New draconian order seeks to memory hole my interview with teenager Amelia Martinez in 2023.

In the interview, Amelia took aim at the reunification therapist in her case, Dr. Norma Jo Backs, and her father, Nathaniel Martinez.

Dr. Norma Jo Backs has been militant in removing stock photos like this, claiming copyright infringement, but this photo remains.

Update: After this was released, Dr. Backs put a copyright strike on the YouTube interview I did with Amelia. I believe that Substack won’t be as much of a pushover.

Someone is desperate to keep the world from seeing the interview I conducted with Amelia Martinez, then 16, in December 2023.

Since that interview came out, Dr. Norma Jo Backs, who is the reunification therapist on this case, has been desperate to remove the interview, along with the undercover recordings Amelia made of two sessions.

Dr. Backs got YouTube to remove the recordings that I put on of the sessions, claiming copyright.

She tried something similar with Substack, claiming the photo I used of her was copyrighted. I received a note from Substack on May 9, 2024, stating in part.

This message is to notify you that the Support team at Substack has taken down your post at https://michaelvolpe.substack.com/publish/post/139680192, {that link led to Amelia Martinez’s article) pending the resolution of an allegation of copyright infringement.

Consistent with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Substack removes allegedly infringing content when we receive a DMCA-compliant “takedown request.” On May 5 2024, Substack received a DMCA-compliant takedown request from Norma Backs alleging copyright infringement.

Substack removed the article temporarily before reinstating it. Backs is going through these machinations because the recordings and interview represent an existential threat to her career.

Not only was she outsmarted by a teenager, who secretly recorded sessions, which are now public, but her abusive behavior during the sessions was the worst kind of advertising. Here’s how Amelia previously described her.

Amelia told me that the quack doctor responded in a subsequent session and stated, “Coercion is a part of therapy.”

In the thirty-minute recorded session, Backs and Nathaniel double team Amelia and even read from the court order. Why? Amelia told me they were trying to coerce her into continuing these sessions. They told her that her mom would be in contempt if Amelia did not continue in sessions.

Recently, Dr. Backs reached out to Tina Swithin, of One Mom’s Battle, over the weekend to try and remove items her website released in stories about Dr. Backs and Amelia. Here’s part of the email Dr. Backs sent to Tina.

I am writing to formally notify you of a violation of my rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, and to request the immediate removal of infringing content hosted on your platform.

Summary of the Violation:
This article unlawfully used copyrighted photographs of me without my permission. These images are not only my intellectual property but are an integral part of my professional identity and brand. They are used in my business, including national and local lectures, seminars, and related advertising.

Her correspondence also bad mouthed me, so Tina reached out for guidance.

After determining Dr. Backs’ request was frivolous, she issued this statement to me.

Norma Jo Backs is a family court professional from Texas who has been on my radar for several years. When I watched Michael Volpe’s coverage of a Texas family court case in which Backs was involved, I found that the case highlighted the concerns expressed by other parents over the years.

There is a very dark and nefarious industry that has been built around the pseudo theory of ‘parental alienation.” When we spotlight professionals who may be involved in this industry, they don’t like the spotlight. Backs sent a request asking that I remove a social media post where we featured her. I have no intention of complying with her request.

Though Dr. Backs couldn’t bully Tina, she has a new ally in her quest to make Amelia’s interview and secret recordings disappear- a new draconian court order.