Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Defector and the Divorcee - full transcript

IT ALL STARTED
WITH A PERSONAL AD...

"AN AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN
LOOKING FOR LOVE."

JAMES JUST HAD
THIS CONFIDENCE ABOUT HIM.

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.

I WAS SWEPT UP IN THE EXCITEMENT
AND THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

BUT THE THRILL
WOULD COME WITH A PRICE.

BEING MARRIED TO TWO WOMEN
AT THE SAME TIME...

OR THREE... WHO KNOWS?

IT WAS NOT EVEN LIKE
WATCHING A MOVIE.

IT WAS WORSE
BECAUSE IT WAS PEOPLE YOU KNEW.

SOON, DONNA ANDERSEN WOULD
LEARN THAT HER HUSBAND'S DASHING CHARM



WAS NOTHING BUT A MASK

FOR THE KIND OF MAN
HE REALLY WAS.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

IT WAS JUST BEYOND
MY COMPREHENSION.

WHEN IT COMES
TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
WHAT THEY SEEM.

WHEN YOU'RE SINGLE AND LOOKING
FOR LOVE IN ATLANTIC CITY,

SOMETIMES FINDING MR. RIGHT
CAN SEEM NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

DONNA ANDERSEN KNOWS THIS TRUTH
ALL TOO WELL.

AT THE AGE OF 26,

I STARTED MY BUSINESS,
DONNA ANDERSEN COPYRIGHTING.

SO I WAS PRETTY MUCH
TOTALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE

THAT MY BUSINESS WAS A SUCCESS,

SO ANY SOCIAL ACTIVITY
WAS DEFINITELY A LOWER PRIORITY.



BY THE SUMMER OF 1996,

DONNA FOUND HERSELF
STILL SINGLE.

WITH HER 40th BIRTHDAY
RAPIDLY APPROACHING,

SHE TRIED HER HAND
AT INTERNET DATING.

BEFORE LONG,
AN INTRIGUING AD CAUGHT HER EYE.

"LATE 40s,
SEAN CONNERY LOOK-ALIKE.

EX-GREEN BERET,
BUT I BABY-TALK TO MY DOG."

THE AD WAS PLACED
BY A LOCAL WIDOWER,

A TRANSPLANTED AUSTRALIAN
NAMED JAMES MONTGOMERY.

BEFORE LONG, THE TWO SET UP
A TIME AND PLACE TO MEET.

HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE HAD BEEN
A SCRIPT WRITER IN HOLLYWOOD,

AND HE HAD SEVERAL BUSINESSES

THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS
OF STARTING.

ONE OF THEM WAS AN ELECTRONIC
THEME PARK FOR ADULTS.

AND HE WANTED TO START
ANOTHER TELEVISION CHANNEL

HERE IN ATLANTIC CITY.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF EXCITING.

I THINK JAMES TALKED
A REALLY GOOD GAME.

I THINK HE THOUGHT
HE WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

THE WHOLE PACKAGE
SOUNDED, LIKE, AMAZING.

I HAD NEVER MET ANYONE LIKE IT.

WOW.

DONNA WAS HOOKED,

AND THE ROMANCE
WAS OFF AND RUNNING.

HE SHOWERED ME
WITH A LOT OF ATTENTION.

HE WAS ALWAYS SENDING ME
E-MAILS, SENDING POETRY, CARDS.

THIS IS THE LOVE
OF MY LIFE.

GOOD MORNING.

THEIR RELATIONSHIP
WAS CLEARLY ON A FAST TRACK.

JAMES MOVED AT A DIZZYING SPEED.

FOUR DAYS AFTER
THEIR FIRST DATE, HE PROPOSED.

AND I WAS ASTOUNDED,
AND I SAID, "YES."

I WAS SWEPT UP IN THE EXCITEMENT
OF THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

I FELT LIKE FINALLY
MY TURN HAD COME

AND THE KNIGHT HAD SHOWN UP
ON HIS SHINY HORSE.

DONNA WAS SURE
SHE HAD FOUND THE ONE.

AND JUST FOUR MONTHS
AFTER THEY MET,

SHE AND JAMES TIED THE KNOT.

I NOW CONFIRM YOU
HUSBAND AND WIFE.

AND NOW YOU MAY
GIVE HER A KISS.

THE WEDDING WAS LOVELY.
IT REALLY WAS.

HER CLOSE FRIENDS WERE THERE.

SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL.
SHE REALLY DID.

DONNA SEEMED HAPPY
AT HER WEDDING.

SHE FOUND HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE FOUND HER LOVER.

SHE FOUND HER NOW-HUSBAND.

AT ONE POINT,
I WAS GOING AROUND,

SAYING "HELLO" TO ALL MY GUESTS,

AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER SAYS,
"YOU'RE THE QUEEN."

AND I DID...
I FELT LIKE THE QUEEN.

IT WAS A FABULOUS DAY.

BUT DONNA'S "HAPPILY EVER AFTER"

WOULDN'T LAST VERY LONG.

AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

PLAYED OUT JUST LIKE A SCENE
IN A BAD MOVIE.

I NEVER EXPECTED
THAT MY LIFE WOULD DETERIORATE

TO THE POINT THAT I WOULD BE
IN THIS POSITION.

THIS WAS NOT AT ALL
WHAT I AGREED TO.

TWO YEARS INTO THE MARRIAGE,

MONEY WAS SO TIGHT
FOR THE COUPLE

THAT DONNA DECIDED TO PAWN
SOME OF HER JEWELRY.

JAMES HAD BEEN KEEPING HER RINGS
UNDER LOCK AND KEY.

HE TOLD ME THAT THE RINGS
WERE IN A LOCKBOX IN HIS OFFICE.

BUT WHEN DONNA
WENT TO FIND THEM,

SHE STUMBLED UPON SOMETHING
SHOCKING.

SO I GET STARTED LOOKING AROUND
FOR A LOCKBOX,

AND I FOUND IT IN THE CLOSET.

AND I ABSOLUTELY
COULD NOT BELIEVE

WHAT I FOUND IN THAT BOX.

DONNA'S DISCOVERY
WOULD SHATTER HER WORLD.

THE WHOLE THING
WAS ALMOST SURREAL.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, "HUH?"

I WAS FURIOUS
THAT I HAD BEEN BETRAYED,

BUT MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN

WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
FOR ME TO SURVIVE.

IT WAS THE FALL OF 1996,

AND AFTER A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE
AND STORYBOOK WEDDING,

DONNA ANDERSEN
AND JAMES MONTGOMERY

HAD ALL THE HOPES
OF A BRIGHT FUTURE.

JAMES PRESENTED HIMSELF

AS SOMEONE
WHO WOULD ABSOLUTELY ACCOMPLISH

EVERYTHING
THAT HE SET OUT TO DO.

HE JUST HAD THIS CONFIDENCE
ABOUT HIM.

HE WAS CERTAIN
THAT EVERYTHING HE WAS PURSUING

WOULD BE FULFILLED.

JAMES HAD SEVERAL
BUSINESS DEALS PENDING,

BUT NONE HAD COME TO FRUITION,
SO MONEY WAS TIGHT.

SUPPORTING THE COUPLE
FELL TO DONNA.

DONNA WAS SUPPORTING JAMES

BECAUSE WHEN HE MOVED OUT
OF HIS APARTMENT,

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY RENT,
AND HE'S FREELOADING ON DONNA.

I DIDN'T LIKE IT.

DONNA NOT ONLY PAID
THE RENT, BUT SHE PAID

FOR HER ENTREPRENEUR HUSBAND'S
BUSINESS TRIPS, AS WELL.

JAMES TRAVELED A LOT
FOR BUSINESS.

HE WAS GOING
TO TRADE-SHOW EVENTS

TO FIND PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED
WITH THE THEME PARK.

HE WAS GOING TO EVENTS

RELATED
TO THE TELEVISION NETWORK.

HE HAD TO MAKE
THESE CONNECTIONS,

SO IT SEEMED TO ME
THAT IT WAS REASONABLE

FOR ME TO BE PAYING
FOR THESE TRIPS.

DONNA WAS CONTENT

TO SUPPORT HER MAN
FROM THE SIDELINES.

THEN JAMES PRESENTED HER
WITH A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

HE SHOWED ME ONE OF HIS
PROPOSALS FOR THE BUSINESSES,

AND THEN HE SAYS,
"YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, DONNA,

"YOU REALLY SHOULD INVEST
IN THIS.

"THESE BUSINESSES
ARE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.

THEY'RE GONNA MAKE
A LOT OF MONEY."

DONNA IS CONSERVATIVE.

SHE TOOK BUSINESS SERIOUSLY.

SHE HAD TO REALLY, TRULY
BELIEVE IN SOMETHING

BEFORE SHE WOULD INVEST IN IT.

SO I ASKED HIM,
"WELL, WHAT WOULD I HAVE TO DO?"

AND HE SAID, "WELL, $5,000

WILL GET YOU SEVERAL POINTS
OF OWNERSHIP."

AND SO IT SEEMED TO ME
TO BE A GOOD IDEA.

I FELT LIKE
HE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR ME.

THEN, JUST A FEW DAYS LATER,

JAMES HAD ANOTHER INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITY FOR DONNA.

JAMES LEARNED THAT SLOT
MACHINES WERE GOING TO BE LEGALIZED

ON THE OCEAN PIERS
IN ATLANTIC CITY.

SO HE WANTED TO GO BUY
THIS OPTION ON CENTRAL PIER

SO THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO
PUT SLOT MACHINES ON THE PIERS

WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH US.

BUT THIS TIME,
THE PRICE TAG WAS HEFTIER...

$20,000.

I DIDN'T HAVE $20,000,

SO HE SAYS TO ME,
"WELL, HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE?"

AND I SAID, "PROBABLY $10,000."

AND HE SAID, "OKAY.
WELL, THAT'LL BE FINE.

I'LL GET THE REST OF THE MONEY."

SO I GAVE HIM THE $10,000.

IT WAS ANOTHER LEAP OF FAITH,

BUT DONNA WAS HOPEFUL.

JAMES CONVEYED THE IMPRESSION
THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE

FOR ANYTHING TO FAIL
OR TO GO WRONG.

BUT JAMES
WAS A LITTLE TOO OPTIMISTIC.

NONE OF HIS BUSINESS VENTURES
EVER SEEMED TO PAN OUT.

HE TOLD DONNA HE WAS HAVING
TROUBLE CLOSING THE DEALS.

SO SHE WAS LEFT
FINANCIALLY DRAINED

AND QUESTIONING HER MARRIAGE.

MY FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE
WAS VERY CONFUSING

BECAUSE, ON THE ONE HAND,

JAMES CONTINUED TO PROCLAIM
HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME.

ON THE OTHER HAND,
WE WERE BROKE.

AND I WAS MAKING GOOD MONEY,

AND AS FAST AS I MADE IT,
HE SPENT IT.

AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE
ANY CONCEPT

OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THEN, IN JANUARY OF 1998,

DONNA MADE
AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY

THAT TOOK HER MIND OFF
ANY FINANCIAL TROUBLES.

JAMES WAS AWAY
ON A BUSINESS TRIP,

AND I NEEDED A PHONE NUMBER.

SO I WENT TO HIS DESK.

WHAT DONNA FOUND
STOPPED HER DEAD IN HER TRACKS.

AND I OPEN UP ONE DRAWER,

AND I FIND THIS STACK
OF POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHS.

AND THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF NAKED WOMEN.

AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT IS THIS?"
AND I WAS ANGRY.

THIS MAN IS MY HUSBAND.

WHY DOES HE HAVE PICTURES
OF NAKED WOMEN?

A FEW DAYS LATER,
WHEN JAMES RETURNED HOME,

DONNA WAS WAITING
TO CONFRONT HIM.

I SAID,
"WHAT ARE THESE PICTURES?"

AND HE SAYS TO ME THAT THEY'RE
PICTURES FROM HIS PAST.

HE JUST KEEPS THEM
FOR OLD-TIME'S SAKE.

I WAS PRETTY UPSET BY THIS.

WHO IS THIS?
A PART OF MY PAST LIFE.

THE EASIEST THING FOR ME TO DO
WAS BELIEVE HIM,

SO THAT'S WHAT I CHOSE TO DO.

DONNA MIGHT HAVE
ACCEPTED HER HUSBAND'S STORY,

BUT HER TROUBLES
WERE JUST BEGINNING.

I HAD NO IDEA
HE WAS THAT DECEITFUL

AND CHEATING ON ME
TO THAT LEVEL.

I THOUGHT MAYBE HE MIGHT
HAVE HAD GIRLFRIENDS ON THE SIDE,

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
HE HAD OTHER WIVES.

IN JANUARY OF 1999,

JUST TWO YEARS
INTO HER MARRIAGE,

DONNA ANDERSEN
WAS LEFT WONDERING

IF ANY OF HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS
DEALS WOULD EVER COME THROUGH.

AT THIS POINT, I HAD
PROBABLY SPENT $150,000 ON HIM

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I WAS CARRYING MAYBE
$30,000, $40,000, $50,000

IN CREDIT-CARD DEBT.

WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT
THAT SHE WAS BACKING EVERYTHING,

I WAS, LIKE, REALLY SHOCKED.

I WAS TRAUMATIZED,
BUT I FELT TRAPPED.

I FELT LIKE
I HAD CHOSEN THIS PATH,

AND I HAD TO SEE IT THROUGH.

I ASKED MYSELF, "WHAT KIND OF
WIFE LEAVES HER HUSBAND

BECAUSE THE BUSINESS PLANS
AREN'T WORKING OUT?"

DONNA WAS COMMITTED
TO SEEING IT THROUGH,

BUT BY FEBRUARY 9, 1999,

THE COUPLE'S FINANCIAL SITUATION
WAS SO DIRE

THAT DONNA HAD A TOUGH TIME
MAKING ENDS MEET.

SEEMINGLY DETERMINED
TO PERSEVERE,

JAMES SET OFF
ON YET ANOTHER BUSINESS TRIP.

SO DONNA DROVE HIM
TO THE AIRPORT THAT DAY.

AS WE WERE DRIVING,

I ASKED HIM,
"WHERE WERE SOME OF MY RINGS?"

BECAUSE I HAD SOME RINGS
THAT WERE MISSING.

I MEAN,
I WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERING

TAKING THEM TO A PAWN SHOP
TO TRY AND GET SOME CASH

SO I COULD BUY GROCERIES.

AND HE TOLD ME

THAT THE RINGS WERE IN A LOCKBOX
IN HIS OFFICE.

DONNA WENT BACK HOME,
ANXIOUS TO RETRIEVE HER RINGS.

SO I OPEN UP HIS DESK
DRAWER, AND I FIND THE KEY,

AND I OPEN THE BOX,

AND I ABSOLUTELY
COULD NOT BELIEVE

WHAT I FOUND IN THAT BOX.

I FOUND ALL THIS EVIDENCE

THAT HE HAD BEEN SCAMMING
NOT ONLY ME,

BUT 20 OR 30 OTHER WOMEN.

AND, ESSENTIALLY,
HE FUNDED HIS LIFESTYLE

BY MEETING WOMEN
AND TAKING THEIR MONEY.

I STARTED FINDING PHOTOGRAPHS

OF ALL THESE WOMEN
THAT HE WAS INVOLVED WITH

AND HIS CORRESPONDENCE
WITH THESE DIFFERENT WOMEN.

I MEAN, IT WAS MIND-BOGGLING.

IT SEEMS JAMES' BUSINESS TRIPS

WERE FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE
OF BUSINESS ENTIRELY.

WHAT REALLY ANGERED ME
WAS THAT I REALIZED

THAT HE'S TAKING
ALL THESE FLIGHTS,

GOING TO THESE PLACES

TO SEE ALL THESE WOMEN
THAT HE'S INVOLVED WITH,

AND I'M THE ONE
BUYING THE TICKETS.

IT WAS NOT EVEN LIKE
WATCHING A MOVIE.

IT WAS WORSE
BECAUSE IT WAS PEOPLE YOU KNEW.

BUT AS DONNA CONTINUED
TO DIG THROUGH JAMES' SAFE,

IT HAD ONE FINAL SECRET
TO REVEAL,

AND IT WAS A DOOZY.

I FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIM
WITH AN INFANT.

I FOUND CHRISTMAS CARDS
FROM THE MOTHER AND JAMES

THAT HAD YET TO BE SENT OUT.

JAMES WAS THE PROUD
PAPA OF A BOUNCING BABY GIRL,

CONCEIVED AND BORN WHILE JAMES
WAS MARRIED TO DONNA.

I FOUND A BIRTH CERTIFICATE,

AND THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE

SHOWED THAT JAMES
WAS THE FATHER OF A CHILD

THAT HAD BEEN BORN
ALMOST A YEAR EARLIER.

DURING HIS MARRIAGE TO DONNA,

JAMES HAD MANAGED
TO STRING ALONG

POSSIBLY AS MANY AS HALF A DOZEN
WOMEN AT THE SAME TIME,

ALL OF THEM THINKING
THEY WERE HIS ONE AND ONLY.

I HAD NO IDEA
THAT HE WAS THAT DECEITFUL

AND CHEATING ON ME
TO THAT LEVEL.

BUT, ACTUALLY,
ONE OF MY FIRST REACTIONS WAS,

"NOW I CAN LEAVE."

TWO DAYS LATER,

DONNA CALLED JAMES TO TELL HIM
THEIR MARRIAGE WAS OVER.

SO HE SAYS, "PLEASE COME BACK.

I LOVE YOU.
YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU."

AND I SAID, "NO.
IT'S OVER. WE'RE DONE."

THOSE WERE THE LAST WORDS

THAT DONNA EVER SPOKE
TO JAMES MONTGOMERY,

BUT ONLY 10 DAYS LATER,

JAMES TOOK HIS SCAMMING
TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

I STARTED CONTACTING
SOME OF THESE OTHER WOMEN,

AND ONE OF MY CALLS
WAS TO A WOMAN IN FLORIDA

WHO WAS A FRIEND OF THE WOMAN
WHO HE HAD A CHILD WITH,

AND I WAS ASTOUNDED.

WHAT HE HAD DONE WAS...

I LEFT HIM, AND 10 DAYS LATER,
HE MARRIED HER.

SO HE COMMITTED BIGAMY.

WITH THIS RING,
I WED YOU.

NOT ONLY WAS JAMES
NOW A BIGAMIST,

BUT IT WASN'T EVEN
THE FIRST TIME.

WHEN HE MARRIED
THE WIFE BEFORE ME,

HE WAS STILL MARRIED
TO THE WIFE BEFORE HER.

I, JAMES,
TAKE THEE, KATHLEEN...

AS THE LAYERS UNFOLDED,
IT WAS SHOCKING.

WE IS MARRIED.

I THOUGHT MAYBE HE MIGHT HAVE
HAD GIRLFRIENDS ON THE SIDE,

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
HE HAD OTHER WIVES.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD...
"TO HAVE AND TO HOLD..."

...FROM THIS DAY FORWARD...

JAMES MAY HAVE PULLED
THE ULTIMATE CON,

BUT DONNA WAS ABOUT TO GO
FOR THE ULTIMATE REVENGE.

AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS OF
MARRIAGE TO JAMES MONTGOMERY,

DONNA ANDERSEN NOW HAD PROOF

THAT JAMES WAS A CON MAN
AND A BIGAMIST

WITH POSSIBLY A HALF-DOZEN
OTHER WOMEN ON THE SIDE.

SOMEHOW, HE HAD GOTTEN AWAY
WITH IT ALL THIS TIME.

I, JAMES,
TAKE THEE, KATHLEEN...

COME TO FIND OUT,
JAMES HAD A SECRET VOICEMAIL ACCOUNT.

SO HE WAS GETTING
ALL THESE MESSAGES

FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE

GOING TO THIS SPECIAL
PHONE NUMBER

AND NOT TELLING ME ANYTHING
THAT WAS GOING ON.

BUT HOW DID A SMART
BUSINESSWOMAN LIKE DONNA

GET CONNED?

SHE WANTED TO BELIEVE THE GUY.

I UNDERSTAND
HE'S QUITE INTELLIGENT,

BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR SOMEBODY,

YOU KIND OF OVERLOOK
SOME THINGS.

I WAS VERY HARD ON MYSELF.

I WAS LIKE,
"HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID?

HOW COULD YOU BE SO GULLIBLE?"

AND THE REASON

IS BECAUSE OF THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL
MANIPULATION THAT GOES ON.

THIS IS THE LOVE
OF MY LIFE.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE

WHO HAVE NOT BEEN
IN THIS TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE.

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.

HE WAS A REAL SLOB...

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?...
A REAL PREDATOR.

YOU KNOW, HE'S DOING THIS
TO OTHER WOMEN.

SOME LADY SOONER OR LATER
IS GONNA GO OFF THE DEEP END

AND BLOW THIS GUY'S HEAD OFF
WITH A PISTOL,

AND I WOULD CALL THAT
JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

BUT DONNA TOOK THE HIGH ROAD,

AND IN JUNE OF 1999,

SHE FILED FOR DIVORCE
FROM JAMES MONTGOMERY.

AS PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS,

DONNA BROUGHT A CIVIL SUIT
AGAINST JAMES

FOR FINANCIAL FRAUD.

JAMES HAD TAKEN FROM ME

$227,000

THAT I PAID
IN HIS BUSINESS EXPENSES.

SO THAT WAS THE AMOUNT
THAT I CLAIMED IN THE DIVORCE.

THE JUDGE FOUND THAT HE HAD
COMMITTED FRAUD AGAINST ME.

THE JUDGE AWARDED ME
ALL THE MONEY THAT I ASKED FOR

AND $1 MILLION
IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

JAMES NEVER SHOWED UP IN COURT

AND WAS LEGALLY DECLARED
IN DEFAULT.

SINCE HE STILL HAD NO INCOME
AND ONLY $517 TO HIS NAME,

THAT IS ALL DONNA EVER RECEIVED.

WHAT I KNOW NOW WAS THAT
THE WHOLE MARRIAGE WAS A SCAM.

HE NEVER LOVED ME.

FOR HIM, I WAS JUST A CASH COW.

I MEAN, HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS
GONNA BE THE NEXT WALT DISNEY,

AND I GUESS I WAS TINKER BELL.

BUT IT WASN'T OVER YET.

FOUR YEARS AFTER HER ORDEAL,

DONNA, ON A LARK,

DID AN INTERNET SEARCH
ON JAMES MONTGOMERY

AND CAME ACROSS
AN INTERESTING BIO.

I FIND A HEADLINE THAT SAYS,

"JAMES MONTGOMERY,
NEW MAN AT THE HELM."

HE WAS NOW AT A UNIVERSITY
IN AUSTRALIA

AS THE MANAGER
OF ITS RADIO NETWORK.

AND THIS WAS AMAZING TO ME
BECAUSE HE HAD A JOB.

SINCE JAMES
WAS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED FOR ONCE,

DONNA HIRED
AN AUSTRALIAN ATTORNEY

TO RE-SERVE JAMES
HER CIVIL CASE.

JAMES HAD STOPPED RESPONDING
TO THE LAWSUIT,

SO HE WAS DECLARED IN DEFAULT,

WHICH MEANT
THAT I COULD GO AHEAD

AND PUSH HIM INTO BANKRUPTCY,

WHICH IS WHAT THEY DO
IN AUSTRALIA.

BUT JAMES
ACTUALLY SAVED ME THE TROUBLE

BY DECLARING BANKRUPTCY HIMSELF.

BY NOW, THE AUSTRALIAN
MEDIA WAS ON TO HIS CASE.

WHEN DONNA TIPPED OFF A GROUP

THAT INVESTIGATES
MILITARY IMPOSTERS

THAT JAMES HAD BEEN
FALSELY POSING AS A WAR HERO,

HE BECAME THE SUBJECT
OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

AND LOST HIS JOB AT
THE RADIO STATION AS A RESULT.

EVEN THOUGH
SHE NEVER GOT HER MONEY BACK,

DONNA CONSIDERS HIS PUBLIC
HUMILIATION SWEET JUSTICE.

SHE'S JUST DONE REALLY WELL.

I THINK THAT SHE'S REALLY JUST
REALLY COME FULL CIRCLE,

AND I'M HAPPY FOR HER.

IT TOOK DONNA SEVERAL
YEARS TO GET OVER HER ORDEAL,

BUT TODAY, DONNA HAS ACCEPTED
THE PAST AND MOVED ON.

FIVE YEARS AFTER HER DIVORCE
FROM JAMES,

DONNA WAS READY TO SAY "YES"
TO MARRIAGE ONCE AGAIN.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY

THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE WAS

UNTIL I BECAME INVOLVED
WITH TERRY.

I REALIZE NOW THAT I WAS
NEVER REALLY IN LOVE WITH JAMES.

I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE IDEA
OF BEING MARRIED.

THOUGH SHE'S HAPPY TODAY,

DONNA WILL NEVER FORGET
THE HARD ROAD SHE TRAVELED,

AND IN HER BOOK AND WEBSITE,
"LOVE FRAUD,"

SHE HAS WORDS OF ADVICE
FOR OTHERS.

PEOPLE WANT TO THINK
THAT THERE'S GOOD IN EVERYONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT ISN'T TRUE.

YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE

WHO ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE.

THEY ARE LIVING AMONG US.

THEY HAVE NO HEART,
NO CONSCIENCE, NO REMORSE.