The court said the three mothers tried to ruin the life of a former lawyer’s girlfriend after sending an email containing a false allegation that she had a blatant video of her.
Cary Gordon, 32, lied that he had a lascivious footage of lawyer Beth Mantel and pretended to be involved in the misuse of the substance.
Gordon, who had previously appeared with businessman Richard Buggy, said the video belonged to him and his new love, Mantelpeace, and threatened to share it on social media.
To make matters worse, she sent the message to a common email address, and the receptionist forwarded the message throughout the office, telling Warrington’s security judge.
Mantelpeace, a friend of Chelsea soccer player Danny Drinkwater, said the action caused “significant pain” to her and solar panel expert Buggy, 38.
In a statement, she said she was “suffering” and “confused” about the email sent to her former employer because she recently took up a new position.
“The message was sent to a common email address, but the receptionist forwarded the message to the entire office,” she said. “It was said to be disgusting, false, and hurtful. The claim could ruin my reputation, which took 10 years to build.
Mantel said she had a sleepless night and anxiety, adding: It was humiliating. I only worked there for a few weeks. I was worried that they might look at me differently. “
Gordon was found guilty of sending offensive, vulgar, obscene, or threatening messages over public communications networks and was ordered to pay Miss Mantel and Mr. Buggy 100 pounds each. rice field.
Cary Gordon, 32, admitted two charges of sending offensive messages to the network.
Gordon lied that she had a lawyer Beth Mantel, a photo, and a blatant video of her lover Richard Buggy.
A happy era before the end of the relationship between Cary Gordon and Richard Buggy
Simon Green on the prosecution’s side said: ‘One of the defendants and plaintiffs, Mr. Buggy, is a former partner and shares children. Mr. Buggy currently has relationships with other petitioners.
“Mr. Buggy took the child he and the defendant shared to a party in Manchester, which was held by a friend of Mr. Mantel.
“After the party, he returns their son to the defendant. After that, he returned to Manchester and received a call from the defendant on the way.
“She asks about the party and if Mr. Mantelpeace was there. Then she began to become abusive and abused about her relationship with Ms. Mantelpeace and her relationship with Ms. Mantelpeace and her employer. Send a lot of targeted and threatening messages.
“Mr. Buggy was threatened with the intimate video that Mantelpiece and Mr. Buggy posted on Facebook.
“Mr. Mantelpeace is a lawyer. Anything like this would definitely affect her career.
Gordon lied about the video Mantelpeace and Buggy posted on Facebook
Pictured outside the Magistrates’ Court of Warrington is Cary Gordon enjoying a puff on her arc.
“As for Mr. Mantelpeace, the defendant sent an email to Mr. Mantelpeace’s workplace.
‘It was sent to a common email box. I won’t explain the content, but in other words, Mr. Mantle is involved in substance abuse.
“It mentions the nature of intimate video and encourages lawyers to take action against Mr. Mantelpeace.
“When you exit the email, she also leaves the bankruptcy agency number and the company’s email.”
“There was a threat of intimidation and disclosure of a video of intimate nature. It caused considerable pain to both parties, but especially to Mr. Mantelpeace. She loses employment. Not only was he afraid to end his career with the allegations made by the defendant by email.
Mr Green read that he put a “heavy burden” on her relationship with him from a statement about the impact on Mantel’s victims, who described the problems caused by Gordon regarding access to Buggy’s son. She said it was being dealt with by the family court and only made them stronger.
Criminal defense lawyer Beth Mantel said in court that a lie about her had a negative effect on her.
Richard Buggy and Kaley Gordon and she targeted his new girlfriend before they split
She said this was the third time she met her son and she took him to the first birthday party of a friend’s child who bought him new clothes.
“All I did was make sure their kids had a good day,” she said.
Mitigation defense attorney Mark Lever said Gordon’s only mitigation was her immediate guilty plea, but she showed elements of regret and resentment.
“It was done with little thought, and we didn’t have to worry about the impact on the victims,” Lever said. She is the mother of three children, the youngest is 5 years old, and the others are 10 and 11 years old.
“She realized that her actions were overkill and she should behave very differently.
“Pre-judgment reports appear to be positive and she provides some insights. She understands the potential impact of her behavior on women’s careers and jobs. She feels very sorry for her behavior. “
Judge Jack McGawwa of the sentencing district told Gordon: It is not permissible to send a message to Mr. Mantle’s employer. It needs to reflect how it would feel if the same thing happened.
“Honestly, the pre-judgment report is a bit complicated. You have some insight into some issues, but you tried to justify your actions by making further claims about Mr. Buggy. Is also clear.
Gordon was also sentenced to a 12-month community order and a curfew for four weeks from 9 pm to 6 am. She is also subject to a two-year detention order that prevents contact with the mantelpiece or buggy, except through a child service, a lawyer, or a person authorized by the family court to arrange contact with the child. I did.
In 2019, Miss Mantel was driving a car with Drinkwater when he boarded the car with Range Rover after leaving a Chub-themed party at a trendy restaurant in Hale near Altrincham. It was a passenger. After that, he was banned from driving for 20 months due to drunk driving.
According to her LinkedIn page, Miss Mantel, who worked for Manchester’s top law firm Draycott Browne, was the team leader in Manchester’s Reeds “Complex Crime” division and defended clients accused of murder and robbery. ..