Deceit v. Deceit: True Story of Intimate Betrayal Every Word Wiretapped Only Time in History

Pieces of the puzzle suddenly come together. He realizes his wife, who has been cold, calloused and indifferent for months, is having an affair with her gynecologist; a sex-addicted, manipulative predator with no conscience and no boundaries. The wife is brazen and resolute in behavior. Custody of his children is of supreme importance; but family courts heavily favor mothers in those days. Lest he give himself away and any advantage he might gain, his silence is demanded. Emotions must be controlled and confrontational impulses contained. He can’t explode. He can’t confront. Paramount to the battle that lies ahead, his own form of deceit must counter hers (theirs). It’s late 1978. There are no smartphones. No digital trails. He wiretaps his home phone. Verbatim conversations are captured, validating the facts - salacious and detailed. The case becomes a true story of betrayal, espionage and sensational courtroom drama in the only known case in U.S. history in which a husband is ruled to be within his rights to secretly record an unfaithful wife’s private telephone conversations.

The case becomes a legal precedent, drawing national attention, reaching the U.S. Supreme Court, and airing on ABC’s 20/20 in 1985. In short time, the wiretap case is reversed as attorneys across the country abuse the rulings indiscriminately to justify wiretapping – creating only a narrow window of time for this father to escape wiretapping prosecution; making this the only time in history such a story as this could happen.

To protect the young children in their formative years, this father kept the details quiet. Today, after all these years, with reflection and a more profound understanding of everything that was at stake, the story is revealed in explicit detail as it happened for the advantage to others; and it is now being promoted as a film for tv streaming services. Nothing like this has ever been told before, because nothing like this has ever happened before – quite like this; nor can it ever occur again as our smartphones can’t be wiretapped and wiretapping altogether today is illegal.