It’s been nearly two years since I spoke with Marta Bryceland, but she continues to have her civil rights violated, be falsely arrested, and kept away from her daughter.
At the time of the first interview, she had already been falsely accused of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) and kept away from her daughter through draconian temporary orders like Arizona Republican State Senator Mark Finchem, Arizona Republican State Representative Rachel Keshel, and Idaho Republican State Senator Tammy Nichols warned were prevalent.
Below is a summary of what happened to Marta.
The trial was still ongoing when I interviewed Marta and her sister on September 11, 2023.
This time, I interviewed her with her boyfriend, Tommy Gilliland. Marta explained that the abusive process came to a head in March 2024. She became ill and was unable to attend.
Rather than allow her to attend virtually, the judge, Karen Wolff, ordered the proceedings without her.
Her attorneys had already put in to withdraw, but they were ordered to remain. They remained silent, while her ex-boyfriend, Dr. Thomas Gut, put on his case.
From there, the judge granted Dr. Gut sole custody. Dr. Gut did not respond to an email for comment.
This her current appeals attorney, Peter Wilner, called a blatant violation of her due process rights.
Mr. Wilner declined to comment when reached by email. Besides that, Wilner’s appeal noted that Dr. Mark Rand was appointed by the court, paid a hefty fee, and then his conclusions were ignored.
Dr. Rand concluded that Marta did not have MSBP, was being abused by Dr. Gut, and custody should go to Marta.
His recommendations were discarded by Judge Wolff, who presided over the trial. Instead, Judge Wolff granted Dr. Gut sole custody and Marta hasn’t seen her daughter in person since last year.
Tommy said she sees his kids much more than her own.
Then, Tommy described a shocking event when he attended court.
He said he and a friend were in the courthouse when they were approached by bailiffs. They were quizzed about who they were and why they were there.
Tommy said they both answered honestly. Shortly after this interaction, Marta’s attorney approached them. The attorney said they needed to get into Marta’s Facebook account and erase a negative post Marta made about the judge or she’d be jailed.
They went to Tommy’s car, got the laptop and were able to get into her account.
Tommy said there was nothing threatening or illegal in the post, only critical of the judge.
They raced back into the courthouse when they were stopped by this same attorney, who told them that if they entered, they’d be arrested for impersonating a police officer.
Instead, Marta was arrested and spent four days in Riker’s, where she was housed in general population.
To make matters worse, Tommy said the attorney told them to get her out early they needed to raise $60,000, which they did.
The authorities refused to accept the bail money and Marta continued her stint in jail.
Marta said this was the latest in a string of false arrests, many of which were triggered by Dr. Gut.
She said she did not even have a parking ticket before the custody case got started.
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