likely soar, so maybe they will make an exception.
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LINKS TO PREVIOUS POSTS
Caught after 4 Years in Hiding: Jailed without Bail
Hero Doctor Who Helped Mother Hide Kids Pens Powerful Letter
Major Bust: Heroes Helping Mothers Arrested in Sting Operation
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Thank you Russ and Patrick for your humanity. Thank you for your efforts to protect our children. You are heroes. You should be celebrated not persecuted.
Family court does not allow mothers to protect their children. It does not allow anyone to help these children or their mothers. Family court protects abusive fathers and knowingly places children in dangerous situations. They punish loving mothers, innocent children and humane individuals. Systemic male entitlement must end. Mothers have children out of love. We did not have children to send them to slaughter. Mothers are not surrogates or breeders. Children are not male property, but family court treats them as male property. The anguish we are forced to endure never leaves us. Mothers must let the love we have for our children fuel us. We must continue to fight for them. Mothers must demand an end to the abuse of judicial power.
It is now April 2025. I am in Riverton NZ. Dr Pridgeon was our local GP. I could write a book on the good things he done for this community! A truly special man. I am interested in knowing the outcome of his trial. He will always have a special place in my heart.