Because we’re in a strong legal position, I’ve decided to stay focused on my current schedule and let the “based on a true story, fictionalized” pieces (below and forthcoming) speak for themselves. I’m not interested in being tied to anyone previously mentioned, and I’m moving forward.

As a note to those who’ve tried to attach themselves to us during this time, please don’t. I’m not trying to be unkind — I simply don’t need or want new connections tied to anyone involved. I’m my own person, and I’m learning to be more careful about who I let close. Yesterday I was reminded, at length, that being too open has made my family vulnerable. It’s a sad realization, but it’s also where I am because of what’s happened.

I’m not suggesting I’m anyone special — but being online, being in creative spaces, and being part of so many groups over the years has taught me that visibility comes with risks. My family has reminded me to be more careful, and I’m taking that to heart.

So for now, I’m keeping my circle small and focusing on creating something meaningful — something that might even tie everything together in the end.

On a brighter note, my recently completed song is being considered for sync placement. I’ve danced around the house all morning. I never imagined this particular song, written to support the book and documentary about my youngest brother (who passed away in 2018), would take on a life of its own. Life has done a one‑eighty and then another, and now I’m returning to what I love most: writing.

To those involved with the London‑based film, I wish you well. I’m not involved, and whatever they choose to do doesn’t affect me or my family.

For now, I’m writing fiction (wink) and focusing on the good things in life. I love my readers, and I’m grateful for the thousands who’ve supported me long before I felt like I deserved it. If I make new friends, they’ll be the ones who find me through my co‑writing and book clubs — because those are the people who tend to understand me best. And to my readers who have been with me for many years, you’ll always live in my heart and mind, because without you, I might have stayed in the shadows many years ago. Instead, I stepped into the film industry and discovered that I can do anything.

XoXO

A Simple Story That Documents a Very Real Truth

LAW OFFICES OF HEMLOCK & BRINE Advocates for the Unjustly Accused Briar’s Edge, North Territory

To: Hope Jones & Kindred Jones From: Rowan Brine, Esq. Re: Conduct of Pretenza and Cravella Fairweather

Dear Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones,

Some cases arrive on my desk quietly. Others arrive with a thud. Yours arrived with a crash, a clang, and the unmistakable sound of two Fairweathers shrieking into the void of the internet.

After reviewing the materials you provided — including their very own altered arbitration filing against another party (with no relation to you or your family), the threats directed at you and/or your family, the defamatory posts, and the seventy‑two‑hour digital siege Hope endured — I am writing to outline the civil and criminal categories that may be relevant in situations like this, as well as the broader pattern of conduct exhibited by Pretenza and Cravella Fairweather.

This letter is written in the spirit of clarity, seriousness, and, where appropriate, the kind of humor one must employ when dealing with individuals who behave like villains from a low‑budget soap opera.

I. SUMMARY OF EVENTS

Hope Jones left the production associated with filmmaker Declan Perlmour in August. She left because the Fairweathers — Cravella and her daughter Pretenza — had inserted themselves into the creative process with the finesse of two goats attempting ballet on a jogger’s trampoline.

Within hours of Hope’s departure, she was subjected to seventy‑two hours of continuous online harassment. The intensity of this harassment was such that Hope later told me (this past November) that she was shocked she was “permitted” to leave unscathed.

That word — permitted — is a testament to the psychological pressure she endured. No one should ever feel they require permission to exit a workplace or creative environment.

Meanwhile, Pretenza Fairweather posted on her website what appeared to be a legitimate arbitration filing connected to her dispute with Mr. Perlmour. However, the document had been altered. In the altered version, she inserted the name of Kindred Jones — a man who has never met her, never worked with her, and has no connection to the film industry — and attached several old, resolved, or irrelevant cases. The effect was to create the false impression that Mr. Jones was involved in an international dispute or criminal matter.

This was not a mistake. It was a calculated act of reputational sabotage.

Cravella Fairweather, meanwhile, directed multiple threats toward Hope Jones, including a statement that she would “put you to sleep.” She also made defamatory statements about both Hope and Kindred, encouraged harassment, and has a documented pattern of making online threats toward young women and their families.

With this context established, I will now outline the civil and criminal categories that may be relevant in situations like this.