Mom Who Exposed Family Court Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse Dies "Mysterious" Death

And: Narkis Was Murdered: It Was NOT a Suicide

A mom who’s been exposing the cover up of sexual abuse in Family Court in her case and others has died a “mysterious” death, according to friends.

Lizzie Harding’s death last weekend comes exactly three years after she was arrested and imprisoned on 4th of July weekend for violating a bogus Restraining Order. She had shouted out to her children at the beach that she loved them. By that time, she had been prevented from contact with them for two years by Family Court.

Coincidence? Was it a painful memory she was trying to escape? Or something else?

Lizzie’s death also comes almost exactly five years from when her three teenage children were taken away by her abusive ex via Family Court. Her youngest son turned (or is turning) 18 this year and reportedly has not contacted her due to severe alienation, as had happened with her two older children.

Lizzie was found deceased at an extended-stay hotel in Connecticut, where she may have been residing. It was not far from her former home and life across state lines in New York, from which she had been evicted and exiled.

No details have been released yet as to the cause or manner of death. The police are just saying her death is “untimely” and have begun an investigation. Friends suspect murder or suicide, not a natural cause. See TakeAways below for speculation as to the cause of her death.

Let’s remember Lizzie through her incredible story…

LIZZIE’S STORY

Lizzie graduated from Columbia University. She went on to work as an ER and ICU nurse, as well as a hospital administrator.

She married her husband, an attorney, in New York in 2002. They had three children—Max, Ella, and Jack.

She gave up her career to be a stay-at-home mother. She also helped run a business and they became quite wealthy with a net worth in the multi-millions. They lived in an upscale community north of New York City.

In 2020, she discovered child porn/child sexual assault material (CSAM), on her husband’s computer, along with solicitations for sex with children. She talked to her children who disclosed abuse. In retrospect, she says from about 2011 she recognized behavior and symptoms consistent with sexual abuse.

Together they confronted him. He admitted it and placed blame on having been sexually abused as a child. He agreed to leave home temporarily and get help for his “problem”. But that was just a ruse. He used that time to plot ways to silence her and the children about his “problem”.

He easily procured a bogus Restraining Order on the false grounds she was stalking him. He was given “temporary” sole custody. The police came and forcibly took her children, who were 13, 16, and 17 years-old at the time, away to their father, despite their strongly stated wish to stay with her and not be with him.

Lizzie later said that was the worst day of her life.

That was the worst day of my life—and I’ve had some really bad ones...

The RO was used to evict her from her home and he moved back in with the children. Her children were thereafter completely isolated from her and anyone who would support the truth about the sexual abuse. Isolation is the first step in the brainwashing, thus the silencing of children about abuse by fathers.

Her eldest was 17, so the brainwashing/alienation had to be done quickly. It is unclear whether a psychologist was used or if it was enough to put them under the perpetrator’s complete custody and control. That often triggers the psychological survival mechanism of trauma bonding and identifying with the perpetrator. [See a previous column for more info about how judges enable the brainwashing/alienating of children from mothers: How Family Court Judges Weaponize Mind Control.]

At the end of the year, another Restraining Order was granted her ex and she was again denied an evidentiary hearing. No due process whatsoever. Her ex retained sole custody, despite an active criminal investigation into his CSAM use, soliciting of minors, and child sexual abuse.

Lizzie appealed this illegal use of ex parte orders without any follow up evidentiary hearing, but it was dismissed.

COMMITTED TO A PSYCH WARD

In February 2021, Lizzie filed a federal lawsuit in which she claimed her husband was colluding with judges, police officers, and district attorneys to discredit her and cover up her husband’s sexual abuse. This poking-of-the-bear led to a plot by her ex and the other Old Boy defendants to rid them of the suit—and her.

First, they got Lizzie falsely diagnosed by one of their own as schizophrenic and committed to a psychiatric facility. They forcibly drugged (or as she says: poisoned) her. Committals to psych institutions have been used for centuries to punish and silence women. Not so long ago, men could commit wives for just about any reason, even if they were just annoying or disobedient. It was a very handy weapon and continues to be used to this day.

Lizzie’s psych diagnosis and committal was used to deem her incompetent and place her under a guardianship (conservatorship). The “guardian” withdrew the federal case, making the Old Boy plot to be relieved of it successful.

But the guardian didn’t stop there. He also seized all of Lizzie’s assets, leaving her penniless and homeless. And he prevented her from filing any motions in Family Court for a fair hearing on custody and visitation.

[The guardian] seized all my assets, withdrew my cases against my husband and his agents in federal court and requested one be amended to be ‘dismissed with prejudice’.

…He found one private account with money used to feed myself seized and closed it without notice. I am forced to depend on the kindness of others for food and housing.

Lizzie was methodically disempowered. It’s all about power. The Old Boys have it and use it to disempower women who dare stand up for themselves and their children against the almighty father.

By mid-2021, Lizzie realized Family Court was rigged and was not going to afford her the due process that was her right. She began meeting other Custody Crisis victims and discovered her case was not the exception but the rule.

So she began fighting back with the only power left to her…her voice.

FIGHTING BACK

Lizzie began speaking out—loudly—and could she ever talk! She began a campaign called Lizzie’s Army to expose what she termed the “trafficking” of children to molester fathers via family courts. She named names in an effort to hold all those involved accountable for their crimes against her children and her.

Her first long-form interview was in May, 2021 on The Imagination Podcast. She backs up her claims with documents and texts. A second interview followed a few months later when she was joined by Samantha, a mother who’d also lost custody to a molester father in one of the most high-profile cases in the UK. [Note: the interviews were re-uploaded this year, so the dates are off.] Lizzie also made many shorts about her case.

Lizzie’s oldest son turned 18 in 2021, a momentous occasion she’d been anticipating. However, he did not contact her or invite her to his graduation. Nor did her daughter the next year. She was shocked that children could be alienated from the mother who had raised, loved, and nurtured them.

My children, who love and adore me…are brainwashed from the trauma and abuse, and have Stockholm Syndrome.

For a year, Brian has kidnapped, tortured, brainwashed and alienated our three innocent children. There is clear evidence consistent with Brian drugging our children that would account for the children’s new, sudden lapses in memory, hypnotic responses, & odd compliance with their abuser’s draconian wishes.

For a year, Brian has left me homeless, cut off and drained my assets, denied me access to my belongings, my home, my mail and my dog. For a year, Brian has tortured, stalked, intimidated and harassed me.

IMPRISONED AGAIN

In 2022, Lizzie saw her children at the beach on 4th of July weekend and shouted out that she loved them. She was arrested for violating the Restraining Order and criminally charged by a complicit D.A. This is the second time she was jailed.

Although it was just a misdemeanor, she was held without bail and thrown in solitary confinement. Obviously, this harsh treatment was not really because she had said she loved her children. It was an excuse to further punish and torture her into silence and compliance with the cover-up.

I have been falsely arrested, imprisoned, and poisoned. No Judge will hear or advance my case in the local, state, Appellate or Federal Court.

I WILL NOT STOP SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

A campaign to Free Lizzie was launched.

This is when we first reported on Lizzie’s case: DA Jails Mom for Telling Kids She Loves Them.

Family Court judges often employ D.A.’s to file criminal charges and drag them out for a long time so they can use that to continue to keep kids away from the mother. We cover that subset of the Crisis in: MugShot Mamas: The Epidemic of Mothers Being Incarcerated

The D.A. informed local news this week that he has dismissed the charges against Lizzie—now that she is dead. Good of him...

LIZZIE MEETS CATHERINE

At some point in her journey, Lizzie met Catherine, another New York mother who’d been stripped of her children and assets via Family Court. Her case was covered in a previous column: Mom Uses Her Suicide to Warn Women about Family Court. Catherine would end her life via assisted suicide.

Last year, on the 1-year anniversary of Catherine’s death, Lizzie spoke out publicly in support of her. She eerily quoted Catherine saying “Do not let my death be in vain.” In other words, mamas—keep speaking out.

As for herself, Lizzie said she did not know how much longer she would live.

It’s been a wild ride so far…I’m alive right now but I don’t know how much longer I will be.

It is unclear whether she was referring to suicide or being murdered. Her ex had said “everything will go back to the way it was” if he could just get rid of her.

Since last year, it does not appear Lizzie has been very active. She was likely still hoping her youngest would come back to her…

YOUNGEST AGES OUT

This year, her youngest son turned (or is turning) 18 and graduated from high school. He reportedly did not contact her.

This occasion—a child aging out of the Family Court system—can be traumatic for alienated mothers. They’ve anxiously awaited their child’s return, but some who are severely alienated do not.

Mothers must then deal with the possibility that their child may never come back physically, mentally, and/or emotionally. The pain of loss and feeling of hopelessness is almost too much to bear. For some, it is too much. It may have been too much for Lizzie.

So much more happened in Lizzie’s case, but it is impossible to cover everything, so check out the links provided. Suffice it to say, despite the torture inflicted on her by Family Court and its abettors, she kept bravely speaking out and holding the perpetrators accountable.

TAKEAWAYS

There have been so many deaths as a result of the Custody Crisis, and virtually all were caused directly or indirectly by children being alienated from mothers. Mostly mothers, but some children as well.

So, let’s put the blame for Lizzie’s death and so many other mamas where it belongs—on Family Court enabling fathers to alienate children from their mother. Sure, mothers are also being falsely accused of it, but that is arguably less serious than mothers suffering and dying from being truly alienated. Not to mention the lifetime of dissociation caused to alienated children.

The deliberate and rampant alienation of mothers and children via Family Court is a Crisis within a Crisis. See our “Lost Mothers” below.

The cause and manner of Lizzie’s death will likely not be revealed. It is, as her friends say, “mysterious” and we are left to speculate. So we will…

It doesn’t make sense that she would end her life without writing something, anything, to any of her many friends, supporters, and activists who were side by side with her for so long in raising awareness and fighting for justice with her. It seems she would at least, like her friend Catherine, publicly place blame on Family Court and affiliated systems and professionals for destroying her life. So it doesn’t seem likely it was suicide.

As for murder, there are cameras everywhere in and around hotels. So that is unlikely, unless the hotel, law enforcement, and others are complicit—a possibility when you consider how many people in power she’d pissed off. But for the past year, she has not been very active and her children have all aged out of the system, so that is also unlikely.

A friend is sure she did not use any drugs, so an accidental overdose is probably not likely either.

Perhaps the cumulative stress she had endured for five years from the extreme measures used to punish and silence her—the incarcerations, committals, the loss of agency and power under a guardianship, loss of marital assets, loss of her home, and most of all, the loss and alienation of her children—may have led to a heart attack, stroke, or other stress related illness, perhaps even broken-heart syndrome.

Whatever the cause, Lizzie was a bright light in the Mamaverse and she will be remembered and missed. Honor her life by sharing her story. [Copy and paste the url in posts and comments on social media: https://womenscoalition.substack.com/p/mom-exposing-cover-up-of-sexual-abuse]

RIP LIZZIE

NOTE: This column may be difficult for some alienated mothers to read, but just know that you have a community with The Women’s Coalition and we support you. And our Sisters in Solidarity activism group is meeting this Saturday if you’d like to engage in activism to end the Crisis [see below].

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TRIBUTE TO LOST MAMAS

Lizzie will be added to our Tribute to Lost Mamas.

The last mother we reported on whose life ended due to her children being judicially alienated was Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim. Her case is covered in a previous column: Family Court Killed Virginia Giuffre. In that post there is a list of mothers who’ve lost their lives via Family Court and links to their stories.

Rest in Peace Mamas…

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IN OTHER NEWS

NOT A SUICIDE

In another case involving the death of a mother, Narkis’s sister, Morin, has come out this week claiming she did not commit suicide. That was the official story.

Her case was covered in a previous column: Mom Who Said "Many Women End Up Dead" Has Died.

Many who knew Narkis did not believe the official story, and now Morin, who was given custody of her nephew, is confirming what many thought.

It was not suicide, it was murder. Morin says she had feared telling the truth before but now wants justice for Narkis.

My sister WAS MURDERED. In cold blood. In her home. At the age of 32. While her 6 year old son was left waiting at school, for hours, for his mommy to pick him up.

…Her death came months after her win at the Supreme Court.

I have SO MUCH to say. So much to share. So much I’ve been carrying in my chest for so long, alone. Thinking that my silence would amount to justice and being told that my silence was protecting my nephew. But here we are, 2.5 years later, still feeling like it’s day 1, because everyone has failed us…

Justice for Narkis!

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SISTERS IN SOLIDARITY

Our next Sisters in Solidarity forum is this Saturday. It is open to mothers who’ve joined SIS or the discrimination lawsuit.

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NEXT SECTION OF THE SAGA OF ONE F**KED MOTHER IS OUT!

Two of the three Appellate justices rule for Legion, so it should be a win, but the fix is in. The Chief justice thwarts her win by belatedly appointing two of his patriarchal buddies to the case. These two did not hear Legion’s oral argument and most certainly did not read the file—they are there to do a solid for their crony. So that makes it 3 to 2, and the order switching custody to Herry is affirmed.

What turned into the “dissenting” opinion from the “majority” opinion, states much of what the trial court judge had done wrong. A key component of the dissent is that the judge switched custody based on Herry being “more willing to…develop a strong relationship with both parents”, but he has been cutting Legion off completely from her children for years. Despite her painful loss, Legion is grateful for validation by the two justices.

In the last section, Legion muses about the more than 40 errors the Family Court judge made in the course of the custody case, and how she put on a dozen witnesses and “mountains” of evidence that far exceed the mere preponderance required to show Herry is an abuser and alienator; and he did not even put on a defense. While awaiting the ruling, Legion is pleasantly shocked when Herry agrees Jesse can come home to her.

TEASERS

“Shit!” I am thinking, “Just where in this whole Mother-Fucking did those two names come from?” … These two ‘new’ motherfuckers––but friends of the highest guy, the boss of that court, that is––these fuckers plainly knew absolutely nothing of me and mine! Nothing.

“Looking at the record before us in this appeal, I DO NOT THINK WE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG when we predicted Herod would help the children develop a strong relationship with both parents … HE AND HIS CURRENT WIFE engaged in a course of conduct DESIGNED to TOTALLY CUT LEGION OFF from her three young sons WHO HAVE CONTINUALLY DECLARED THEY WISH TO BE IN THEIR MOTHER’S CUSTODY.”

For all sections to date: The Saga of One F**ked Mother.

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