1. Witness Identity Protection

 

Standards of protection policy:

 

We hold very high standards around protecting people coming forward.  These standards of protection are in place in fear of retaliation from Ariane Bellamar, Tanner Slaught, and their related parties that have a history of creating legal and reputation problems. We will reveal the witness properly when we know that they are protected and there will be no repercussions for these parties coming forward. This applies to existing and future witnesses on audio and/or video. The signed affidavits are made available to mainstream media only after the witness has agreed to release his/her sworn statements. 

 

Note: if you hear a skip in audio, that's a gap when editing to protect an identity and/or removing irrelevant conversation. 

 

2. About recording phone calls in Texas:

 

Texas's wiretapping law is a "one-party consent" law. Texas makes it a crime to intercept or record any "wire, oral, or electronic communication" unless one party to the conversation consents. Texas Penal Code § 16.02   I, Tom Stokes, consent to any and all calls that come into my office to be recorded. I further release these phone calls as the exhibits in the newly-formed internal extortion investigation. Statements made herein and available for public view and for law enforcement in the United States and Canada.   

 

3. Penalty of perjury:

 

Wherever you read statement of facts to support claims (audio, video, or written text), please invoke the perjury declaration:  I, Tom Stokes, declare under penalty of perjury (under the laws of the United States of America) that the foregoing is true and correct in accordance with 18 USC § 1621.

 

Media: 

 

Please see the press release for more details.