I've forwarded his profile and various emails he sent me to the appropriate sources -- including the Daily Mirror, who he claimed to be partnered with (which was clearly a lie lol). If this guy's going around falsely representing media and PR companies while trying to bully and harass public figures, then there's no telling what kind of trouble he might find himself in -- especially since he claimed to be affiliated with several big media corporations.
As for his aggressive emails: He has also left a couple of voicemails. In one he told me that he was "a member of the 1%" who would ruin me because I'm poor. Wow, good going there, Guy.
P.S. When you google "Journalist Guy Hamilton," you get a fictional journalist played by Mel Gibson. Silly trolls! I feel very sorry for his son.
Update: The troll has continued to send aggressive emails. I have set up my filters to send directly to trash so I don't have to deal with it anymore.
After making contact with my managing editor at Huffington Post (where I am only a contributing blogger and not in a long time at that) I've been told that no such person has made contact with them. So it seems that this person is not only a troll, but a fraud. No surprise. (He claimed to had been "told something interesting" by my managing editor.. that was a lie).
Update: Within hours of this post going live, "Mr. Hamilton," bombarded my public voicemail and email inbox with angry and aggressive comments after he was formally requested to stop contacting me.
He also threatened me before formally sending me a take-down notice of a photo that was publicly on Facebook. However, out of the spirit of being a decent person, I have chosen to remove the photo and replace it with an originally snapped screenshot of a photo of the man who is harassing me and working as the mouthpiece of my stalkers and bullies.
Have you ever heard of Guy Hamilton? Probably not -- and I hadn't either until he contacted my private Facebook account via his own personal profile (pictured). Apparently he's a longtime "investigative journalist" who is also a partner with a PR firm, etc., etc., (or so he claims) And apparently I've caught his eye (rather, he is involved with a group of proven cyberbullies). His message began on an intimidating note, claiming that I was being investigated and that my "claims about my qualifications" have been debunked, etc. He followed this aggressive line of commentary with telling me that he was going to produce an article about me (which later turned into something on video as he couldn't quite keep it straight) and that he'd do so with or without my answers to his questions (that he hadn't yet produced).
I responded to this dingbat that I had never made any false claims about my qualifications as an independent criminal profiler, and let him know that in the U.S. there are no qualifications. I told him that I didn't appreciate his unprofessional way of reaching out to me, and let him know that I'd be in contact with the appropriate people regarding his claims (he did some name-dropping that I don't necessarily believe). I also let him know that I was aware of his 'fanning' of a page that had already once been deleted by Facebook for harassing me, stalking me and bullying me (and others), so he was clearly and publicly in cahoots with shady people.
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| screenshot taken from public Facebook profile of Guy Hamilton |
1. He stated "you call yourself a journalist."
I had to point out to him that I never call myself this, never have. I had to explain to him that I am a blogger who shares my opinions and analysis, and that this is something I am very stern about correcting people about and he'd know that if he even bothered looking at my site.
2. He claimed that I tell people that I'm a "journalist for the Huffington post" -- and that's also untrue. In fact I asked him to provide me with verifiable proof that I ever said that I am a "journalist" for Huffington post. He refused to show me the proof of his claims against me.
3. He actually told me that I was going to college to be a criminal profiler (instead of asking me what I am in college for). I had to correct him and tell him that there is no degree for criminal profiler in the U.S., and that I am taking multiple courses for my own reasons that are none of his concern.
4. He tried to assert that I lie about my qualifications as a criminal profiler. I had to point out to him that there are no qualifications in the U.S. to be a criminal profiler, and I have never claimed to have any qualifications that I do not have.
So there you have it. I'd never heard of this guy a day in my life, but in the couple hours that I've gotten to know him I've learned he's a journalist who's never had a piece published under the name Guy Hamilton. I've learned his PR firm has no website or really any verifiable ties to the news agencies he mentioned. The only thing I can see about him is that he is on Facebook as a Smurf and has a teenage son named Billy.
I have taken the precautions of contacting the appropriate people to warn against this character. He's in direct partnership with people who have committed various acts of harassment and bullying against me, my family members, people who aren't even related to me that they erroneously believed were, and others. I'm also publishing all of this to let it be known that I am being targeted by this dingy old fart because he can't handle my opinions on the Madeleine McCann case -- a case that I am currently writing a book about, publication date TBA.
Do I believe this Guy Hamilton nut is a true journalist? Not one that matters, no. But I am perplexed that someone would make blatant claims of having such connections in the industry while contacting my private Facebook with a picture of a Smurf -- which went to my 'other' folder. I am also perplexed that someone who'd claim to be a real journalist would not only admit to having a longstanding negative bias against me, but then refuse to acknowledge that he is being corrected on his false assumptions and claims about me. He even emailed back refusing to acknowledge any of the things I stated asking for proof and letting him know very clearly that his claims and assumptions are false. Therefore, anything printed about me containing those assumptions would also be false.
Has Guy Hamilton contacted you claiming to be a journalist? If so, be careful: The man is clearly a tabloid writer if he's any kind of writer at all. The fact that he's contacting me with such negative and aggressive comments even after being told that his assumptions about me are factually incorrect tells me that either he's not at all who/what he claims to be, or he's nothing more than another one of those wannabe Geraldos that never could make it. So he's willing to resort to lies and slander to get an interesting story. And who cares if he ruins his career by printing lies about people when he doesn't have a notable career in the first place and is clearly too old to try to etch a respectable one out now.
What this has to do with my coverage of Madeleine McCann's disappearance: Not a goddamned thing. I'm not going anywhere. People like this Guy Hamilton character and his merry band of bullies can kiss my lily white ass and continue following my work. Clearly they're not important in the big scheme of things if they cannot be ethical enough to accept that their assumptions and biases were inappropriate and wrong. I will never stop pushing for the genuine and truthful answers behind what happened to Maddie -- come hell or high water.
