Ten years ago I was made famous for producing a series of NeverGetBusted videos. After a shift in consciousness, I used my experience as one of the best narcs in the nation to teach others how to avoid going to jail for non violent drug crimes.
The story of my transition from top cop to drug war insurgent caught the attention of a television producer. I was soon whisked away to Hollywood where we spent five days meeting with almost every major film production company in California. I met with Dreamworks, HappyMadison, MGM, Universal, Fox Entertainment and several others.
As the producer was trying to sell a comedy about my life, I passionately told the buyers I had a great idea for a reality television show. I explained I could use my experience as a top cop to sting crooked police and catch the corruption on film. I was told the idea would be one of the greatest reality television shows ever produced. The Hollywood kings instructed me to sting a cop and bring them the film as proof I could do it.
Within one year, I broke a world record by becoming the first person to set up a fake marijuana grow room for the purpose of triggering the police into illegally raiding my trap house.
The sting was designed to bring attention to Yolanda Madden. Yolanda was a mother of two who was serving an eight-year prison sentence after Texas cops planted methamphetamine in her car. At the time of the sting, Yolanda had already served four years behind bars.
I used the footage of the sting to produce a “sizzle reel” and flew to Hollywood to land the promised reality show. This is the exact video I used to sell the show I called, “KopBusters.”
The fame of the sting also caught the attention of National Public Radio who featured a detailed story of NeverGetBusted and KopBusters on an episode of "This American Life." You can listen to the story here:
https://nevergetbusted.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ThisAmericanLifeEdited.mp3
To my surprise, I did not get the reality television show deal. After watching the sizzle reel, all the networks agreed “Kopbusters” would probably become one of the most watched reality shows in history. They refused to buy the show because they feared advertisers would pull away because the show made the police look bad. They also explained it was less risky and much easier to film a crazy family for a reality show than to follow me around as I busted crooked cops. As you can imagine, I was shocked and very disappointed.
My disappointment was soon relieved when a federal judge reviewed Yolanda Madden’s case and ordered her to be released from prison. She remains free to this day. This is the news coverage showing Yolanda leaving prison and being reunited with her family.
Not long after Yolanda’s release, the police retaliated and raided my home. The search warrant was a misdemeanor and allowed the police to seize all my films, journals, cameras and anything relating to the sting. Within the year, the police arrested me four times, my wife three times and they took my Autistic son for over one year. All the charges were misdemeanors that stemmed from KopBusters.
Because of the retaliation and after receiving dozens of death threats from cops, I fled the United States. I spent eight months in Venezuela and one year in Brazil as a political refugee. I was the first American to ever be granted refugee status in Brazil. I now live happily in Mexico where I continue freeing drug war prisoners by acting as a criminal defense drug expert witness.
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